{"id":590678,"date":"2026-04-08T17:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590678\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:37:08","slug":"poilievres-communications-director-katy-merrifield-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590678\/","title":{"rendered":"Poilievre\u2019s communications director Katy Merrifield resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/3ULDUVJXZJDC3KX3PO4TFG5EQE.jpg?auth=1091f9174e719649b6fef8ea43172dfa05481dbab2353f5df7e84243ed81ed0c&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in March.Sean Kilpatrick\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre\u2019s communications director Katy Merrifield is resigning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Merrifield announced her departure in an e-mail sent to the Conservative caucus Tuesday, adding her last day working in the Opposition Leader\u2019s Office will be Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The message says Micah Green will become the new communications director and Sam Lilly will be the new media relations director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Merrifield says the promotions were her suggestion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Merrifield joined Poilievre\u2019s team last year around the time he began doing more mainstream media interviews and reaching out to talk to as many people as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Merrifield\u2019s e-mail says she plans to return to \u201cpassion\u201d projects she put on hold to take the top communications job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during question period in the House of Commons 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