Testimonials

Working with Pivot Strategic over the past 6 years has had tremendous benefits for our organization and the First Nations we support.  Aaron is incredibly knowledgeable and insightful, as well has a keen sense of the best way to engage with the federal government.  Aaron keeps us informed of critical opportunities to meet with key MPs and Ministers so that First Nation priorities regarding the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management stay forefront in planning, budgeting and decision making.  Ultimately contributing to better quality of life for First Nations and Canada as a whole.

Meko Nicholas, Executive Director

Pivot Strategic positioned our business perfectly with government. Through their efforts, government came to understand our capacity to deliver cost-effective climate change solutions in the transportation sector.

Lucio Angelucci, President

Canada's Semiconductor Council is a national semiconductor industry organization focused on strengthening our domestic supply chain resiliency and future in the digital economy. CSC collaborates with Will Amos at Pivot Strategic to most effectively strategize on our government relations objectives. We draw on his past experience as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of ISED as CSC looks to establish Canada as a leader for semiconductor research, design and development, and manufacturing at the forefront of commercialization and innovation.

Paul Slaby, Managing Director

When Colleges & Institutes Canada advocates as the collective voice of colleges and institutes, we have drawn upon the experience of Will Amos at Pivot Strategic for advice. His counsel served us as we work with governments, industry and communities to ensure everyone in Canada has access to training opportunities that build the skills needed to succeed in the labour market and play an active role in the innovation ecosystem.

Dr. Pari Johnston, President and CEO, Colleges & Institutes Canada

Through Pivot Strategic’s advice and engagement, the federal government came to understand the challenges and complexities of the energy storage sector, and how we had fallen through the cracks of federal programs. Working with departmental officials and political offices, we were able to help create a new clean energy program that will significantly ramp up energy storage in Canada.

Justin Rangooni, Executive Director

Pivot Strategic consistently demonstrates an understanding of the challenges we face in our relations with multiple levels of government.  Aaron provides the insights we need to navigate policies, politics and processes in large-scale conservation efforts. He is a brilliant strategist and persuasive communicator in conveying the importance of supporting our organization and the need to take action.

Alison Hough, Executive Director

We have been working with Pivot Strategic on a dozen files over the last five years.

Aaron is a smart strategist and brilliant communicator, always keeping a focus on the outcome. Aaron is always superbly prepared and well-versed in the topic areas we engage him in. I look forward to many more projects together.

Burkhard Mausberg, President

AquaAction has worked closely with Will Amos and Pivot Strategic to develop a national strategy for engaging with governments on freshwater protection advocacy. Pivot helps us empower the voices of Canada’s watertech entrepreneurs, navigating federal and provincial opportunities for new funding and enhanced water security in the public interest. Collaborating with Pivot has fundamentally changed how AquaAction approaches decision-makers across Canada and the US

Soula Chronopoulos, President

As Canada's only philanthropic fund dedicated to enhancing Nature's "voice" and "agency" in decision-making, Rights of Nature (Canada) has called on Pivot Strategic from the beginning. I’ve worked with Will Amos to build a deliberate, focused approach so that every grant allocated by the RoN (Canada) fund delivers for nature. Will’s steady insights, networks and ability to introduce connections in this new field have been invaluable.

Tim Lash, Founder

À titre de l’une des principales fondations philanthropiques au Canada consacrées à la protection de l’eau, la Fondation de Gaspé Beaubien a fait appel à Pivot Strategic pour bénéficier d’un accompagnement de haut niveau en relations gouvernementales. Leur agilité, leur réactivité et leur connaissance approfondie de nos enjeux surpassent constamment nos attentes. Pivot ne se contente pas de répondre : ils prennent les devants. Ils établissent des liens pertinents à travers les réseaux et les dossiers avec rigueur et justesse. Et surtout, nous savons que nos valeurs d’intérêt public sont en parfaite harmonie : protéger notre ressource la plus précieuse et appuyer les leaders et innovateurs engagés pour l’avenir de l’eau.

Dominique Monchamp

As one of Canada’s leading philanthropic organizations dedicated to water protection, the de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation retained Pivot Strategic to provide high-level support on government relations. Their agility, responsiveness, and deep understanding of our priorities have consistently exceeded expectations. They don’t just respond — they anticipate. Pivot seamlessly connects the dots across networks and issues, always acting with insight and integrity. Most importantly, we know that our public-interest mission is fully aligned with theirs: to protect our most vital resource and champion water innovation.

