Launched in 2004, Counsel Public Affairs has grown to become Canada’s most effective, fully integrated public affairs agency.
Our dedicated teams of experienced, multipartisan consultants are on the ground, delivering results for clients in Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. With strategic partnerships in Quebec and Atlantic Canada, Counsel successfully serves clients nationwide – all under one roof.
With expertise across a wide range of sectors of the Canadian economy, Counsel offers an extensive suite of fully integrated public affairs services, including government relations, strategic and corporate communications, crisis and reputation management, opinion research, and integrated campaigns.
Our team is multi-partisan and includes senior consultants who have quarterbacked national political campaigns, written winning platforms, served as Ministers of the Crown, led First Nations, held executive roles in major corporations, and most importantly, helped hundreds of clients to succeed.
Our consultants’ rich experience, inform the work we do every day to deliver solutions for our clients’ most important opportunities and challenges.
This team of 40+ consultants help clients succeed in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Toronto, and brings experience in every major jurisdiction in Canada.
CLIENT-FIRST APPROACH
We understand that each client is different, but what doesn’t change is our
RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF SUCCESS
Our approach is always:
There is no one size fits all. Every engagement is strategic and thoughtful.
We leverage our experienced team to ensure the best ideas and value are brought to your work. We work closely and seamlessly with your team, vendors, and partners.
We leverage our experienced team to ensure the best ideas and value are brought to your work. We work closely and seamlessly with your team, vendors, and partners.
At Counsel, our consultants bring decades of unparalleled experience and sector-specific expertise to tackle your most important public affairs challenges.
Our consultants have served as Cabinet Ministers and held senior roles for Prime Ministers, Premiers, Ministers, Opposition Leaders and Mayors. They have led national political campaigns, managed campaign war rooms, and crafted winning election platforms. They have led First Nations and occupied executive positions in major corporations, not-for-profit organizations and professional associations.
Discover why clients trust Counsel Public Affairs as their go-to partner to tackle the most critical public affairs challenges facing them and their industry.
With over 50 consultants nationwide, Counsel has the breadth and depth to seamlessly meet our clients’ needs. Our experienced team has boots on the ground across the country, ready to craft and execute your winning public affairs strategy. At Counsel, our clients receive unparalleled strategic insight combined with best-in-class project management and comprehensive and reliable support, ensuring that their goals and objectives are consistently achieved with precision and excellence.
Many clients turn to Counsel to tackle their public affairs needs in multiple jurisdictions across Canada. They do so to benefit from streamlined communication, simplified administration and the ability to leverage cross-practice insights; our fully integrated team and service offerings are designed to deliver results and maximize success, no matter where the need arises. With our ears to the ground and extensive networks, Counsel’s locally based consultants bring invaluable lines of sight that enhance your strategy, ensuring the best of both worlds — local knowledge and national reach.
Counsel’s relentless commitment to our client's success drives us to design and carry out custom-tailored, fully integrated public affairs campaigns. By integrating our distinct service offerings and consultant expertise into a comprehensive and cohesive strategy, we make certain that every tactic is precisely coordinated, timed, and executed. Counsel’s integrated approach to public affairs ensures that the desired message reaches the right audiences at the right time and that our client's goals and objectives are met.
At Counsel, our consultants craft smart, innovative policy-driven solutions for our client's complex public affairs challenges. Leveraging our team’s multipartisan experience and deep understanding of government processes, our consultants develop strategies and policies that align your needs with government priorities to achieve desired outcomes.
Counsel’s team of multipartisan consultants has an unparalleled track record of working with the main political parties across the Canadian landscape—at all levels of government. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, and established nationwide networks allow our team to support our clients in designing innovative and comprehensive tactics, strategies, and policies to deliver successful results.
Our team has the experience and the expertise to tackle the most critical public affairs challenges impacting your industry. Counsel has broad experience providing integrated public affairs services for clients ranging from multinational companies to start-ups, national and provincial associations and organizations, governments at all levels, agencies, regulators, not-for-profits, and more.
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