After the cabinet shuffle comes the chief of staff shuffle

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The Trudeau government’s most senior political staff got their marching orders yesterday with some existing chiefs of staff shuffled to new ministries, and others left waiting to find out where they’ll land while more junior staff got tapped for promotions.

Notable among the changes are that along with new minister, Dominic LeBlanc, Public Safety is also getting a new chief of staff with Cory Pike taking over. According to his LinkedIn profile, Pike was briefly a senior adviser for Emergency Preparedness. Before then he was the chief of staff at Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Jamie Innes stays on as Mr. LeBlanc’s chief for intergovernmental affairs.

Also getting promoted is Savannah DeWolfe who is now responsible for one of the government’s most pressing files: housing. She moves with Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Minister Sean Fraser to his new department from Immigration, where she was director of policy and legal affairs.

Taras Zalusky is staying on as chief of staff in the Defence department, under new minister Bill Blair.

Rheal Lewis, who has been chief of staff in the House Leader’s office since 2016, will stay there under new boss, Karina Gould.

The chiefs of staff for Treasury Board President Anita Anand, International Trade Minister Mary Ng, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan, Minister of Citizen’s Services Terry Beech, Diversity, and Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities Minister Kamal Khera have not yet been announced.

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