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‘It’s not a tell-all, and not a takedown’: Elise Maiolino, ex-Trudeau adviser, has written a memoir

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Dr. Elise Maiolino, a former adviser to then-prime minister Justin Trudeau, has penned a memoir, On the Inside: Fieldnotes from the Prime Minister’s Office & Silicon Valley. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn and cover image courtesy of Amazon

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

April 22, 2026

A former adviser to then-prime minister Justin Trudeau has published a book about her time in the Prime Minister's Office and her more recent experience in California.

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