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‘A big get’: PM Carney’s chief of staff pick Blanchard lauded across partisan lines

Marc-André Blanchard will take over as chief of staff to the prime minister in July.

Marc-André Blanchard at a May 2017 press briefing during his time as Canada's permanent representative to the United Nations. Photograph courtesy of the UN/Manuel Elias

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 9, 2025

After much speculation and weeks of waiting for news of who would be tapped to lead Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office, former ambassador Marc-André Blanchard has been announced as the PM’s incoming chief of staff, and his hiring is be...

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