This Week In Alberta August 4, 2023

This Week 4 new mandate letters: As of last week, mandate letters for eighteen ministries were released. This week, the Premier issued a further four letters outlining the priorities of the government. These include mandate letters for the following ministers:  $45 million for hydrogen innovation: In conjunction with Alberta’s Hydrogen Roadmap, the province announced two hydrogen funding competitions through the Alberta Innovates’ […]

Wellington Advocacy Appoints Daniel Gordon as Chief Growth Officer (CGO)

Toronto, July 31 – Wellington Advocacy, a leading government relations, strategic communications, and digital mobilization firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Gordon as its first Chief Growth Officer. With expertise in government relations, corporate growth strategies and public policy development, Daniel brings a wealth of experience to this new role. Most recently, […]

Ontario By-election Results

Yesterday, the Ontario Liberals surprised many with an upset win in Kanata-Carleton and held off a strong challenge from star PC candidate Gary Crawford in Scarborough-Guildwood to win both Ontario by-elections. The Liberals benefited in Kanata-Carleton from recruiting former MP Karen McCrimmon, who took advantage of her name recognition in a sleepy summer by-election. Despite […]

Cabinet Shuffle

Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet. This shuffle was wide-ranging, and included 7 Ministers dropped from cabinet, with 7 new ministers promoted to cabinet. The shuffle also included 23 previous cabinet Ministers receiving new portfolios, with only 8 retaining their portfolios.  The is the first major cabinet shuffle since the September 2021 federal […]

This Week In Alberta July 21, 2023

This Week 4 new mandate letters: As of last week, mandate letters for eight ministries were released. This week, the Premier issued a further four letters outlining the priorities of the government. These include mandate letters for the following ministers:  Bilateral environment meeting: Rebecca Schulz, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, met with the federal Minister of Environment and Climate […]

This Week In Alberta July 14, 2023

This Week LNG partnership discussion: Speaking at the LNG Conference in Vancouver this week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said during her remarks the province had begun discussions with the Government of British Columbia about expanding markets for Canadian gas. The Alberta Premier said that she and BC Premier David Eby spoke two weeks ago about possible ways […]

This Week In Ottawa July 14, 2023

Top news Government announcements Economic numbers of the week Coming Up The Prime Minister will visit Latvia and Lithuania from July 10 to 12. He will make a bilateral visit to Latvia on the 10th before going to Lithuania for the NATO Leaders Summit on the 11th and 12th.  Key Resources