Ontario Liberal Leader Crombie hires ex-journalist and former Alberta cabinet minister as chief of staff

Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie has hired an ex-journalist and former Alberta cabinet minister as her new chief of staff in a renewed effort to take on Premier Doug Ford when the legislature returns this spring.Sandra Jansen, who was a CTV News anchor for a decade until 2007, joined Alberta’s now-defunct Progressive Conservative Party before crossing the floor to the NDP and becoming a minister in Rachel Notley’s government. She left Alberta and returned to Ontario in 2020, where she began volunteering for the federal Liberal Party, including with minister Chrystia Freeland’s campaign for re-election.