Mark Carney's staff getting shuffled after departure for byelection

Braeden Caley's entry into electoral fray spurs charges in PM's team.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is shaking up the senior ranks of his office after his deputy chief of staff announced his immediate departure from the prime minister’s inner circle to run in an upcoming B.C. byelection. Braeden Caley, a former political staffer and director of Carney’s leadership and election campaigns, announced on Sunday night that he would be exiting his current role “in consideration of seeking a nomination to stand for Parliament in my home province of British Columbia.” Caley is planning to mount a bid in North Vancouver—Capilano, a riding handily won by former Liberal cabinet minister Jonathan Wilkinson, who resigned his seat earlier this year to become Canada’s ambassador to the European Union.

Three government sources told the Star on the condition they not be named that Caley’s departure means that Tim Krupa, the prime minister’s director of policy, becomes Carney’s deputy chief of staff and chief economist. That move is effective immediately, one