Built by someone who used to refresh minister pages every morning

Government Radar started as a fix for a problem every government relations professional knows. You need to know what Ottawa and the provinces announced today, before your client, your CEO or your members ask you about it. That information is public, but it is scattered across a dozen newsrooms, published in different formats, and in several provinces no longer available as RSS at all.

So every morning before 6:30 a.m. Mountain, Government Radar reads the Government of Canada’s newsroom, the Prime Minister’s Office and all ten provincial newsrooms. It tags each release by topic and sends subscribers one email with only the jurisdictions, topics and keywords they care about. Consultations, cabinet changes and election calls are flagged at the top.

Who’s behind it

Cole Kander is an Alberta-based government relations professional and the founder of Government Radar. He has worked in all three levels of government, from an MP’s office to MLA offices and a city councillor’s office, built an association’s government relations program from the ground up, and has managed government relations for a large Western Canadian co-operative system. He built Government Radar to replace his own morning routine of checking government newsrooms.

Government Radar is independent and based in Edmonton, Alberta. It is not affiliated with any government, party or lobbying firm.

Where the information comes from

Everything in Government Radar comes from official government sources: the public newsrooms and feeds that each government publishes. Every item links back to the original release. Government Radar adds organization (topic tags, filters and priority flags), not commentary. If a release is corrected or withdrawn at the source, the official page is always the authority.

Get in touch

Questions, coverage requests or team pricing: info@govradar.ca. A person reads every email.