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Minister, Parliamentary Secretaries and Their Exempt Staff
- Richard Martel, Member of Parliament
- Cameron Yung, Policy Advisor
- Mohammad Kamal, Special Assistant – Digital Communications
- George Williams, Special Assistant – Parliamentary Affaires
- Elise Wagner, Director of policy
- Akshala Surendranath, Special Assistant – Executive assistant to the Minister
- Iqbal Sultani, Special Assistant – Regional Affairs and Stakeholder Relations- West and North
- Arif Virani, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development
- Charlie Skipworth, Special Assistant – Regional Affairs (Ontario)
- Clinton Hsieh, Minister’s Driver
- Shanti Cosentino, Press Secretary & Digital Media
- Kenzie McKeegan, Director of Operations
- Andrew Welsh, Special Assistant – Policy and Regional Affairs (Atlantic)
- Samir Kassam, Policy Advisor
- Husain Aboghodieh, Policy Advisor
- Gaëlle Maalouf, Special Assistant- Legislatives Affairs
- Chris Zhou, Special Assistant - Regional Affairs (Atlantic) and Parliamentary Affairs
- Camille Benoit-Blouin, Special Assistant
- Meghan Pritchard, Senior Special Assistant – Operations
- Alice Hansen, Director of communications
- Alex Corbeil, Director of Parliamentary Affairs
- Zachary Nixon, Policy Advisor
- Lesley Sherban, Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Operations
- Chelios Vuong, Minister’s Driver
- Jason Easton, Chief of Staff – (Trade)
- Hon. Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development
Other parliamentarians
- Scott Brison, Member of Parliament
- Don Bell, Member of parliament
- Maxime Bernier, Member of Parliament
- James Bezan, Member of Parliament
- Peter Braid, Member of Parliament
- John Cannis, Member of Parliament
- Gary Carr, Member of Parliament
- Roger Cuzner, Member of Parliament
- Robert Dechert, Member of Parliament
- Laurence D'Entremont, Press secretary, Industry Canada
- Barry Devolin, Member of Parliament
- Nicola Di Iorio, Member of Parliament
- Tobias Enverga, Senator
- Hedy Fry, Member of Parliament
- Parm Gill, Member of Parliament
- Helena Guergis, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade)(Sport)
- Anne Howland, Director of Communications - until 25 June 2008
- Marlene Jennings, Member of Parliament
- Chungsen Leung, Member of Parliament
- Lawrence Malloy, Chief of Staff until June 2008
- Yonah Martin, Senator
- Irene Mathyssen, Member of Parliament
- Don Meredith, Senator
- Maria Minna, Member of Parliament
- Erin O'Toole, Member of Parliament
- Bernard Patry, Member of Parliament and Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- Charles Penson, Member of Parliament
- Bob Rae, Member of Parliament
- Tracey Ramsay, Member of Parliament
- Devinder Shory, Member of Parliament
- Joy Smith, Member of Parliament
- Francesco Sorbara, Member of Parliament
- Ted Opitz, Member of Parliament
- Dave Van Kesteren, Member of Parliament
- Mark Warawa, Member of Parliament
- Wai Young, Member of Parliament
- Rob Stewart, Deputy Minister of International Trade
- Michelle Rempel, Member of Parliament
- Dean Allison, Member of Parliament
- Karen Ludwig, Member of Parliament
Senior Level Employees
Minister, Parliamentary Secretaries and Their Exempt Staff (Historical)
- Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade until July 2018
- Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade until January 2017
- Hon. Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade
- Hon. Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade until January 18 2010
- Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade until September 2018
- David Lametti, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade until January 2017
- Andrea van Vugt, Chief of staff until October 2015
- Hon. David L. Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics - until June 2008
- Julian Ovens, Chief of staff
- Brian Clow, Chief of staff until January 2017
- Alex Beduz, Advisor, Policy and Stakeholder Relations until October 2015
- Hon. Michael M. Fortier, Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for the Montreal Region, Ministers' Regional Office
- Troy Aharonian, Communications Assistant until august 2017
- Simon Beauchemin, Special assistant - Parliamentary affairs until January 2017
- Phil Bolduc, Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Management until October 2015
- Phil Bolduc, Senior Special Assistant until April 2014
- Hon. James Scott Peterson, Minister of International Trade until January 2006
- Sylvain Bédard, Principal Advisor, Quebec Regional Affairs and Operations until January 2018
- André Capaldi, Special Assistant, Ontario Regional Affairs until January 2017
- Kyla Bottriel, Director of Policy until October 2015
- Kyla Bottriell, Manager of Policy until March 2015
- Hon. Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade until May 2011
- Chris Berzins, Director of Policy until January 2019
