Jenni Byrne

Jenni Byrne is the Director of Issues Management in the Office of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. [ [http://direct.srv.gc.ca/cgi-bin/direct500/REcn%3dByrne%5c%2c%20Jenni%2cou%3dIM-GE%2cou%3dPMO-CPM%2co%3dGC%2cc%3dCA Government of Canada Telephone Directory] Retrieved August 12, 2008.] She is described as "a long-time organizer with roots in the Reform Party, and she also worked on Harper’s leadership team. She keeps particular track of infrastructure projects. Harper is said to listen carefully when she expresses an opinion on politics." [ [http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20080124_162450_7264 Harper's 13th man--and beyond] John Geddes, Maclean's Magazine, January 24, 2008.] She is identified by Canadian Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre as being his partner or spouse. [See, for example, [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/elections/fed2004/candidates/generated/35052_CON.html Pierre Poilievre 2004 election biography] ]

During the 2006 Canadian federal election, she was identified as the Deputy Director of Political Operations for the Conservative Party of Canada, [ [http://www.votearts2006.ca/media/en/Conservative_Party_response.pdf Correspondence with the Canadian Arts Coalition, December 23, 2005] ] as well as being Political Operations Manager of the Conservative Party for Ontario. [ [http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jan/06011310.html Conservative Party Tells Candidates Not to Answer Pro-Life Questionnaires, Then Denies It] ]

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