Rob Oliphant seems an unlikely candidate to serve as a fiery, chest-thumping rebel, chronic troublemaker or ego on legs searching out microphones and cameras he can spout off to.
A Liberal loyalist since youth, he has party credentials reaching back to the first Trudeau regime almost 50 years ago. He served in several capacities for David Peterson’s Ontario government, has worked on more Liberal campaigns than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made promises and was tasked with important roles by former leaders Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff. In 2019, Trudeau appointed him parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs, a post he still holds.
