Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips
I’m pleased to announce that Shannon Phillips has joined forces with myself and Tyler Meredith, creating Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips. Together we’ll offer our brand of innovative policy-based expertise to Canadians from coast to coast.
We work to translate our clients’ goals into public policy priorities, crafting ready-made, comprehensive solutions for government.
To Make Better Policy with Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips, visit MBPolicy.com.
Ken
January 20th 2021 - Politics - The Line
A real climate-change plan will help O’Toole … even in the west
Just under a year ago I wrote that Conservatives will not win the suburban 905 region around Toronto without a credible climate change plan. I later wrote that a carbon tax with offsetting tax cuts was a vote winner in those Toronto suburbs. Those…
January 14th 2021 - Family - MAX Policy
Ken Boessenkool Argues for a Childcare Baby Bonus
MAX Policy is a collection of provocative ideas and policy solutions generated by the minds at the Max Bell School of Public Policy. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed cracks in the foundations of our social infrastructure. For example, the pandemic has…
January 13th 2021 - Politics - CBC
Conservatives must reject Trumpism and address voter anger rather than stoking it, says strategist
Longtime Conservative strategist Ken Boessenkool says he will no longer tolerate “casual Trumpism” in his personal or political life, and wants to see it stamped out of Canadian politics. “In the past, some people said: ‘Oh, isn’t what Trump’s doing good’— and…
January 8th 2021 - Politics - The Line
Enough is enough with Trumpism
I’ve been firm but patient and tolerant of the populist conservatives @martha79453 and @henry83795 Trumpers in my life. No longer. My patience has run out. I won’t tolerate casual Trumpism in my personal or political cohort anymore. You are wrong, I am right,…
January 5th 2021 - Economics - The Line
The Liberals need have faith that their carbon tax will do its job.
The headlines following the newest federal government climate plan were all about the carbon tax rising $15 per tonne per year starting in 2023 and reaching $170 per tonne by 2030. This plan was widely praised as bold and ambitious.