On Saturday, The Globe and Mail's Jane Taber reported former Liberal leadership candidates Martha Hall Findlay "stopped collecting their secret Liberal salaries" at the end of April. "The two were paid paid by the party for election readiness and outreach work." But Ms. Taber continued. "A party official explained they are no longer being paid since most of their work is completed." And, really, why pay for work Mr. Kennedy is willing to do for free? In an email, party communications director Elizabeth Whiting confirmed "Mr. Kennedy is continuing his role as National Election Readiness Advisor for the Party on a volunteer basis" as indicated on a national campaign organization chart dated May 15. The following is a complete copy of the text of that chart, which was obtained by Public Eye.
Hon. Stephane Dion
Leader
LPC President
Sen. Marie Poulin
Election Readiness Advisor
Gerard Kennedy
National co-Chairs
Nancy Girard
Mark Marissen
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National Campaign Director
Gordon Ashworth
Deputy Campaign Director
Jamie Carroll, National Director, LPC
Secretariat
Brian Klunder
Women's Canadidate Search and Support
Linda Julien and Isabel Metcalfe
Nominations
Herb Metcalfe and Brian Klunder
Tour
Melissa MacInnis and Nathalie Page
Commissions
Monique Trottier
Admin and Finance
John Arnold and Harry Mortimer
Advertising/Red Leaf
Kevin Shea and Luc Perrault
Candidate Services
Ian Smedley
Fundraising
Sen. Day
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Platform
Co-Chairs
Bob Rae and Scott Brison
National Platform Vice-Chair
Dominic LeBlanc
Platform Secretariat Coordinator
Gene Lang
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PTA
co-Chairs and NERC members
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Communications Coordinator
Nick Ruszkowski
Rapid Response
Written Material
New Media
Ethnic Media
Andrew Bevan and Derek Ferguson
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