Insight
NDP Gains in Key Battlegrounds Threaten Trudeau’s Path to Majority
(Ottawa, August 19, 2021) - A new large sample national public opinion poll by Counsel Public Affairs has both good and bad news for the top four federal political parties. Nationally, the Liberal Party of Canada still holds a slim lead over Erin O'Toole's...
Path to Victory for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP: Insights from Counsel’s orange team
This is the third in a series of blogs analyzing the electoral calculus for each of Canada’s main political parties in the lead-up to an anticipated federal election, with perspectives from Counsel’s multi-partisan team. Over the past two weeks we examined potential...
Path to Victory for the Trudeau Liberals: Insights from Counsel’s red team
This is the second in a series of blogs analyzing the electoral calculus for each of Canada’s main political parties in the lead-up to an expected federal election, with perspectives from Counsel’s multi-partisan team. Last week, we looked at the Conservative Party of...
Path to Victory for Canada’s Conservatives: Insights from Counsel’s blue team
With a looming federal election on the horizon, Counsel’s multi-partisan team will set the stage for the campaign with a deep dive on each of the main parties. This blog series starts with a focus on the Conservative Party of Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic is...
Federal Government Announces Border Reopening Plan for Non-Essential Travel
This afternoon, federal ministers held a highly anticipated press conference to announce the next set phase of Canada’s border reopening. These changes will mark the first time that Canada will open its borders to non-essential travellers since the onset of the...
Counsel Promotes Shanice Scott to Account Director, Communications
TORONTO, June 30, 2021 - Counsel Public Affairs is pleased to announce the promotion of Shanice Scott to Account Director, Communications. “Shanice has great instinct and judgement. Organizations come to us with their toughest, highest stakes crises - and Shanice’s...
Federal Government Announces Changes to Quarantine Measures
Today, the federal government formally announced its first major set of rule changes to re-open Canada’s borders, removing quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers currently eligible to enter Canada. As previously indicated by the government, border...
Premier Ford Appoints Rising Stars to Cabinet in Major Shuffle
With less than a year until the next provincial election, Premier Ford announced a major cabinet shuffle at Queen’s Park this afternoon. Premier Ford unveiled the leadership team he will entrust to lead Ontario’s post-pandemic recovery ahead of the June 2022 election....
Canadians’ Health Priorities Shifting Away From COVID-19
Counsel Public Affairs has launched a polling practice called Counsel Research. As part of our inaugural June 2021 poll, we dove deep into issues surrounding COVID-19 and governments’ performance. By far, our biggest surprise in reading the data was the fact that...