Patrick Muttart

Patrick Muttart is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff in the Canadian Prime Minister's Office for Strategic Planning. Mr. Muttart previously worked for a polling firm in Toronto.

[http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20080913.ELECTIONPOLLING13/TPStory/National/ The Globe and Mail] writes:

"The main brain behind the Conservative campaign is 35-year-old Patrick Muttart, a Toronto communications consultant hired by Stephen Harper after he gave the Conservative leader a face-to-face brutal critique of the party's mistakes in the 2004 election campaign. To call Mr. Muttart an ardent student of politics is an understatement. He travelled on his own to Australia to see John Howard elections as well as to Europe and the U.S. to observe campaigns. He is known for his brilliance at creating disciplined, well-researched and powerful visual representations of complex political ideas."

References

[http://www.theglobeandmail.com//servlet/story/LAC.20080913.ELECTIONPOLLING13/TPStory/National/ What the Tories know about YOU] , MICHAEL VALPY, [http://www.theglobeandmail.com The Globe and Mai] l. September 13, 2008