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Jacquie LaRocque

Jacquie LaRocque is principal of Compass Rose Group, a public affairs collective in Ottawa. She is a former senior adviser to a Liberal minister of international trade, a former public servant, and she has been involved in the mental health community in various capacities for much of the past decade, and is a registered lobbyist for the Mood Disorders Society of Canada.


Jim Peterson: a curious mind who nurtured the best in Parliament, people, and public policy

Jim Peterson, former longtime Toronto Liberal MP and cabinet minister, died on May 10 at the age of 82, but he left a positive legacy behind.

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | May 20, 2024

Dawson says goodbye to the Senate

Quebec senator Dennis Dawson had once been in the Liberal caucus with both Justin Trudeau and his father Pierre. I’m going to miss his insouciance, outspokenness, and his fight to make Canada a better place.

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | March 9, 2023

High stakes for everyone: tests of Liberal-NDP deal and geopolitics to define 2023

For a country heading into 2023 already facing deep affordability and productivity issues, an epochal transition to a greener economy and relentless global competition for jobs and investment, how the government responds to this test of geopolitics will have high stakes for all of us, writes Jacquie LaRocque.  

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | December 29, 2022

Significant policy shifts have been made, but government still leaving surrogacy families behind

It is time the government and all Parliamentarians look to include a 15-week benefit for parents via surrogacy in this much-needed EI modernization. Because it’s 2022.

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | November 23, 2022

Time to drop the negative tropes about women in cabinet

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | October 29, 2021

Ottawa’s historic, forward-looking budget hinges on real partnership

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | April 26, 2021

Advice for political staffers: whatever desk you’re in, treat it like YOU.inc

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | September 21, 2020

Only one national strategy can address today’s mental health crisis: putting the patient first

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | October 7, 2019

Sky’s the limit for small business exporters

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | November 29, 2018

Gord Brown’s passing underscored personal sacrifice paid by our elected representatives

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | May 7, 2018

Proposed Salvation Army shelter in Vanier runs counter to social determinants of health

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | November 22, 2017

Canada-U.S. relationship unfolding as it should: we should let government do its job

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | February 20, 2017

Connecting the Dots: Canada standing out in mental health innovation at APEC

opinion | BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE | April 20, 2016