Andrew MacDougall

Andrew MacDougall: Andrew MacDougall, Harpers seventh communications director, will depart in September amid a retrenching of senior staff in the PMO. After this summers cabinet shuffle, Harper is seeking to once again hit the re-boot button on his government, according to The Star. After 16 months as Harpers spokesman, MacDougall leaves during a difficult period. Harpers trade agenda has stalled , key oil and gas pipeline proposals are stumbling amid widespread protests, and the uproar has grown over Senate expenses and OTTAWA Prime Minister Stephen Harper is losing his chief spokesman as the Conservative government struggles to manage a string of controversies and a sense of policy drift in the crucial two-year run-up period before the next election. The bilingual MacDougall will join Publicis Groupe in London, part of MSL GROUP, as a senior strategist, the British firm announced in a release Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.