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Introduction

We provide clients with full service government relations support. Wellington drives strategy, aligns tactics and develops the high impact products you need to create value.

Clients around the country trust Wellington to deliver real, tangible value and results. We are not in the business of forwarding you government press releases, we are in the business of shaping government policy.

British Columbia

British Columbia is a thriving hub of global trade and investment, serving as Canada’s gateway to the Indo-Pacific. The province’s strategic location, with two transcontinental rail terminals and 27 major cargo and passenger ports, connects Asia and North America and has earned B.C. the title of Canada’s Pacific Gateway.

While historically based in resource industries, B.C.’s economy is now dominated by services, accounting for 80% of the workforce and growing with over 3.5% annual growth in recent years. The province is poised for continued growth, with green tech, digital media, life sciences, natural resources, and services such as healthcare, technology, and retail driving the economy. B.C. remains rich in agriculture, particularly in the fruit orchards and dairy farms of the Okanagan and Fraser Valley, and areas such as Northern B.C., are thriving due to oil and gas exploration.

B.C. boasts a talented labor pool, boosted by immigration and a world-renowned education system that consistently ranks highly in global university rankings.

Delivering value for our clients

Practice Lead

Having served as the Director of Communications to a former Premier, and the Executive Director of the B.C. Liberal party, Katy Merrifield is well equipped to navigate the province’s political landscape.

Katy combines a unique understanding of B.C.’s political, public, and private landscapes with expertise in communications, stakeholder engagement, corporate planning and campaign management. She delivers solutions with meaningful and measurable impact for her clients.

Wellington Advocacy actively represents dozens of companies, nonprofits and brands present in British Columbia.

Katy Merrifield
Vice President, British Columbia

Areas of Expertise: Communications, Campaigns, Government Relations

Katy Merrifield is a seasoned communications professional having served as the head of communications for the Premiers of British Columbia and Alberta. Katy is also an accomplished campaign executive having managed two successful leadership campaigns in British Columbia and serving as a senior advisor to a provincial party. Katy has spent over a decade advising senior cabinet members and elected officials including as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Health, and the Minister of Jobs, Tourism, Skills Training and Labour in British Columbia.

Areas of Expertise: Communications, Campaigns, Government Relations

Katy Merrifield is a seasoned communications professional having served as the head of communications for the Premiers of British Columbia and Alberta. Katy is also an accomplished campaign executive having managed two successful leadership campaigns in British Columbia and serving as a senior advisor to a provincial party. Katy has spent over a decade advising senior cabinet members and elected officials including as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Health, and the Minister of Jobs, Tourism, Skills Training and Labour in British Columbia.

Expertise

  • Albera
  • Ontario
  • Quebec
  • Federal & Trade
  • Partnerships
  • Political Campaign
  • Management
  • Opposition Research
  • Parliamentary Committees

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