WELCOME TO POLICY, STRATEGY…AND IDEAS
I created this site as a place for sharing ideas and perspectives shaped by a 30-year career in policy, strategic planning, communications, association management, government, and politics.
I expect to post the occasional quick take on breaking news, but content will lean more toward in-depth opinion and analysis. And while the news cycle will decide many of the issues covered, I intend to also focus on a small number of issues and policy areas of particular concern to me.
The state of our democracy and political system (particularly the impact of digital media) tops the list, with climate change and conservation a close second. More narrowly, I will also examine how business interacts with government (and vice versa), aviation policy (a recent passion of mine), infrastructure funding and the evolving federal-municipal-provincial relationship.
And occasionally, I may share some thought on a book or two that have very little to do (or even nothing at all) with the weighty subjects referenced above.
The vast majority of my posts will be current and exclusive to this site, I may however from time to time also share a column originally written for a mainstream outlet, as well as content from other contributors. In rummaging through my digital cartons, I also found a number of posts and op-eds written between 2011 and 2019 that I think might be of some relevance and interest today — those will be found in the archive section of this site.
If a search brought you here, I hope you found what you were looking for. If you stumbled on this page, I hope you find something of interest and stay a while, but however you got here, welcome.
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I look forward to the conversation!