YouTube Canada hires Lindsay Doyle as head of government affairs and public policy

YouTube Canada on Monday announced Lindsay Doyle is the video-sharing platform’s new head of government affairs and public policy in Canada, effective immediately. Doyle was previously the manager of government affairs and public policy for Google Canada, before taking a year of parental leave. YouTube and Google are both owned by Alphabet Inc. Based in Ottawa, Doyle is taking over the role formerly held by Jeanette Patell, who is now the director of government affairs and public policy for Google Canada. Doyle was selected as Patell’s replacement after an extensive internal and external recruitment process, according to an emailed announcement...