He was announced in August 2011 as the new
director of communications in the
Prime Minister's Office, but resigned in March 2012 after less than a year in the job. He was the first director of communications to not speak both French and English, Canada's official languages, which prompted an official complaint with the
Canadian Human Rights Commission. Prior to joining the PMO, Persichilli worked as a columnist for the
Toronto Star, and as an editor of the
Italian language newspaper
Corriere Canadese. ==References==