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Major Project Reform, Canadian Wine, and Canada’s Economic Strategy The MBP Intelligence Briefing delivers exclusive, insider insight into the policies, decisions, and dynamics shaping Canada’s political and economic landscape. Hosted by Ben Woodfinden, Director of MBP Intelligence and Senior Advisor at Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips, the series features

Ontario has been the sleeper province in Canadian politics for the better part of a decade. Doug Ford’s comfortable re-election in 2022, combined with a hollowed-out Liberal Party and an NDP unable to break through, made the province’s political direction feel settled. That has changed.  Recent polling shows

Real progress on dismantling interprovincial barriers has been made over the past year, but the hardest barriers remain intact and the federal-provincial momentum that delivered the easy wins is already flagging. If we're going to get big things built, we have to at least tackle the lowest hanging

Alberta Separatism, Airport Privatization, and the Canada-U.S. Trade Breakdown The MBP Intelligence Briefing delivers exclusive, insider insight into the policies, decisions, and dynamics shaping Canada’s political and economic landscape. Hosted by Ben Woodfinden, Director of MBP Intelligence and Senior Advisor at Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips, the series features

Alberta Separatism, Airport Privatization, and the Canada-U.S. Trade Breakdown Video Access Password: MBPIntBriefing627468 In this week’s MBP Intelligence Briefing, Ben Woodfinden is joined by Tyler Meredith, Ken Boessenkool, and Shannon Phillips for a wide-ranging discussion on the political and economic stories reshaping Canada’s national landscape. The episode

The premier built her power on the party activists who now demand a separation referendum — and the Centurion data breach has turned it into a democratic crisis she has every incentive to ignore. Key Takeaways: * Since Ralph Klein, small groups of aligned party members have exercised outsized control over Alberta’

At the end of April Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Canada Strong Fund as “Canada’s first national sovereign wealth fund,” the centrepiece of the Spring Economic Update tabled the following day by Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne. The federal government will provide $25 billion over three years, on a

Spring Economic Update, Canada Strong Fund, and the Future of Public Investment Video Access Password: MBPIntBriefing627468 In this week’s MBP Intelligence Briefing, Ben Woodfinden is joined by Tyler Meredith, Ken Boessenkool, and Shannon Phillips for a deep dive into the federal government’s latest Spring Economic Update and the