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The federal government released its 2024 budget yesterday.

Burrard Strategy shares some highlights:

https://burrardstrategy.com/2024/04/17/budget-2024-burrard-strategys-political-pulse/

"How should Liberals respond?

Do they call for Trudeau to retire, and choose a new leader to take on Poilievre?

Or do they step up their game if Justin Trudeau follows in the footsteps of his father in 1979, and decides to stick it out?"

FOR MORE - READ THE FULL PIECE HERE:

https://burrardstrategy.com/2024/03/07/durham-byelection-whats-ahead-for-the-liberal-party/

We had a great Burrard Strategy Christmas Party on Tuesday night. Thank you to all of you who joined us! And have a very Happy Holidays!

Burrard Strategy is pleased to learn that it has been selected as one of the Top 7 Public Relations firms by "The Best Vancouver," saying that they "highly recommend" Burrard's services.

Our award-winning team of experts works with clients to:

- Develop and amplify compelling content designed for the right audiences and platforms,

- Earn the public support required to allow decision-makers to feel confident about being in your corner, and

- Protect your reputation at times of crisis.

Burrard Strategy has worked at the centre of national, provincial and municipal issues since 1998, and maintains strong relationships at every level of government.

Let us help you take charge of your story, and win.

https://www.thebestvancouver.com/best-pr-agencies-vancouver/

In Canada, it looks like the YIMBY’s are finally winning the housing narrative, especially after the events of last week:

https://burrardstrategy.com/2023/09/21/in-canada-the-yimbys-are-winning/

Our federal cabinet was recently advised that Canada needs to build 5.3 million homes between 2024 and 2030 – two million of which need to be purpose-built rental units – to restore affordability.

It's time to get serious.

https://burrardstrategy.com/2023/09/05/governments-need-to-get-serious-about-purpose-built-rental-housing/

Big shakeup in Ottawa! Trudeau shuffles his cabinet. Here's our analysis: https://burrardstrategy.com/2023/07/27/big-shakeup-in-ottawa/

Welcome to our new monthly series, where you will get updates on emerging federal, provincial and municipal issues! https://burrardstrategy.com/2023/07/11/insights-into-federal-provincial-and-metro-vancouvers-public-affairs-july-11th-2023/

Thank you everyone for attending Burrard Strategy's 25th Anniversary Open House Thursday! Everyone had a great time.

Burrard Strategy is celebrating our 25th Anniversary today!

Since February 2, 1998, we've helped dozens of clients earn public trust by taking charge of their story.

We’ve updated our website (www.burrardstrategy.com) to include easy access to recent case studies, and we've also updated our Blog & Press page to go back to the beginning, when Burrard Strategy Inc. was founded as Burrard Communications Inc. We changed the company’s name in 2017 to better reflect what we do.

As you can see, Burrard has worked at the centre of national, provincial and municipal issues over the past 25 years, often making history in the process.

Throughout it all, we’ve maintained strong relationships across the country with every level of government as well as businesses and non-profits.

Our approach is simple: always focus on earning public trust, telling your story, on your terms.

Burrard Strategy’s team of experts works with clients to:

- develop and amplify compelling content designed for the right audiences and platforms,

- earn the public support you need to allow decision-makers to feel confident about being in your corner, and

- protect your reputation at times of crisis.

Let us help you take charge of your story, and win.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

Sincerely,

Mark Marissen
Principal, Burrard Strategy

"The weight of the angry reaction is just one of the many levers that Facebook engineers manipulate to shape the flow of information and conversation on the world’s largest social network — one that has been shown to influence everything from users’ emotions to political campaigns to atrocities."

Five points for anger, one for a ‘like’: How Facebook’s formula fostered rage and misinformation Facebook engineers gave extra value to emoji reactions, including "angry," pushing more emotional and provocative content into users’ news feeds.

"When it first came to power in 1996, the Taliban banned the internet. Now it has come to recognize its uses and is seeking to use social media to create a positive international image for itself."

