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Fleishman-Hillard’s digital account director, Shawna Newbery, paid a visit to CTV’S Power Play to dissect the Twitter-sphere. In a segment titled “Twitter Watch”, Shawna explains, with the help of analytical word clouds, what political issues Canadians are discussing on and …Read Post »

The hangover being felt all over the country the day after the Alberta election isn’t about whether or not Alison Redford and the Progressive Conservative Party are equipped to continue leadership but how predictions about an election prediction that seemed …Read Post »

So the votes are in on the Ontario budget, and as expected, the province has not been forced into an election.  We’ve known since the budget was tabled on March 27th that the Conservative Party would vote against the budget …Read Post »

Obviously it goes without saying that a Federal Budget creates quite a flurry of media coverage, and in today’s environment, prompts more than it’s fair share of conversation online. As the currency of politics is public opinion, we thought it might be …Read Post »

There’s a common adage in politics, regardless of the government in power: tackle the tough stuff early on in a mandate. This is done in the hope that fortunes will improve over the mandate, and that voters ultimately won’t hold …Read Post »

Today on Parliament Hill, Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, presented the country with the Harper government’s 2012 federal budget. As always, Fleishman-Hillard was there to report back on the key elements including: Cuts to government departments of $5.2 billion Moving …Read Post »

Yesterday, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, delivered a belt-tightening provincial budget at Queens Park in Toronto. Our staff from Fleishman-Hillard were there to deliver all of the highlights including: Program spending to be reduced by a cumulative $17.7 billion over …Read Post »

Last week, Canada experienced a social media uproar like no other sparked by a controversial online surveillance bill tabled in the House of Commons, known as C-30, which would give police and intelligence agencies the power to access Canadians’ online …Read Post »

This week, former TD Bank chief economist, Don Drummond released his much anticipated report that charted a map outlining how Ontario can eliminate the $16 billion deficit with 372 key recommendations. Our staff at Fleishman-Hillard Canada put together a brief …Read Post »

Anyone who spends even a small amount of time on social media websites is learning that politics is changing and the way of influencing voting behavior is changing with it.

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