Insights

Field notes on policy, practice, and partnership.

Short, considered writing on the issues we work on every day — never marketing, never urgency.

June 2026

What the 2026 Ontario Budget means for organizations operating in the policy space.

Beneath every budget’s headline numbers sit the quiet signals about where a government intends to spend its political capital. Reading them correctly is the difference between reacting to policy and helping to shape it.

The most common mistake organizations make in government meetings.

The single most common mistake is also the most avoidable: arriving with an ask, but without an understanding of the other side’s problem.

Why “social licence” is no longer optional for major projects.

Regulatory approval grants the legal right to build. It does not, on its own, grant the practical ability to build. The missing element has a name that has become unavoidable.

Kevin Powers

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