iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on May 17, 2021 11:20am West Block on Parliament Hill on May 12, 2021 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Fernando Minna, who served as policy adviser to Conservative MP Phil Coleman for over four years before signing on with the Capital Hill Group last month, has had a busy week.
Minna registered for several California-based tech companies, as well as CyberNB Association Inc., which put him at the top of the list for most new registrations this past week.
According to the filings, he’ll be working with the California-based tech company,
Adobe to try and increase awareness within government for possible future procurement opportunities.
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on May 17, 2021 11:20am West Block on Parliament Hill on May 12, 2021 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Fernando Minna, who served as policy adviser to Conservative MP Phil Coleman for over four years before signing on with the Capital Hill Group last month, has had a busy week.
Minna registered for several California-based tech companies, as well as CyberNB Association Inc., which put him at the top of the list for most new registrations this past week.
According to the filings, he’ll be working with the California-based tech company,
Adobe to try and increase awareness within government for possible future procurement opportunities.
Evening Brief: A one-dose summer and two-dose fall By iPolitics. Published on May 11, 2021 5:52pm Sophie Grégoire Trudeau received her first COVID-19 jab at an Ottawa pharmacy on April 23, 2021. Photo: Adam Scotti / PMO
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We begin, as we do most days, with COVID-19, and word that a national system to manage and track vaccines is hardly being used by the provinces. That’s despite the fact that nearly half of eligible Canadians have received at least one dose of a vaccine already.
iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on May 10, 2021 12:03pm Many of Ottawa s major lobbying firms reside on Queen Street. (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Notably,
EVSX, a subsidiary of Montreal’s
St-Georges Eco-Mining, was registered by consultant Jean-Luc Plante to seek financial support from Natural Resources Canada to recycle critical minerals.
Capital Power Corp. is interested in federal support to phase out coal-fired electricity generation in Alberta and retire coal-fired power plants under the Capital Stock Turnover Plan. The Edmonton company was registered by Crestview Strategy’s Muhammad Ali.
The development of the Lake Erie Connector Projector an underwater electricity line that would connect the Ontario market with the American regional transmission group, PJM is the listed topic for the registration of
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on May 11, 2021 11:32am The West Block of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Provincial perspectives are at the forefront of this week’s promotions and hires.
Amber Ruddy, national councillor of the Conservative Party of Canada, has been promoted at Counsel Public Affairs Inc..
Amber Ruddy (Amber Ruddy photo)
Amber has over a decade of experience in government relations and strategic communications and is a passionate advocate for small business in Canada.
She began her career in politics at the federal health department, where she was an intern during then-prime minister Stephen Harper’s administration, and later worked as a legislative assistant in Ontario.