The Top 25
1. Justin Trudeau, prime minister
2.Gerald Butts, principal secretary to the prime minister
3. Katie Telford, chief of staff to the prime minister
4. Michael Wernick, clerk of the privy council
5. Chrystia Freeland, foreign affairs minister
6. Bill Morneau, finance minister
7. Navdeep Bains, innovation, science and economic development minister
8. Ralph Goodale minister of public safety and emergency preparedness
9. Jonathan Vance, chief of defence staff
10. Jane Philpott, minister of Indigenous services
11. Jody Wilson-Raybould, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada
12. Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party leader
13.John Zerucelli, director of operations in the Prime Minister’s Office
14. Michael McNair, director of policy to the prime minister
15. Brian Clow, director of Canada-U.S. relations in the Prime Minister’s Office
16. Kate Purchase, director of communications in the Prime Minister’s Office
17. Matthew Mendelsohn, deputy secretary to the cabinet, results and delivery
18. Paul Rochon, deputy minister of finance
19. David MacNaughton, Canadian ambassador to the United States
20. Jeremy Broadhurst, chief of staff to the foreign affairs minister
21. Justin To, director of policy and budgets to the finance minister
22. Richard Wagner, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
23. Daniel Jean, national security adviser to the prime minister
24. Michael Ferguson, auditor general
25. Bob Fife, Ottawa bureau chief of the Globe and Mail
Names listed in the following sections are not ranked in order.
The Politicians
Justin Trudeau, prime minister
Navdeep Bains, innovation, science and economic development minister
Kathleen Wynne, Ontario premier
Patrick Brown, leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party
Bill Morneau, finance minister
Chrystia Freeland, foreign affairs minister
Ralph Goodale, minister of public safety and emergency preparedness
Andrew Scheer, Conservative Party leader
Jagmeet Singh, NDP leader
Ahmed Hussen, immigration, refugees and citizenship minister
Philippe Couillard, Quebec premier
Catherine McKenna, minister of environment and climate change
John Tory, Toronto mayor
Amarjeet Sohi, infrastructure minister
Carla Qualtrough, public services and procurement minister
Jody Wilson-Raybould, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada
Seamus O’Regan, veterans affairs minister
Harjit Sajjan, minister of national defence
Naheed Nenshi, mayor of Calgary
Jane Philpott, minister of Indigenous services
Rachel Notley, premier of Alberta
T.J. Harvey, Liberal MP for Tobique-Mactaquac, N.B.
Wayne Easter, Liberal MP for Malpeque, P.E.I.
Valérie Plante, mayor of Montreal
Ginette Petitpas Taylor, health minister
Pierre Poilievre, Conservative MP for Carleton, Ont.
Peter Harder, government representative in the Senate
Yuen Pau Woo, facilitator for the Independent Senators Group
Jason Kenney, leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party
Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations
Scott Brison, president of the Treasury Board
Marc Garneau, transport minister
Jim Carr, natural resources minister
François Legault, leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec
Lawrence MacAulay, agriculture minister
Dominic LeBlanc, fisheries minister
The Public Servants and Government Officials
Yaprak Baltacioğlu, secretary of the Treasury Board
Christiane Fox, deputy minister of intergovernmental affairs and youth, Privy Council Office
Michael Ferguson, auditor general of Canada
Michael Wernick, clerk of the privy council
Ailish Campbell, chief trade commissioner of Canada and assistant deputy minister of international business development, Global Affairs Canada
Greta Bossenmaier, chief of the Communications Security Establishment
Jody Thomas, deputy minister of national defence
Richard Wagner, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Daniel Jean, national security adviser to the prime minister
Lori Sterling, deputy minister of labour, associate deputy minister of employment and social development
Matthew Mendelsohn, deputy secretary to the cabinet, results and delivery
Stephen Lucas, deputy minister of environment and climate change
General Jonathan Vance, chief of defence staff
Alan Kessel, assistant deputy minister legal affairs and legal adviser at Global Affairs Canada
Simon Kennedy, deputy minister of health
David MacNaughton, Canadian ambassador to the United States
Paul Rochon, deputy minister of finance
Marc-André Blanchard, Canadian ambassador to the United Nations
Marie Lemay, deputy minister of public services and procurement
John Knubley, deputy minister of industry
John McCallum, Canadian ambassador to China
Kelly Knight Craft, United States ambassador to Canada
Stephen Poloz, governor of the Bank of Canada
Lu Shaye, Chinese ambassador to Canada
The Political Staffers and other Influencers
Katie Telford, chief of staff to the prime minister
Gerald Butts, principal secretary to the prime minister
John Zerucelli, director of operations in the Prime Minister’s Office
Michael McNair, director of policy to the prime minister
Brian Clow, director of Canada-U.S. relations in the Prime Minister’s Office
Kate Purchase, director of communications in the Prime Minister’s Office
Justin To, director of policy and budgets to the finance minister
Jeremy Broadhurst, chief of staff to the foreign affairs minister
David McArthur, chief of staff to the Conservative official opposition leader
Mathieu Bouchard, senior adviser to the prime minister
Ben Chin, senior adviser to the finance minister
Marci Surkes, chief of staff to the public safety minister
Hamish Marshall, 2019 election campaign manager for the Conservative Party
Anna Gainey, president of the Liberal Party of Canada
Dustin Van Vugt, executive director of the Conservative Party of Canada
Hilary Leftick, director of appointments in the Prime Minister’s Office
Dan Arnold, director of research and advertising in the Prime Minister’s Office
John Brodhead, chief of staff to the Indigenous services minister
Zita Astravas, chief of staff to the defence minister
Gianluca Cairo, chief of staff to the innovation, science, and economic development minister
Rheal Lewis, chief of staff to the government House leader
Kenzie Potter, principal secretary to the Conservative official opposition leader
Lucie Lavoie, chief of staff to the government Senate representative
Willy Blomme, chief of staff to the NDP leader
Tom Pitfield, chief digital strategist for the Liberal Party in 2015, and cofounder/president of Canada 2020
The Media
Bob Fife, Ottawa bureau chief of the Globe and Mail
Rob Russo, parliamentary bureau chief for CBC News
Joyce Napier, Ottawa bureau chief for CTV News
Chantal Hébert, Toronto Star columnist
Andrew Coyne, National Post columnist
Anne-Marie Dussault, anchor of 24 heures en 60 minutes on ICI RDI
Rosemary Barton, CBC News’ Parliament Hill correspondent and co-anchor of The National
Heather Scoffield, Ottawa bureau chief for the Canadian Press
Patrick Lagacé, La Presse columnist
David Akin, Global News’ chief political correspondent
Don Martin, host of CTV News’ Power Play
Will LeRoy, founder and publisher of National Newswatch
Steven Chase, Globe and Mail parliamentary reporter
Evan Solomon, host of CTV News’ Question Period
Susan Delacourt, iPolitics and The Toronto Star columnist