Minister Office: Director and Communications

minister office: However, he arranged to have publication of his thesis delayed until a few days ago, on July 28 — well after last fall federal election. "The fact that people with similar interests are communicating online and organizing around specific causes is advantageous to the prime minister director of communications," he writes. "A sympathetic and receptive audience is only a Google search away for a director of communications seeking to promote a particular policy." Style has come to trump substance, which has directly impacted the strategies that the Prime Minister Office and its director of communications develop for interacting with television reporters.'- Dimitri Soudas Soudas says Canadian political actors are trailing their counterparts in the United States and have yet to realize the full potential of social media to engage with voters rather than just transmit information. "The first party to recognize the potential of social media and employ it to its fullest potential will achieve a decisive advantage over other parties while they struggle to adapt." Soudas 74-page thesis "Media and Government: The Role of the Director of Communications" is a fascinating glimpse inside the corridors of power, according to CBC. Part analysis, part how-to guide, it outlines how governments, including Harper administration, have effectively "manipulated" public opinion and the media over the years, arguing that directors of communication are now key players in successful governments. Soudas successfully defended his thesis in January 2015 and received his master degree from Simon Fraser University in June 2015. A longtime political animal, Soudas arrived in Ottawa in 2003 as press secretary to Harper, then leader of the Opposition. In 2014, he served briefly as executive director of the Conservative Party of Canada before a dispute over his attempts to help his then fiancée, MP Eve Adams, win the party nomination in the riding of Oakville North Burlington led to his departure. ​Dimitri Soudas fired as Conservative Party executive director Inside Dimitri Soudas last days atop the Conservative Party Bureaucrats told to 'harperize' government message In 2015, Soudas joined the Liberal Party after Adams crossed the floor to join Justin Trudeau caucus. Known as a fierce Harper loyalist, he rose through the ranks to become Harper director of communications in 2010 before leaving in September 2011. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.