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
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
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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
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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
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With the start of the Thanksgiving weekend, governments across Canada have taken action to respond to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike the first wave earlier this year, the response to the second wave is more targeted and precise to respond to the regional nature of the
Read more →Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe kicked off the 2020 election campaign, leading to the province’s vote on October 26. Moe undertakes his first election campaign since becoming leader of the Saskatchewan Party in 2018, facing off against Ryan Meili and the Saskatchewan NDP. Of the 61 seats in
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The Trudeau government has spent more than two years scrambling to respond to events: SNC-Lavalin, Trump’s tariffs and CUMSA, Chinese hostage diplomacy, Trudeau’s blackface, a new minority Parliament, Iranian missiles, Indigenous blockades, and, the ultimate disruptor, COVID-19. Today’s Throne Speech, read by Governor-General Julie Payette, and an
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After just less than two years since its last election, Canada’s first COVID-era election took place today in New Brunswick as Premier Blaine Higgs and the New Brunswick Progressive Conservatives sought to turn a narrow minority government into a four-year majority government. There were many questions on
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Erin O’Toole has emerged as the third-ballot victor in the Conservative Party’s Leadership race and is the new leader of the Conservative Party. Former Cabinet Minister and PC Party Leader Peter MacKay finished in second, while newcomer Leslyn Lewis surprised many with a very strong third place
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The unplanned exit by federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is a rare and disconcerting event that comes at a very untimely moment. Leaving aside the obvious political damage to the government, the implications for public policy are potentially quite significant and unsettling. The basic course of the
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