The Speech from the Throne Ontario On Tuesday afternoon, Lt. Governor David Onley delivered the Liberal party’s first legislative plan since Premier Kathleen Wynne was selected several weeks ago.  Voted on Wednesday morning, the throne speech passed with the support of … (More)

Meet Ontario's New Premier As the Liberal leadership convention wound to a close on Saturday night, the province of Ontario found itself with a new Premier-elect and newly minted leader of the Liberal party, Kathleen Wynne.  As MPP for Don Valley West since 2003, Wynne has … (More)

The year 2012 represented a great time of growth for Grassroots Public Affairs.  Our firm has added several new offerings to better serve our clients, and we are continuing to look for new ways to foster increased collaboration between the public and private sectors. THANK YOU to all of our … (More)

We are entering a new year and, naturally, questions abound about what it might mean for the Federal Government, and the Ontario Legislature. Although making bold predictions can be a difficult endeavor, in this case, the respective futures of these three bodies can be divined using varying … (More)

Prior to the recent US presidential election, I doubt you would have been able to find many people that could have predicted a correlation between a tropical storm and electoral success.  In hindsight, we now know that Hurricane Sandy, the media coverage it generated, and more specifically … (More)