The rise of Taliban Twitter - The Spectator World The rise of Taliban Twitter demands a rethink of how tech giants operate. The link between online and offline violence is long established

It was an honour for Burrard Strategy to help tell Hassan's story in the lead-up to Canada's last federal election - you can check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFnEU3Ivj0c

He spent 7 months living in an airport, until Canada took him in. Now he's written a book about it | CBC Radio In his new memoir, Hassan Al Kontar describes the incredible nine-month journey from the moment he was barred from boarding a flight out of Malaysia to the day he finally arrived as a refugee in British Columbia.

“The Federal Budget: Winners, losers and lots of spending.” Read our commentary on Budget 2021. https://burrardstrategy.com/2021/04/22/the-2021-federal-budget-key-takeaways/

Happy Sikh Heritage Month!

Sikh Heritage Month in Canada "Our Story is a Canadian Story" April will be Sikh Heritage Month.This video honours the contributions Sikhs have made to Canada and celebrates the Senate's passing of Bill C-376, "An Act t...

Art of the Campaign: The Politics of Color Theory For centuries, government officials and politicians have been using graphic art to send instant messages to their people. Find out how propaganda, color the...

Veteran Canadian politicos weigh in on U.S. President Joe Biden's words today – and the reviews are overwhelmingly positive.

Biden's inauguration address – as judged by top Canadian speechwriters

Tuesday’s Cabinet shuffle comes on the heels of Liberal MP Navdeep Bains announcing his retirement from politics. Minister Bains will not run in the next election and was previously Minister of Innovation and Science for five years under Trudeau and has been a Liberal MP for 17 years.

Replacing him as incoming Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry is Francois-Philippe Champagne.

Marc Garneau will be stepping in as Minister of Foreign Affairs to replace Champagne, as Canada eagerly welcomes working with the new U.S. administration led by President-elect Joe Biden.

Garneau who has lived in the United States for nine years, is very familiar with the U.S./Canada relationship and believes that there is no stronger bilateral relationship than that of Canada with the United States.

Trudeau’s Parliamentary Secretary, Mississauga Centre MP Omar Alghabra, becomes a first-time Cabinet Minister taking over for Marc Garneau at Transport Canada.

The former engineer who has held senior positions in the private sector and education, now steps in to take on one of the biggest and most challenging portfolios in transport. Minister Alghabra, will work to continue the dialogue with the airline industry. The industry has been pushing for a bailout package as a result of the pandemic, which has been hurt by restricted domestic and international travel.

Shortly after the oaths were taken, Mike McNaney, president of the National Airlines Council of Canada, which represents Air Canada, Air Transat and WestJet, urged the government for aid on behalf of the airline sector.

It’s Tuesday, November 3rd and the final day has arrived for our American friends to choose who will lead their country in these unprecedented times.

This election is unlike any other and will have the largest turnout in the history of the republic.

The campaign styles of the two contenders couldn’t be more different. So we thought we would ask for your thoughts by answering a series of questions. View our stories.

But first, comment below on who you think will win and why?

The Economy. Food Security. Climate Change. These are big issues for our times.

Our client, Terramera is leading the way in pioneering the world's first Regenerative Farming Centre located right here in Canada.

Find out what that means for our planet and our collective future.

Watch video below >>

Terramera's Global Centre for Regenerative Agriculture - YouTube Bringing together farmers and clean technology to turn economic and climate crises into opportunities. Learn more:

6 Lessons From A Large-Scale Digital Canvassing Campaign As if previous cycles hadn’t prepared us, 2020 was truly the era of the Facebook president. Donald Trump this week 

TikTok Refutes Claims Made Against it in White House Executive Order as it Pushes to Remain in the US TikTok has issued a response to the White House Executive Order to force the sell-off of the app, essentially saying that the claims against it are incorrect.

"The company announced in a blog post on October 9 that ahead of the U.S. presidential election, it had renewed its efforts to "handle misleading information." It says it has "increased the size and capacity" of its teams focused on the election, enabling them to "respond rapidly to issues that may arise on Twitter on Election night and in the days that follow."

Twitter wrote that it "has a critical role to play in protecting the integrity of the election conversation," and it called for recognition of "our collective responsibility to the electorate to guarantee a safe, fair and legitimate democratic process this November.""

Twitter eases hacked materials policy after blocking Hunter Biden New York Post story Twitter initially blocked a New York Post story based on alleged emails taken from his personal laptop.