Kevin Lynch and Jim Mitchell co-authored A New Blueprint for Government: Reshaping Power, the PMO and the Public Service, which is shortlisted for the prestigious 2025 Donner Prize.
The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, and analysts to determine who has the most influence in the prime minister’s foreign policy sphere.
Pascal Chan, vice-president of strategic policy and supply chains at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and an in-house lobbyist, said that a good lobbyist needs to be trusted, ‘period.’
Lobbying under Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government requires an increased focus on data, opinion data, economics, and return on investment, say lobbyists.
The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, business leaders, analysts, and academics to compile the list of the top 50 foreign policy influencers.
In the run up to the election, the goal for lobbyists is to educate key decision-makers on their priorities so they can effectively advocate for those interests post-election and hit the ground running, according to GRIC president Hunter Doubt.
The results of The Hill Times’ 2024 year-end poll are in. Liberal MP Sean Fraser scores a hat trick and takes the ‘Most Valuable Politician’ title for the second year in a row, while Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre divides respondents.
And Housing Minister Sean Fraser, who was already picked as the Most Valuable Politician in 2023 in The Hill Times’ All Politics Poll in December, was voted best cabinet minister in 2024 in this survey.
Coming in at second and third on The Hill Times’ Terrific 25 Staffers list are Conservative staffers Jordan Johnston and Colin Thackeray, respectively.
Current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, and insiders weigh in on who has influence over Canadian foreign policy for The Hill Times‘ annual list.
The election could still be more than a year away, but things are heating up. This year’s Top 100 list reflects some changes in the political lay of the land. Get ready for 2024.
The results of this year’s All Politics Poll are in, and Sean Fraser leads the Liberal pack. It’s not just him, either—his housing portfolio is voted as the biggest issue of 2023. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is picked as the second Most Valuable Politician of the Year.
Coming in at No. 2 on The Hill Times’ Terrific 25 Staffers list is Liberal MP staffer Jeff Jedras, followed by the Liberal research bureau’s Wendy Wu in third, and Quebec adviser to the health minister Victor Kandasamy in fourth.
Lobbyists anticipate this year’s federal budget could be the last before the next election.
This year’s 100 most influential list is peppered with the politicians, political staffers and strategists, public servants, and media who help shape policy, hold the government to account, and wield influence behind the scenes.
Raquel Dancho is one to watch, and most people would like to sit down for dinner with House Speaker Anthony Rota. Stephen Harper, Jean Chrétien, and Pierre Trudeau were picked as the most admired former prime minsters. From favourites to flops, we’ve got the results of this year’s All Politics Poll.
