‘Slightly odd group of people’: political passion drives party executives behind the scenes

With a potential election looming on the horizon, party executives are starting to go into overdrive. The people who volunteer to drive the political parties talk to The Hill Times about the rhythm behind their work.

Conservative Party president Robert Batherson, left, Liberal Party president Suzanne Cowan, and NDP president Dhananjai Kohli are volunteers-in-chief for their respective parties, a role they and other party officials say requires organization, flexibility, and a little bit of eccentricity.Photographs courtesy of Robert Batherson, Matteo Rossi, and Dhananjai Kohli

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BY ALICE CHEN

July 14, 2021

A speculative election season may bring a ramp-up of responsibility and change in workflows, but for the executives who volunteer their time to run federal political parties, this is what they live for. Those in these party executive and national council positions are elected and serve on a volunta...

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