Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a media availability in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last week. Mr. Carney has shuffled the ranks in his inner circle.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Two other members of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s inner circle are getting a boost as part of a staff shuffle prompted by the appointment of his principal secretary to the Senate and a deputy chief of staff departing to run for office.
Three sources told The Globe and Mail that Scott Gilmore, currently Mr. Carney’s senior adviser on foreign, defence and security policy, is being promoted to the principal secretary position as of later this month.
The sources also said that Maia Johnson, whose relationship with Mr. Carney dates back to his work on climate finance for the UN, will now take on a role called chief operating officer, in addition to remaining as a senior adviser for Canada-U.S. relations.
The Globe is not naming the sources as they were not authorized to disclose internal staffing matters.
The rejig at the top follows Mr. Carney’s decision to appoint his previous principal secretary, Tom Pitfield, to the Senate last week. Former deputy chief of staff Braeden Caley also confirmed his resignation from the PMO on Sunday to seek the Liberal nomination in the riding of North Vancouver–Capilano.
The Prime Minister’s Office declined to comment on the new roles, which are part of a broader change in the upper ranks.
The Globe reported on Sunday, citing sources, that those changes include Tim Krupa, the former director of policy, becoming a deputy chief of staff and chief economist.
Jennifer McIntyre will also become a deputy chief of staff, with a focus on international affairs. She was most recently an assistant deputy minister for international affairs and crisis response at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
Ms. McIntyre worked in the PMO under then-prime-minister Jean Chrétien before shifting to the foreign affairs department.
Andrée-Lyne Hallé remains at the PMO as another deputy chief of staff.
The two most powerful people by Mr. Carney’s side – chief of staff Marc-André Blanchard and Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Sabia – remain in those jobs.