- Anne-Louise Chauvette, Director of communications until January 2017
- Amanda Brown, Director of Tours and Events until October 2015
- Hon. Helena Guergis, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade until January 2007
- Alain Boisvert, Minister's Driver until July 2018
- Vincent Garneau, Director of Parliamentary Affairs until February 2017
- Lise Ann Jackson, Director of Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Relations until March 2014
- Mani Fallon, Regional Advisor (Multiculturalism) until October 2015
- Hon. John Harvard, Parliamentary Secretary
- Chantal Gagnon, Press Secretary until august 2017
- Sarah Hussaini, Policy advisor until January 2017
- Parm Gill, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade until October 2015
- Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade until September 2013
- Jamie Innes, Director of Parliamentary Affairs
- Diamond Isinger, Special Assistant until January 2017
- Lise-Ann Jackson, Deputy Chief of Staff, Director of Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Relations until October 2015
- Hon. Gar Knutson, Minister of State, New and Emerging Markets until June 2004
- Jim Kapches, Parliamentary Secretary's Assistant and Special Assistant Ontario Regional Affairs until January 2018
- Daniel Labelle, Driver until January 2017
- Ariella Kimmel, Senior Special Assistant until October 2015
- Hon. Ted Menzies, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and to the Minister of International Cooperation until January 2007
- Pascale Massot, Senior Policy Advisor until June 2017
- Alex Lawrence, Press Secretary until January 2017
- Dane Lloyd, Special assistant until October 2015
- Maher Abou-Guendia, Senior Departmental Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary
- Leah Nosal, Special Assistant - Policy until August 2017
- Rachelle MacDonald, Executive Assistant to the Minister until October 2015
- Fion Anastassiades, Advisor, Policy and Stakeholder Relations until March 2014
- Joseph Pickerill, Director of Communications until January 2019
- Eszter Sipos, Special Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary until January 2017
- Tausha Michaud, Parliamentary assistant until October 2015
- Frédéric Baril, Press Secretary
- Marc-André Poirier, Special Assistant, Atlantic Regional Affairs until December 2017
- Owen Teo, Director of Policy until January 2017
- Daniel Miles, Director of Regional Affairs until October 2015
- Dan Baxter, Special Assistant, Projects and Processes until March 2013
- Alex Corbeil, Special Assistant, Parliamentary Affairs and Regional Affairs (Québec) until August 2018
- Max Moncaster, Press Secretary until October 2015
- Paul Benoit, Director of Policy (WTO, International Trade Negotiations)- until January 18 2010
- Caitlin Mounce, Intern (Political Section) until September 2017
- Megan Buttle, Policy Advisor to the Parliamentary Secretary until January 2017
- Phil Nestorov, Special Assistant, Parliamentary Affairs until October 2015
- Paul Benoit, Senior Policy Advisor
- Jill Swenson, Senior Special Assistant, Operations, Western/Northern Regional Affairs
- Rick Roth, Director of Communications until October 2015
- Barrett Bingley, Senior Policy Advisor - until 25 June 2008
- Yanique Williams, Policy Advisor until June, 2018
- Matthew Senft, Senior Policy Advisor until October 2015
- Kyla Bottriell, Advisor - Policy and stakeholder Relations until July 2014
- Emily Yorke, Policy Advisor until May 2017
- Krissy Van Loon, Special assistant until October 2015
- John Brent, Communications Assistant until April, 2009
- Neil Brodie, Chief of Staff
- Sandra Buckler, Chief of Staff until May 2011
- Monika Bujalska, Press Secretary until May 2011
- Jerra Byrne, Special Assistant - Regional Affairs until January 18 2010
- Jennifer Chiu, Press Secretary
- Adam Church, Senior Policy Advisor until May 2011
- Sean Clark, Special Advisor - Policy
- Kenneth Cole, Chief of Staff
- Dennis Crawford, Special Assistant - Western Desk
- Jay Denney, Executive Assistant until January 18 2010
- Marko Dekovic, Regional Assistant (Before June 25, 2008)
- Neil Drabkin, Chief of Staff until January 18 2010
- Marie Dupuis, Director of Regional affairs
- Ken England, Departmental Advisor
- Greg Fergus, Senior Policy Advisor
- Fraser Malcolm, Director of Communications until May 2011
- Kimberley Furlong, Special Advisor, Policy and Communications
- Louise Girouard, Director of Policy and Stakeholder Relations until May 2012
- Catherine Godbout, Parliamentary Secretary's Assistant
- Tony Grace, Special Assistant-Atlantic Desk
- Christopher Green, Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Management until August 2013
- Shannon Gutoskie, Press Secretary and Communications product developer until January 2015
- Christopher W. Green, Director of Parliamentary Affairs - until 25 June 2008
- Bill Hawkins, Chief of Staff until November 2014
