About the Episode

Ken Boessenkool is one of Canada’s leading conservative strategists. His list of work accomplishments are long including his current role as the J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University, and Research Fellow at the CD Howe Institute.

In the course of his career, he has worked for and founded a variety of public affairs firms; played senior roles in provincial governments; was a senior regulatory economist with two electricity firms; and volunteered for and strategized Conservative campaigns nationally and in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.

While Ken has been front and centre in Canadian politics for almost three decades – working with Stephen Harper, Ralph Klein, Jim Dinning, Christy Clark, Stockwell Day, Ric McIver and many others – he remains most proud of the following stand-out initiatives that helped change people’s thinking and lives.