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Federal Liberals choose new national director

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 Aug, 2026 09:29 AM

Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal party says it has chosen career lawyer Jessica Cardill as the party’s new national director, filling a crucial backroom post that oversees daily operations and ensures the party is prepared for elections.

The federal Liberals say in a news release that Cardill worked as counsel for the party for more than five years and has experience in political operations and election campaigns.

She spent roughly the past year working in the private sector at the government relations and lobby firm Barrack Hill Public Affairs.

Cardill replaces Azam Ishmael, who stepped down in May and joined the Canadian Medical Association in a senior role.

Ishmael served as national director for the Liberals for roughly a decade under former party leader Justin Trudeau.

The party will contest three byelections set for Aug. 31 and needs to win at least one to maintain its majority in the House of Commons.

Picture Courtesy: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

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