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Counsel Public Affairs Adds Experienced Government & Communications Specialist to Western Team
VICTORIA, May 10, 2021 – Counsel Public Affairs is pleased to welcome its newest team member, Jean-Marc Prevost, as Associate Vice President, Western Canada. “With insights gleaned from senior-government work in British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba, Jean-Marc is...
BC NDP Budget Focuses on Pandemic, Prepares Way for Recovery
April 20, 2021 In its first budget of its first majority government since the 1990’s, the BC NDP government had twin goals: provide immediate COVID-19 relief to British Columbians and set the stage for a post-pandemic economic recovery. With British Columbians in the...
Freeland’s Massive Pandemic Budget Charts Path Towards Recovery
Freeland’s massive pandemic budget charts path towards recovery This afternoon, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented the long-awaited 2021 federal budget - the first in over two years. Easily the largest budget in Canadian history with $101.4 billion in new...
O’Toole presents ambitious Conservative climate plan
OTTAWA - In a flashy campaign-style announcement, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole released his long-awaited climate plan today, seeking to blunt Liberal attacks and shore up suburban votes - at the risk of alienating his base and key industrial sectors. Entitled...
Manitoba Delivers a Stay the Course COVID-19 Budget
Like all recent provincial budgets tabled in the past few weeks, Manitoba’s 2021 Budget focuses on protecting its residents through the remainder of the pandemic and setting the table for an economic recovery. Finance Minister Scott Fielding presented a budget today...
Three things to know about Saskatchewan’s 2021-22 Budget: Mental health focus, post-secondary boost, and delayed deficit reduction
Although this is the first budget since Premier Moe’s government was re-elected, it’s the second fiscal plan tabled during the pandemic. The theme of this budget is build, protect, grow Saskatchewan. As expected, vaccine rollout is key to the provincial relaunch...
Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the federal carbon pricing law. What’s next?
OTTAWA - In a move that was expected but not guaranteed, the Supreme Court of Canada, in a 6-3 decision, upheld the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, settling the constitutional question on carbon pricing. The court found that the federal government has...
Ford Government Maintains Focus on Pandemic Recovery, Continues Extraordinary Spending in 2021-22 Ontario Budget
This afternoon, Ontario Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy delivered his first budget since assuming the role late last year. The Ford Government’s priorities are evident in the title of the 2021-22 Ontario Budget: Ontario's Action Plan: Protecting People's Health...
Focusing on ‘Lives and Livelihoods’, Alberta Avoids Fiscal Reckoning
In the first Alberta Budget since the pandemic, the Kenney Government’s fiscal plan is driven by tackling a triple-threat: COVID-19, the global drop in oil prices, and a worldwide recession. The world is a different place today than it was 21 months ago. Accordingly,...