Changes in the senior staff ranks at the office of Stephen Harper and at the Conservative Party’s headquarters signal a hardening of battle lines.
Excerpt: Alykhan Velshi, 29, a bright and fiercely partisan former aide to cabinet minister Jason Kenney and an experienced campaign “war room” staffer, takes over the job of issues management in Harper’s office. A job once held by Byrne, it is a post that oversees the big political picture for the government, sets a direction, and manages issues not just as they arise, but as they loom far out on the horizon.
Source: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/27/senior_staff_shuffled_at_the_pmo.html#
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