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Earnscliffe

Lobbying firms with polling arms take client retainers ($300+/hour) AND federal POR contracts AND political party campaign work1. Earnscliffe earned $6-million in contracts since the Liberals took office in 1993.

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Lobbying firms with polling arms take client retainers ($300+/hour) AND federal POR contracts AND political party campaign work

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“Lobbying firms with polling arms (Earnscliffe, Hill+Knowlton, Crestview, Counsel Public Affairs, NATIONAL, McMillan Vantage) take client retainers ($300+/hour) AND federal POR contracts AND political party campaign work”
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Earnscliffe earned $6-million in contracts since the Liberals took office in 1993

The Earnscliffe 2004 historical template is exhausted.

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“The Earnscliffe 2004 historical template (the documentary record is exhausted).”
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The 2005 PACP Report No. 19 found violations of Treasury Board guidelines with respect to Earnscliffe's Department of Finance contracts.

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“The 2005 PACP Report No. 19 found "the aforementioned violations of Treasury Board guidelines is unacceptable" with respect to Earnscliffe's Department of Finance contracts.”
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Earnscliffe consultants worked for other government departments

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“Earnscliffe consultants also worked for other government departments”
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"What was scandal in 2003 is, in 2026, a foreseeable architecture under any unregulated synthetic-respondent regime"
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2004 reporting
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April 2004 Public Accounts Committee testimony
2004
Earnscliffe 2004
2005
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House of Commons Public Accounts Committee Report
2024
January 2024
Earnscliffe acquired Kaiser & Partners
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