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Éric Blais

  • Contributor and President of Headspace Marketing, Freelance
Montreal, Toronto
As seen in: LinkedIn, Wiley Online Library, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Substack, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, La Presse, Waterloo Region Record and
Covers:  Marketing and advertising, political marketing
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Ad guy with opinions about marketing, Québec and politics.

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Éric Blais is the president of Headspace Marketing in Toronto. He has helped build brands for 40 years and is a frequent commentator on political marketing.

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Éric Blais: Here's what's wrong with Carney's 'Canada Strong'

Éric Blais: Here's what's wrong with Carney's 'Canada Strong'

Rules have been changed allowing the government of the day to adopt political party campaign slogans to becom…

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"Républicain", enfin un mot qui construit

"Républicain", enfin un mot qui construit

Reste à voir si les " indépendantistes " du Québec voudront se dire républicains.

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Éric Blais: We're living in the Trumpian Show and there's only one star

Éric Blais: We're living in the Trumpian Show and there's only one star

Donald Trump as president is always playing a role in a show

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Éric Blais: Mark Carney's radical decisiveness leaves no room for pussyfooting

Éric Blais: Mark Carney's radical decisiveness leaves no room for pussyfooting

Canadians wanted an executive to take bold actions to build a stronger Canada and Prime Minister Carney is br…

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La normalisation de la souveraineté-association

La normalisation de la souveraineté-association

L'argument qui a toujours fait gagner, celui de la peur, s'effrite doucement.

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Are algorithms targeting you and making your favourite products more expensive?

Are algorithms targeting you and making your favourite products more expensive?

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Opinion | Doug Ford’s leadership is a real drag. Here’s why

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By Éric Blais
| The Toronto Star Verified
Donald Trump knows the game. When a New York Times, RealClearPolling aggregate of twelve independent polls shows his approval at 39 per cent, he doesn’t hesitate. He dismisses the ones he doesn’t like as fake, and insists the real numbers are fantastic, spectacular: “MY REAL POLL NUMBERS ARE THE HIGHEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN. THANK YOU!!! President DJT.” It’s a coherent fiction, implausible but coherent. Doug Ford can’t even do that.
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High Early Embryo Mortality and Low Hatching Success Observed in Aldabra Giant Tortoise Populations

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By Richard Baxter, Éric Blais, Alessia Marialydia Lavigne
| Wiley Online Library Verified
1 Introduction More than half of all turtle and tortoise species or chelonians (Order: Testudines) are currently at risk of extinction (Rhodin et al. 2018). These long-lived vertebrates are essential for ecological stability, serving as nutrient cyclers and ecosystem engineers (Lovich et al. 2018; Albertson et al. 2024).
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Opinion | Here’s what’s wrong with Carney’s ‘Canada Strong’

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By Éric Blais
| The Toronto Star Verified
Thanks to the Canada Strong Pass, Canadians can enjoy a more affordable summer. Valid from June 19 to Sept. 7, it provides free admission to all national historic sites and parks operated by Parks Canada, free or reduced admission at national and provincial museums and galleries and free and discounted travel with Via Rail. It’s so accessible, in fact, that these perks are available without the pass. Because there is no such pass.
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