SCOOP: Another day, another Grit exit
Plus: COF Day 1, staffing up at Education and Labour, Roe v. Wade spillover
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The First Ministers kicked off their annual summer conference on the West Coast, talking health care funding, affordability, and labour — but first, we’ve got the skinny on the latest Liberal exodus.
First in Queen’s Park Observer — GRIT EXODUS CONTINUES — Another Liberal official is moving on from the party following June’s devastating election showing.
IAN HALL, executive director of the Ontario Liberal Party, is on his way out, sources tell Queen’s Park Observer. Hall previously headed up the party’s youth wing and worked as a government staffer.
MANDY MOORE is expected to take up the mantle from Hall, going from manager of donor relations and training to exec director.
PREZ FOR COUNCIL — Joining Hall is party president BRIAN JOHNS, who — soon after announcing he won’t seek re-election — broke word that he’ll be entering the local political arena and running for Ward 2 Councillor in East Gwillim…