… why not cast a curious eye on the other changings of the guard underway over at PMO?
As GiornoWatch enthusiasts no doubt recall from previous dispatches, the fact that PMO has its very own in-house advertising department — or advertising and market research unit, to use its official title — is not, technically, news — not, at least, to those with a borderline obsessive interest in the ins and outs of Langevinian palace intrigue.
(Note: This was originally written as an update to the ongoing Senate speculation liveblog, but I figured it really deserved its own post.)
Harper gets misinformation, attacks Ignatieff with it—and aide Dimitri Soudas is to blame
… wherever the Giornorganizer General tells you to go, that’s where.
A moment of respectful silence, then, for the once (and, let’s not kid ourselves here, most likely someone’s future) Dark Lord of Nanodemographia, Patrick Muttart, now just another Deputy Chief of Staff, relegated to the GEDSpocrypha without even a capital-O Office or Organization to call his own.
It may be Family Day in Ontario, but it’s business as usual for the data entry crew over at Langevin Block, where the newly appointed, ostensibly non(or at least slightly less than hypermanic)partisan Paul Wilson has finally turned up in GEDS, where he is now listed as director of policy, just as foretold by the oracles of the Globe’s parliamentary bureau.
A glance at the Government Electronic Directory Services indicates some interesting changes
UPDATE – Wow, that was fast. As of this afternoon, Darrel Reid – who really has to figure out how he wants to spell his name and let the folks at GEDS in on the secret – is no longer listed as a director at Policy, but is now a (or possibly the) Deputy Chief of Staff under Strategy, which could auger the beginning of the end of the Muttartian era. ITQ will keep you posted.
Okay, okay – it’s a little bit late, but we had to wait for the latest updates to GEDS, not to mention the latest Langevin gossip to trickle down to ITQ.
Lifted shamelessly from the comments, in response to Colleague Wells’ challenge – “Fun question: could anyone find Guy Giorno with teams of bloodhounds this week?”:
Or, at least, that’s what he wants us to believe …