Hill Climbers

Innovation Minister Champagne firms up his new team

Brook Simpson has followed the minister to his new portfolio as director of parliamentary affairs, as has François Massicotte, who’s been promoted to director of operations.

Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured during a National Press Theatre press conference on Feb. 6, 2020, has settled much of his new ministerial team since taking over the portfolio in mid-January, but is still in need of a director of policy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

February 22, 2021

Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has now firmed up much of his ministerial office since being shuffled from foreign affairs on Jan. 12, including bringing a handful of staffers from his old office to his new one.

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