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Matt Triemstra is a director at Ensight Canada where he provides public affairs advice. He has more than a decade of experience consulting and working for Conservative Members of Parliament and the Conservative Resource Group on Parliament Hill.

No buyer’s remorse after federal election

The federal election is now four months in our rearview mirror and recent polling done by Discover by Navigator shows that support for the

Opinion | BY MATT TRIEMSTRA, ANDRé TURCOTTE | January 28, 2022

No buyer’s remorse after federal election

Opinion | BY MATT TRIEMSTRA, ANDRé TURCOTTE | January 28, 2022

The federal election is now four months in our rearview mirror and recent polling done by Discover by Navigator shows that support for the

No buyer’s remorse after federal election

Opinion | BY MATT TRIEMSTRA, ANDRé TURCOTTE | January 28, 2022

The federal election is now four months in our rearview mirror and recent polling done by Discover by Navigator shows that support for the

Can a lobbyist ever become Canada’s commissioner of lobbying?

As the Liberal government begins 2017, they were supposed to do so with a new commissioner of lobbying at the helm. Karen Shepherd’s term

Opinion | BY MATT TRIEMSTRA | January 30, 2017

Karen Shepherd, right, pictured with The Hill Times' Marco Vigliotti. Her term was set to expire in December but she was extended six months, which means that there was ostensibly no suitable candidate to replace her. Still, Shepherd, to her credit, has not asked for an extension beyond her current one and in order for the office to take the next step, mature and evolve, a new commissioner is needed. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Can a lobbyist ever become Canada’s commissioner of lobbying?

Opinion | BY MATT TRIEMSTRA | January 30, 2017

As the Liberal government begins 2017, they were supposed to do so with a new commissioner of lobbying at the helm. Karen Shepherd’s term

Can a lobbyist ever become Canada’s commissioner of lobbying?

Opinion | BY MATT TRIEMSTRA | January 30, 2017

As the Liberal government begins 2017, they were supposed to do so with a new commissioner of lobbying at the helm. Karen Shepherd’s term

Karen Shepherd, right, pictured with The Hill Times' Marco Vigliotti. Her term was set to expire in December but she was extended six months, which means that there was ostensibly no suitable candidate to replace her. Still, Shepherd, to her credit, has not asked for an extension beyond her current one and in order for the office to take the next step, mature and evolve, a new commissioner is needed. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

How should we then vote? Like it or not, MPs will be voting on Medical Assistance in Dying

OTTAWA—Death and taxes. They are about all that is certain in this world, according to the often quoted words of Benjamin Franklin. In Canada,

Opinion | BY MATT TRIEMSTRA | May 2, 2016

How should we then vote? Like it or not, MPs will be voting on Medical Assistance in Dying

Opinion | BY MATT TRIEMSTRA | May 2, 2016

OTTAWA—Death and taxes. They are about all that is certain in this world, according to the often quoted words of Benjamin Franklin. In Canada,

How should we then vote? Like it or not, MPs will be voting on Medical Assistance in Dying

Opinion | BY MATT TRIEMSTRA | May 2, 2016

OTTAWA—Death and taxes. They are about all that is certain in this world, according to the often quoted words of Benjamin Franklin. In Canada,