There has been another round of changes in British Columbia Premier Christy Clark's office.
Clark's Chief of Staff Dan Doyle announced this morning that Ben Chin will join the office as the director of communications. He is a former television journalist and was a senior media advisor to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty who resigned in October.
Chin is also reportedly a core member of the team working on Justin Trudeau's bid to lead the federal Liberal Party.
Ken Dawson moves from being a ministerial assistant in the education ministry to be the director of policy in the premier's office. Jennifer Chalmers gets a promotion to manager of operations from having been communications co-ordinator and executive assistant to the chief of staff.
And Maclean Kay moves into the communications co-ordinator position from being a communications officer for the government caucus.
Doyle's announcement does not mention any departures, but spokesperson Shane Mills said in an email that there had been three vacancies in the premier's office and today's changes do not affect the total staff numbers or budget.
Six weeks ago Sara MacIntyre was moved from a communications director job in Clark's office into a strategic issues management position in the main communications shop in the Citizens' Services ministry.
MacIntyre had joined Clark's office earlier this year, a high profile recruit from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's staff.
Also vacant were the issues management and communications co-ordinator positions previously held by Spencer Sproule and Trevor Halford.
In June Clark's office hired Mike Morton as press secretary, a position he had formerly held when Gordon Campbell was premier.
Another federal Conservative who served a short time in Clark's office, Ken Boessenkool, left as chief of staff in September following an 'incident of concern' involving a female government staff person at a downtown Victoria bar.
Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria. Find him on Twitter or reach him here.
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G West
24 weeks ago
I doubt this is going to help Miss Christy much
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/bc-ndp-on-track-to-win-provincial-election-in-a-landslide/article5910773/
mary jane
24 weeks ago
tax $$ give away
what comes to mind is that this is one way to give her friends a cash grab when they lose their jobs next spring There is no way the BC voters will elect the libs again
Van Isle
24 weeks ago
More shuffling of the deck
More shuffling of the deck chairs on a sinking ship? Where's Pamela Martin in this story? Is she at the helm of this sinking ship and Ms. Clark is giving her the steering orders?
Skywalker
24 weeks ago
More of our tax money...
..going out to a bunch of party hacks to prop up Christy's chances. What a colossal waste.
Dave50
24 weeks ago
Increasing severance and pension Bc liberal number one pr
How can anyone with a shred of decency, morals, intelligence, integrity, honesty and common sense defend the liberals on how they govern this province. The only thing that the liberals have going for them is voter apathy. Finally a columnist has shed some light on the darkness that hides the shenanigans of the liberal party.After so many years of selling off BC to foreign powers and filling BC with foreign workers (legit and illegal) there will be a payback for the LIBERALS.Premier Clark promised to get our spending under control by cutting the deficit in half. But today, she broken those promises. And now, her words have no credibility.Just more smoke and mirrors from the Liberals and Clark to give the impression that they are interested in what voters think., when in actual fact, they could care less. Where was the consultation with major, complicated , pervasive issues such as the HST and smart meters. The selection of a stat day date is a minor event that is relatively a non event, but which the liberals are using to create an illusion that they care. They don't. Their arrogance is still evident on their major policies and priorities. premier Clark simply hasn't shown the kind of leadership we need.I would be worried the BC liberals might try to place the British Columbia's government workers using the "Temporary Foreign Worker program" to to by-pass Canadian workers and substitute with cheap foreign labor All they have to do is say the employees require "specialized knowledge",your motto "Families First" was so meaningless! unless you meant "Chinese families first". BC taxpayers are finally waking up to the fact that Christy Campbell Clark and her crew are as destructive as Gordy "the lier "Campbell and maybe even worse. Krusty is just another lapdog for the cons.She hired Stevie Harper former flunky press secretary mouthpiece Sarah MacIntyre. She also hired Enbridge professional trained lobbyist Ken Boessenkool as her chief of staff who was a senior policy lobbyist and strategist for Stevie Harper. Enough lies and deceit.call a election please.Too bad the taxpayer could not vote to revoke or cancel there pension and severance packages they voted themselves.
mission impossible
24 weeks ago
Mr. Chin....Complicit with McGuinty
He will be a perfect fit with Christy Clark.
http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.ca/2012/12/ben-chin-christy-clarks-newest-spinner.html
Vox.Pop
24 weeks ago
Hidden payoffs
All these 'promotions' are just a way to increase the pensions and payoffs when this gang of self-serving politicos get turfed out in 2013. All this activity is a just a mad scramble to find the best life jackets.
Bob Watts
24 weeks ago
Xmas Song.
Spend-spend-spend,,,spending all the way....Oh what fun is to spend!!!!
Still waiting for her to buy my vote............
Sask Resident
24 weeks ago
Hiring easterners for jobs in BC?
Why is Christy hiring people from Ontario rather than people from BC to help her govern BC? Did Jean Chretien, who she has on speed dial, tell her to give them jobs? Dix would be the worst choice for premier, except when compared to Christy Clark.
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24 weeks ago
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24 weeks ago
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