Pierre Poilievre’s Top Advisor, Jenni Byrne, is a Major Corporate Power Broker

Pierre Poilievre’s Top Advisor, Jenni Byrne, is a Major Corporate Power Broker

Jenni Byrne, among the most powerful figures behind Pierre Poilievre’s election campaign, has been described as one of the most important power brokers in Canada: “merciless,” a “ruthless tactician,” the “most powerful woman in Ottawa.” Writing in Maclean’s, Simon Lewson speculated Byrne could easily become Poilievre’s chief of staff should the Conservative leader become prime minister. But Byrne has also been tied to two lobbying firms: one tha…