MPA is committed to serving your organization to the highest level of professionalism, integrity, cost effectiveness and satisfaction. The substantive experience of MPA's principals ensures a confident response to challenges in these key areas of practice:

Research and Evaluation - Confidential interviewing, opinion poll design and delivery, surveys and focus groups in policy and public communications environments, best practice research, organizational and stakeholder audits.

Regulatory Affairs - For industry: analysis, monitoring and evaluation of cross-jurisdictional requirements for regulatory approvals. For government: provision of objective third-party advice on organizational accountability and alignment issues. Monitoring of public and stakeholder issues, development of regulator-industry policy and communication strategies.

Government Relations - Communication audits within government, best practice reviews, strategic directions for business with government, and counsel on sensitive issues.

Community Affairs - Assessment tool development, research, analysis, and the design and implementation of effective community relations strategies.

Issues Management - Issue analysis, communications planning and strategic counsel, and the management of controversial and crisis situations.

Public Consultation - Design, implementation, facilitation and reporting on policy and site-specific consultations. The roster of multi-stakeholders consultations managed by the MPA team over the past years covers most of Alberta's major economic and social policy areas.