If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that business needs to keep moving – even in a pandemic. In the land development industry, it forced a change in the way developers engage with communities. Effective community consultation goes a long way in building support for a project among… Continue Reading Lessons from Land Development Public Engagement in the Pandemic
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The House of Commons has returned from its holiday break for its January to June spring sitting. The political landscape increasingly suggests that a spring election may be in the offing as the governing Liberals will at some point have to try and find a way to move their minority position back to a majority… Continue Reading Is a Spring 2021 Federal Election on the Horizon?
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Is This a Prelude to a Spring Election? Earlier today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his Cabinet, with the announcement that Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains would not be running in the next election, stating that he intends to spend more time with his family… Continue Reading Prime Minister Trudeau Shuffles Cabinet
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As Ontario released new modelling today demonstrating rapid growth in cases (over 7% on worst days), 400 ICU beds occupied, and the risk of the new COVID strain (with its rapid doubling time for cases) overwhelming the public health system with case counts projected to exceed 10,000… Continue Reading Ontario Moves Back to State of Emergency
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Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s first Fall Economic Statement (FES) represented the federal government’s second move to shift from short-term COVID relief to a longer-term plan for Canada’s post-pandemic recovery. The first move was September’s Speech from the Throne and the next in this… Continue Reading Relief to Recovery – Freeland releases first Fall Economic Statement
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The COVID-19 pandemic has granted unprecedented attention on public health and some of its various important and interdependent parts that, arguably, under normal circumstances, work quietly behind the scenes without much visibility to most Canadians. In this paper, StrategyCorp Senior Advisor and population health knowledge translation expert… Continue Reading Public Health in The Public Eye: Motivating Sustained Investment
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Ontario Minister of Finance Rod Phillips has released the 2020 Ontario Budget, Ontario’s Action Plan: Protect, Support, Recover – the first budget during his tenure as Minister of Finance, and the second budget of the Ford government. Unlike just over a year ago, today Premier Doug Ford… Continue Reading Ontario Releases 2020 Budget
Read more →After 25 years building Canada’s preeminent consulting firm, Leslie Noble will be leaving the organization at the end of 2020 and moving to the next stage of her professional career. As a founding partner, Leslie helped establish StrategyCorp as a leader in Canadian public affairs and helped… Continue Reading Leslie Noble – 25 Years!
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Premier Scott Moe has secured the Saskatchewan Party’s fourth consecutive majority government. In his first election since becoming Leader in 2018, Moe’s Saskatchewan Party held its majority with over 63% of the vote. At the time of writing, it had won 50 seats and to the New… Continue Reading Saskatchewan Party Wins Majority Government
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British Columbians went to the polls yesterday in Canada’s second COVID-era election. After a contentious start to the election with those in opposition questing the need, voters gave Premier John Horgan the majority government he was seeking. Having garnered the public support of the previous Green Party… Continue Reading BC Voters Elect Wide New Democrat Majority
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