As a lifetime political staffer, I have had the opportunity to work in my field at the provincial, federal and international level. I started as a page in Nova Scotia and parliamentary tour guide in Ottawa before working my way up in Conservative politics in Ottawa from a legislative assistant to Director of Parliamentary Affairs for Minister Christian Paradis during the Harper administration. I also worked provincially for the Wildrose\/UCP in opposition in Alberta as well as working for the Minister of Energy and Mines in the Christy Clark administration in British Columbia. Working as both a short term and long term elections observer in the Republic of Georgia and Ukraine for a number of elections allowed me to work as a political parties advisor for a very rewarding year in Morocco with the International Republican Institute (IRI). I now serve the Chief Opposition Whip as the lobby coordinator as we present our Leader Pierre Poilievre to Canadians in an attempt to replace the Liberals as the governing party.<\/p>\n
“The MPM program came at a very professionally challenging time in my life. I was looking for a program that could help me overcome my challenges and it did so. My work placement was in a small town in the Republic of Georgia called Telavi where I learned to write reports for international observation missions. The work and the masters degree helped resurrect my reputation and my professional credentials in politics. Thank you to the MPM program.”<\/em> – Sebastien Togneri<\/p>\n Last Revision: Feb. 7, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"people-type":[34,52],"yoast_head":"\n