In a profile of Kate Purchase last year, Maclean’s magazine described her as the ‘narrator’ of Trudeau’s messaging during the 2015 campaign
OTTAWA — Kate Purchase, the chief spokeswoman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said on Tuesday she was leaving her job to work at a senior role in Microsoft.In an email, she said she would be working as a senior director in chief executive officer Satya Nadella’s office to boost Washington-based Microsoft “through communications and other vehicles.
In February, Gerald Butts, principal secretary to Trudeau and a long-time friend, quit at the height of the SNC-Lavalin affair, although he said the scandal had nothing to do with his departure. However, he returned to help with Trudeau’s re-election campaign. As a trained Shakespearean actress, Purchase was credited with helping craft Trudeau’s speeches. She was also responsible for vetting posts to the prime minister’s website and social media.
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