Hill Climbers

A look at the Liberal research bureau team, led by Melissa Cotton

The LRB’s senior team remains largely the same, including Melissa Cotton as managing director, Julie DeWolfe as director of caucus services and planning, and Ian Perkins as director of parliamentary affairs.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured addressing media about the COVID-19 pandemic outside Rideau Cottage on April 7. Mr. Trudeau's Liberal caucus is supported by a research bureau, known as the LRB, which continues to be led by Melissa Cotton.
The Liberal caucus’ research office has seen its ranks depleted in recent months, as staff land new gigs in ministerial offices across cabinet, as chronicled in Hill Climbers, and in turn, there are a number of fresh faces on the team led by Melissa Cotton as managing director, with ...

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