Recent weeks a ‘dizzying’ experience for Liberal staff, say current, former aides

Even with her 15 years of experience as a staffer, Marci Surkes says the recent ‘tumult and volatility’ is ‘up there in terms of periods of extreme change.’

Liberal cabinet staffers wait for their bosses outside a meeting in the West Block during the COVID-19 pandemic in November 2021.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

January 22, 2025

It’s been a rollercoaster of uncertainty for the hundreds of staff working in Liberal cabinet offices in recent weeks, and while such precarity comes with the territory when working in politics, it can nonetheless be difficult to navigate, say current and former staffers.

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