- Alanna Heath, Special Assistant - Western Desk and Pacific Gateway & Vancouver-Whistler Olympics
- Ryan Hordy, Special Assistant - Ontario
- Rudy Husny, Director of strategic planning and stakeholder relations until November 2014
- Christopher Hilton, Director of Communications
- Rodolphe Husny, Director of Issues Management and Press Secretary until July 2014
- Rudy Husny, Director of Strategic Communications and Operations until May 2015
- Idee Inyangudor, Special Assistant, Secretary of States Office
- Lise-Ann Jackson, Director of Policy and Stakeholder Relations
- Lise-Ann Jackson, Director of operations and special projects until November 2014
- Lise-Anne Jackson, Senior Advisor, Policy and Stakeholder Relations until July 2012
- Lisa Jibson, Policy Advisor, New and Emerging Markets
- Lois Johnson, Executive Assistant to the Minister until January 2014
- Lois Johnson, Manager of tours and events until October 2014
- Priya Joshi, Deputy Senior Policy Advisor until 25 June 2008
- Francois Jubinville, Director of Communications
- Robert Klager, Director of Communications
- Jeffrey Kroeker, Senior Special Assistant to the Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport)
- Andrea Lanthier, Press Secretary
- Jacqueline LaRocque, Director of Communications
- Mélisa Leclerc, Director of Communications until January 18 2010
- Gerald Lefebvre, Advisor
- Ronald Leung, Special Assistant, Community Relations until February 2, 2009
- Blair MacLean, Director of Communications, Parliamentary Affairs
- Stephanie Machel, Chief of Staff, Secretary of State's Office
- Benjamin Maynard, Acting Executive Assistant, April 2009
- Susan McConnell, Special Assistant, New and Emerging Markets
- Sarah McLean, Special Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary until January 2010
- Linsday McCray, Special Assistant, Western
- Lynn Meahan, Press Secretary - until 25 June 2008
- Colin Metcalfe, Director of Regional Affairs until January 18, 2010
- Adria Minsky, Policy Advisor
- Paul Moen, Senior Policy Advisor
- Max Moncaster, Special assistant until November 2014
- Marisa Monnin, Advisor - Policy and Stakeholder Relations until August 2013
- James Moore, Parliamentary Secretary for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics
- Elliot Morris, Special Assistant-Policy
- Mike Mueller, Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Management until March 2012
- Liam O'Brien, Director of policy until May 2011
- Joel Oosterman, Parliamentary Assistant to Joy Smith
- Tanya Peatt, Policy Advisor
- Axelle Pellerin, Policy Advisor
- Goran Pesic, Policy Advisor until January 18 2010
- Jacquie Prokopanko, Departmental Liaison (MRO Vancouver)
- Natacha Raphaël, Special Assistant - Québec
- Roy Rempel, Director of Policy (Western Hemisphere) until January 18 2010
- Giulia Ricciuto, Director of Tours and Events until May 2015
- Rebecca Rogers, Manager of Tour and Events until February 2014
- Louis Riccoboni, Director of Parliamentary Affairs
- Donna Robertson, Special Assistant, Minister's Regional Office, Vancouver
- Jean-Paul Ruszkowski, Chief of Staff, New and Emerging Markets
- Nicole Sacco, Special Assistant until January 18 2010
- Christine Schmidt, Advisor, Policy and Stakeholder Relations until November 2012
- Niklaus Schwenker, Special Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary until November 2010
- Alex Sewell, Special Assistant until March 2014
- Alex Sewell, Advisor, Policy and Stakeholder Relations until May 2015
- Savik Sidhu, Special Assistant-Western Desk
- Nicholas Smith, Special Assistant until September 2013
- Darlene Stone, Executive Assistant to the Minister until May 2011
- Michael Taube, Senior Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, Sport
- Alicia Swinamer, Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary until October 2012
- Adam Taylor, Director of Communications and Tour until January 2014
- Mark Toews, Special assistant, Western desk
- Ginette Tremblay, Senior Advisor of Operations
- Brock Vandrick, Special assistant until August 2014
- Russell Ullyatt, Senior Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, (Sport)
- Kyle Vis, Policy Advisor until 25 June 2008
- Jennifer Wesanko, Director of Communications (New and Emerging Markets)
- Chris Woodcock, Director of Parliamentary Affairs until January 18 2010
- Christine Wylupski, Executive Assistant to the Minister until January 2013
- Michelle Yao, Special Assistant, Minister's Regional Office - Vancouver - until 25 June 2008
- Jennifer Kuss, Director of communications
- Paula Thibodeau, Special Assistant ( Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff and to the Minister)
- Christiana Agustin, Policy Advisor
- Joanna Monique Kanga Bissila, Special Assistant – Digital Communications
- Rachel Haddad, Execute Assistant to the Minister and Chief of Staff
- Abbey Thompson, Special Assistant
