Counsel Welcomes Jodee Mason as Senior Account Director to Manitoba Team
Counsel is pleased to welcome Jodee Mason as Senior Account Director, Manitoba. Jodee is Manitoba’s most seasoned and connected government relations consultant. With an unprecedented line-of-sight into the dynamics of the new administration, Jodee brings two decades of experience in Media, Strategic Communications, and Issues Management. Jodee studied journalism in Brandon and quickly climbed the ranks in the […]
Counsel promotes Amanda van Baarsen to Vice President, Victoria Sewell to Senior Consultant
Counsel is proud to announce the promotion of Amanda van Baarsen to Vice President, British Columbia. Amanda brings more than a decade of public affairs experience, specializing in; value-based problem–solving, strategic planning, and crisis management. Having supported and advised BC MLAs and candidates in government, opposition, and in between elections, Amanda has a deep understanding not only […]
Make-or-Break Housing Budget Adds to Generational Equity Narrative with Capital Gains Increase
With the Liberals mired in the polling doldrums, the Trudeau government has been flooding the zone with pre-budget announcements aimed at addressing the housing crisis and restoring hope among young Canadians who feel the deck is stacked against their generation. The price tag for the budget – a whopping $39.2 billion over five years – […]
Manitoba Focuses on Health Care and Affordability in the First Budget of New Government
Manitoba will introduce a $1500.00 Homeownership Affordability Tax Credit and increase spending on health care, seniors, and long-term care by $1 billion. In his successful election campaign last year, Premier Wab Kinew promised to fix health care and make life more affordable for Manitoba families. Finance Minister Adrian Sala released the fiscal roadmap today to make good on those promises while pledging […]
Ontario Midterm Budget Focused on “Housing Enabling” Infrastructure
Top Line Large shift in deficit numbers, climbing to $9.8 billion in the coming fiscal year and pushing a projected balanced budget off to 2026-27. No new provincial taxes. Projected GDP growth of just 0.3% next year, a particularly anemic rate of growth considering population growth. No new costs imposed for businesses or municipalities. Major […]
Counsel Welcomes Chase Tribble to Federal Practice as Senior Consultant
Counsel Public Affairs is proud to announce the addition of Chase Tribble to its growing and multi-partisan Federal Practice team as Senior Consultant. Chase is an experienced political staffer and a seasoned communicator, whose recent experience includes service in the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition and the Conservative Party of Canada’s national headquarters in Ottawa. “Chase […]
Saskatchewan Pre-election Budget: No New Taxes or Substantial Relief for Saskatchewanians
The 2024/25 Saskatchewan budget, titled Classrooms, Care and Communities projected a deficit of $273.2 million, the largest ever increases to school operating funding, health care funding and municipal revenue sharing, and continues to hold the line on no new taxes or tax increases. The significance of this budget cannot be overstated: it is the last budget for Minister of […]
A Primer on the Alberta NDP Leadership Candidates
The highly competitive Alberta NDP leadership race is heating up! Six people – four women, two men – are vying to succeed Rachel Notley. Four are current caucus members, two of whom are former cabinet ministers. One is a former mayor; the other is a veteran labour activist. Here are some thoughts on the candidate […]
Danielle Smith Delivers Fiscal Restraint in the first post-election Alberta Budget
Nate Horner’s first fiscal blueprint sticks to Premier’s message: balanced budgets take precedence over tax cuts Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner delivered his first-ever budget today. It is also the first fiscal blueprint released since Danielle Smith was elected premier in spring 2023. The budget was released one week after Smith set the stage for fiscal restraint in her address to the province saying that […]
BC Budget Stays the Course in Lead Up to October Election
Throughout its first two mandates, the BC NDP government has focused on investing in services like health care and education while providing help for people during challenging times. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy has stayed true to those themes in tabling her government’s last budget before the provincial election with the hope that this remains a […]