Paul Bonwick
Compenso, Principal

Senior Prinicipal of Compenso, Paul was the Member of Parliament for Simcoe- Grey from 1997-2004. While there, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. Paul has over 20 years experience in policy and communications roles within federal and municipal governments.

Prior to his June 1997 election as the first Member of Parliament for the newly created riding of Simcoe-Grey, Paul was a Municipal Councilor for the Town of Collingwood. During his tenure on council, Mr. Bonwick served as chair for numerous committees. Additionally, Paul was directly involved in the policy-making and legislation implementation for the municipality.

Paul’s considerable knowledge of the workings of municipal, regional, provincial and federal governments assist him greatly in helping companies develop and implement strategic plans that lead to success.

Paul has also served as the Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Heritage, at which time he participated in an intensive study of Canada’s Broadcast System. Other committees that Paul sat on include; the Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations. Paul authored the chapter on auto leasing for the 1998 Prime Minister’s Task Force on Financial Services and served as a member of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Youth Entrepreneurship.

In addition, Paul founded the Canada/Pakistan Parliamentary Association serving as Chair from 2002 - 2004. As a result, Paul has maintained a strong network in Pakistan having worked directly with President Musharaff and his office along with various members of the business community.

Paul continues to work closely with the federal, provincial and various municipal governments representing a large cross section of files