Newmarket resident Patrick Gossage is one of Canada’s most highly respected public relations practitioners with 40 years of experience in broadcasting, politics and communications, including serving as the prime minister’s press secretary.
Patrick started his career as a TV producer, then senior CRTC official. Following his high-profile tenure as press secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, he worked at the Canadian Embassy in Washington with ambassador Allan Gotlieb, arranging media and promotional events. Returning to Canada in 1985, he founded Media Profile and published his recollections of the Trudeau years in Close to the Charisma.
Patrick has been a regular television and radio political panellist, newspaper columnist, author, blogger (patrickgossage.ca), performance coach and is currently heard weekly on SiriusXM Canada Talks