Dominique Monchamp

The Students on Ice Foundation is an internationally recognized leader in experiential education and youth engagement, inspiring and empowering leadership by connecting youth to nature, in the Arctic and beyond. Pivot Strategic helps us deliver on our vision of expanded programming, reach and impact beyond the polar education programs that our name suggests. Like Pivot, we envision a future that builds on a passion for a better, safer and more sustainable world.

Geoff Green, SOI Founder and President

The Pembina Institute is a non-profit charity working to solve today’s greatest energy challenges — reducing the harmful impacts of climate change while supporting the transition to an energy system that is clean, safe and sustains a high quality of life. Supported by the government relations experts at Pivot Strategic, we provide our recommendations to government leaders, and we advocate for a strong, science-based approach to policy, regulation, environmental protection and energy development.

Chris Severson-Baker, Executive Director

TRANSTEX, a Canadian-headquartered cleantech leader in emission-reducing solutions for the transportation sector, leverages advanced trailer aerodynamics and electric Auxiliary Power Units (eAPUs) to support regulatory compliance and fleet efficiency. As we navigate mandates such as EPA Phase 2, CARB, and Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations, Pivot Strategic—under Will Amos’ leadership—has been a trusted advisor, enhancing our engagement with policymakers and amplifying our impact across North America.

Kristy Pealow, VP International Markets

 Nature Canada is one of the oldest national nature conservation charities in Canada, and we have worked with Pivot Strategic on nature advocacy efforts.  For 80 years, Nature Canada has helped protect over 110 million acres of parks and wildlife areas in Canada and countless species. We work with Pivot Strategic because they understand how to engage people and governments in biodiversity conservation, and they share our passion for the rights of nature.

Emily McMillan, Executive Director

Climate Action Network - Reseau action climat Canada (CAN-Rac) works with Pivot Strategic because they share our view that the fight for climate action is first and foremost a fight for justice. Climate change is not just an environmental problem. It is a human problem that impacts and exacerbates the most critical issues of our time, from health to economic inequality to racial justice. Pivot Strategic's depth of experience in policy, politics and government decisions helps CANRac focus limited resources in the right way.  

Caroline Brouillette, Executive Director

Working with Aaron and the Pivot team was an amazing experience. They helped us plan an effective trip to Ottawa, including developing the strategy and securing meetings with our top prospects. It was refreshing to partner with a firm that truly shares our values around sustainability and works with integrity.

David Erb, Executive Director

Sentry Watertech is a Canadian cleantech success story, pioneering in the space of digital biofilm water sensors. When it comes to understanding how governments and innovation funding programs work in real life, or building stronger relationships with international philanthropic partners, Sentry has partnered with Will Amos at Pivot Strategic with great results.

Dr. Patrick Kiely, CEO

Pivot Strategic produced a road map for achieving the changes our industry needed, then gave us what we needed to implement it. Our staff and members have been consistently impressed with their understanding of government, expert advice, and ability to reach and persuade decision-makers. Most recently, the lobby days they arranged for us provided our members with an unprecedented number of meetings with senior government decision-makers. Pivot’s highly organized team made it all look easy.

John Gorman, President and CEO

Pivot Strategic’s efforts broke a seven-year regulatory logjam that prevented our industry from implementing new environmental technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They knew where the strategic leverage points were, as well as who to talk to and how.

Michael McSweeney, President and CEO

I have worked with Aaron Freeman over the course of more campaigns and projects than I can count for nearly two decades. Aaron is always strategic and imaginative and makes the difference between success or failure. I’ve hired and re-hired him again and again because there’s nobody with a broader literacy on environmental policy and campaign and research techniques.

Rick Smith, Executive Director

Mr. Freeman is the director of policies and campaigns at one of the few environmental lobby groups that have led successful lobby campaigns with the Conservative government…As one insider noted, “They have clout and bring about outcomes.”

“The Top 100 Lobbyists,” The Hill Times, February 25, 2008

Working across multiple jurisdictions in Canada, Pivot gave us a focused assessment of the political landscape and then opened all the right doors. The result: Concrete action at the provincial level, leveraging a national target and ultimately a tri-national agreement, representing a major GHG reduction initiative.

Drew Nelson, Senior Manager
Natural Gas, U.S. Climate and Energy Program