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Alberta, which is the Saudi Arabia of Canada, has signed Crossroads Strategies to a $350K one-year pact for strategic government relations and PA services.
Former US Senators Trent Lott (R-MS) and John Breaux (D-LA) spearhead the push for the Canadian province that is home to the world’s third-largest reserves of crude oil.
The COVID-19 pandemic has battered demand for Alberta oil sands output, which also faces spirited competition from US shale. Environmentalists have long opposed oil sands development because it is carbon-intensive and a major contributor to global warming
Crossroads’ contract, which went into effect on Nov. 5, calls for it to provide Alberta with “informed, nimble representations before policymakers.”
It will advocate on Alberta’s behalf before Congress and the executive branch, track relevant legislation, develop PR messaging and coordinate with Alberta stakeholders (trade groups, coalitions).
The firm reports to the Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation and its senior representative in the US, James Rajotte.
Kuwait has hired Mercury Public Affairs to handle strategic communications in connection with the Oct. 24 dedication of the Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm Memorial in Washington.
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky has sanctioned his former press secretary Iuliia Mendel for allegedly promoting Russian propaganda.
Gabriel Attal, who heads France’s Renaissance Partie, is relying on Gabriel Laurent Eshaghian, a Woodland Hills, CA-based real estate, aviation and investment executive, to boost his profile in the US ahead of France’s April 2027 elections.
TSG Advocates has inked a $240K one-year pact to provide PA and government relations services to the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency.
KARV is providing strategic communications to the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council to promote US economic ties with the central Asian country.
