Your trusted firm for political advice
Since 2012, we support organizations to develop strategic relationships in order to influence public policies and political decisions.
We are your eyes, your ears and your voice with governments.
GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
LOBBYING & INFLUENCE
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS & LEGISLATION
Perspectives Government Strategies Inc. is a French- and English-speaking government affairs consulting firm based in Montreal, specialized in the Quebec market. The firm was founded in September 2012 by Sébastien Bonneau, who has over 20 years of experience in the field.
Perspectives is your political advisor to support your organization’s growth by advocating your issues and your interests with governments. By drawing on our years of experience navigating numerous issues across different governments, you will be better able to influence, make informed decisions and obtain the predictability you need to run your business.
Perspectives adopts a professional and strategic approach to develop an in-depth understanding of your organization’s culture and issues. In a personalized manner, Perspectives develops a strategy that allows its clients to effectively influence government initiatives and orientations while allowing them to make better-informed decisions. With our persistence, network and ability to think outside the box, your issues and priorities will reach the right decision-maker in an impactful manner.
We provide our clients with relevant perspectives and the clarity needed to navigate the most complex policy environments.
Working with trusted and experienced collaborators across Canada, Perspectives can complement its service offering to meet a variety of needs.
Access, strategies and tactics for impactful meetings
A strategy is a plan to achieve your goals. Tactics are the different ways to get there. One doesn’t go without the other, but too often, the goal is simply to get a meeting.
With Perspectives, we will help you develop a strategy, tactics and clear messages for an impactful meeting with the right decision-makers.
Preparing and advising our clients for that meeting to be successful is our priority and added-value.
Parliamentary affairs and policy-making
In today’s policy environment, organizations of all sizes need to engage proactively with decision-makers before an issue arises. You can be at the table or you can stay in the kitchen.
Influencing governments starts before a decision is made, an orientation is given or. a meeting is set. That is why we also support our clients in drafting correspondence, briefs to ministers and prepare them to participate in committees.
Are you at the table and are you talking and being heard by the right people?
Reputation management
How governments view your organization and your issues can go a long way in anticipating risks, mitigating them, and positively and proactively influencing government orientations.
One thing is clear: he who defines the public debate wins the debate.
Access to information
Information is power. Access to information requests is a great tool to obtain privileged information before even meeting with governments.
Perspectives guides clients through this process.
Stakeholder mapping
To properly define the issue and win the public debate, organizations need to know its allies and adversaries.
Perspectives helps clients to identify stakeholders and develop their relationships to reach their goals.
In an unpredictable world, organizations need more than ever Perspectives to provide the predictability to anticipate and manage issues, grow or seize opportunities.
Perspectives is your political advisor to support your organization’s growth by advocating your issues and your interests with governments. By drawing on our years of experience navigating numerous issues across different governments, you will be better able to influence, make informed decisions and obtain the predictability you need to run your business.
Right now, who is proactively monitoring government activities for you? Every election, every change of government, every cabinet shuffle, every inaugural speech, every new parliamentary session, every announcement and every budget carries risks and opportunities to your organization.
Right now, who is advocating on your behalf with government? Who provides the insights you need to make the right decisions, at the right time to shape the outcome?
Through our personalized approach, Perspectives is able to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of your organization, your culture and your issues. This allows us to provide you with better advice and services to influence decision-makers.
Perspectives operates under the radar, behind the scene, so that we are known to the right people. We help our clients put their issues in front of decision-makers. To influence, we will seize every opportunity.
Perspectives has the right mix of tools: access, expert political advice, and the writing and analytical thinking skills to deliver an integrated service.
Over the years, we have become the trusted political advisor for large and small businesses, associations and NGOs operating in a variety of fields.
Dedicated services
Perspectives focuses on providing dedicated services to its clients by adding only a limited number of new clients to ensure high-level personalized and quality advice and availability at all times to meet your needs and expectations.
Perspectives is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards. In order to offer impartial and trustworthy advice, we will not represent competing or opposing interests to avoid a real, potential or apparent conflict.
We speak with one voice, yours.
Business-focused
Perspectives aims to develop a deeper understanding of your business issues and provide dedicated senior-level advice with proactive entrepreneurial thinking to contribute to your growth and profitability.
We never take our clients and the trust they place in us for granted. Many of our clients have been with us for years or come back as soon as the need arises.
Meaningful experience
Perspectives brings together the perfect blend of political experience, knowledge of government processes and levers of influence combined with a solid academic background and work experience in the private and public sectors.
This experience allows us to offer our clients with in-depth writing and analytical-thinking skills to guide them strategically and effectively.
Influential network
In today’s lobbying world, whom you know matters, but the key to success lies in the political and process knowledge of your political advisor.
Perspectives offers the right mix to ensure your lobbying success: a political network with the skills needed to develop the right strategy and influence the right people.
Perspectives successfully supports its clients regardless of the party in power.
“As part of our strategic plan aimed at making our Institute better known, its mission as well as its role in the field of dispute prevention and resolution, Mr. Bonneau from Perspectives has proven to be a key advisor who guided and accompanied us in an efficient and highly professional manner to execute our strategy and achieve our objectives.”
Pierre Grenier
President, Institut de médiation et d’arbitrage du Québec, Partner, Dentons“Acting as a true extension of our internal team, Perspectives provides expert strategic counsel and guidance in a rapidly evolving landscape. Sébastien has a keen understanding of our business needs and takes a proactive approach to tackling tough issues. Unfailingly service-oriented, Perspectives delivers high value solutions that support our business objectives.”
Caroline Evans
Head of Corporate Affairs & Communication, JTI-Macdonald Corp.“Perspectives allowed us to quickly position ourselves in front of decision makers in a challenging regulatory environment in Quebec. Sebastien played an instrumental role in helping us raise our profile with provincial and municipal leaders that allowed us to manage regulatory changes and public pressures. His strategic thinking combined with his writing skills, knowledge of local politics and level of service is unmatched.”
Sean P. Webster
Head - Government & Stakeholder Relations, Canada, Federal & Ontario Canopy Growth CorporationDo you have an issue with a government policy or do you want to know what is happening in our political world? Do you want to receive personalized advice?
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514 926-7120
907-405 Rue De La Concorde
Montreal, Quebec H3A OH1
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