He also knows Stephen Harper and has become an influential strategist behind the federal Conservative party’s electoral inroads.
If you’ve ever taken a call asking for donations to the Tories, Braddick, a political marketing operative at RMG — The Responsive Marketing Group — probably knows something about you, too.
The Toronto-based company specializes in identifying and making contact with segments of the population for charities or political parties. An American branch of the firm, Target Outreach, also did $300,000 worth of work for the Republican National Committee, according to OpenSecrets.org, a website that tracks financial data about U.S. politics.
RMG has been a driving force behind Harper’s electoral success, but now finds itself in the crosshairs of a potential scandal involving alleged Elections Act violations.