- Laurence Harvey, Senior Policy Advisor
- Tyler Norman, Special Assistant (Regional Affairs and Stakeholder Relations - West and North)
- Rafik Grine, Policy Advisor
- Jillian White, Director of Policy
- Bleu Knox, Director of Communications
- Francis Carmine Chechile, Special Assistant – Social Media
- Ricardo Souvenir, Special Assistant - Parliamentary Affairs
- Daniel Minden, Student
- Natacha Engel, Senior Policy Advisor
- Eleanore Catenaro, Director of Communications
- Ivana Spasovska, Senior Special Assistant – Regional Affairs and Stakeholder Relations (Ontario)
- Arevig Afarian, Special Assistant, Regional Affairs (Quebec) and Parliamentary Secretary Assistant
- Ryan Nearing, Press Secretary and Regional Affairs (Atlantic)
- Alessia Avola, Policy Advisor
- You Han, Press Secretary
- Arthur Lam, Senior Policy Advisor
- Julia Van Drie, Special Assistant – Policy
- Rachel Bendayan, Parliamentary Secretary
- Simon Beauchemin, Director of Policy
- Yash Nanda, Special Assistant-Policy
- Michael A. Jones, Director of Communications
- Erin Flanagan, Director of Policy
- Isabella Brisson-Urdaneta, Press Secretary
- Aya Al-Shalchi, Parliamentary Secretary Assistant and Ontario Regional Affairs
- Omar Alghabra, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade
- Deniz Coskuner, Special Assistant
- Ann-Clara Vaillancourt, Press Secretary until September, 2018
- Zara Rabinovitch, Senior Policy Advisor
- Dan Lussier, Policy Advisor
- Camie Lamarche, Assistant, Operations and Stakeholder Relations
- Jeff Kovalik-Plouffe, Manager, Parliamentary and Manitoba Regional Affairs
- Stephen Elgin, Minister's Driver
- Jade-Émilie Daigneault, Policy Advisor
- Hon. James Gordon Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification
- Kyna Boyce, Parliamentary Secretary Assistant, Special Assistant, Atlantic Regional Affairs
- Lynne Lessard, Deputy Press Secretary and Social Media Manager
- Jennifer Kuss, Senior Special Assistant, Ontario Regional Affairs and Stakeholder Relations
- Philippe Rheault, Senior Policy Advisor
- Sriram Raman, Policy Advisor until August 2018
- Pierre-Olivier Herbert, Press Secretary until July, 2018
Senior Level Employees (Historical)
- Timothy Sargent, Deputy Minister of International Trade until January, 2019
- Christine Hogan, Deputy Minister of International Trade until October 2016
- Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister of International Trade until January 2015
- Stewart Beck, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development, Investment and Innovation until August 2009
- Ailish Campbell, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development, Chief Trade Commissioner
- Susan Bincoletto, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development, Chief Trade Commissioner, until February 2017
- Marketa Evans, Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor until October 2013
- Ian Burney, Chief Trade Negotiator (Bilateral and Regional Relations) until August 2009
- Jeffrey Davidson, Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor
- Ian Burney, Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Policy and Negotiations
- Ian Burney, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development and Innovation until August 2011
- Kirsten Hillman, Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Policy and Negociations until August 2017
- Louis Lévesque, Deputy Minister of International Trade until October 2012
- John Gero, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, The Permanent Mission of Canada to the World Trade Organization (Geneva) until November 2012
- Claude Carrière, Minister (Economic) and Deputy Head of Mission, United States (Washington D.C.)
- Bertin Côté, Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister
- Robert Déry, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Operations and Associate Chief Trade Commissioner
- Elaine Feldman, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade, Economic and Environmental Policy
- Robert Fonberg, Deputy Minister until April, 2006
- John Gero, Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Policy and Negotiations - until September 2008
- John Klassen, Assistant Deputy Minister, Investment Partnerships Canada
- Andrea Lyon, Chief Trade Negotiator, North America
- Michael Martin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Communications and Corporate Planning
- Kathryn E. McCallion, Senior Advisor, International Trade
- Marie-Lucie Morin, Deputy Minister
- Donald Stephenson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Policy and Negotiations until August 2011
- Donald Stephenson, Trade Policy and Negotiations Branch until September 2008
- Douglas Waddell, Special Adviser, Softwood Lumber
- Grant Manuge, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business Development, Investment and Innovation until August 2013
- John Hannaford, Deputy Minister for International Trade
