Bayview Strategies is built for the public-decision spaces — federal and provincial policy, applied technology, procurement, and regulatory strategy.
Bayview Strategies operates as a focused boutique. The principal you hire is the principal who executes the file — no junior delegation, no overhead-driven generality.
Our work is grounded in the operational vocabulary of Canadian government — Treasury Board, PSPC, the Defence Procurement Strategy, and the corresponding provincial machinery — and shaped by an analytical method drawn from policy research, programme design, and applied-technology advisory.
We work where the file is decided. Federal and provincial innovation programmes, regulatory submissions, multi-jurisdictional engagement, and applied-technology advisory — translating complex public initiatives into delivered outcomes.
A boutique advisory practice. Principal-led. Federally and provincially fluent.
01 · Ethic
Quiet competence. We let the work speak.
02 · Cadence
Relentless follow-through, measured pace.
03 · Intelligence
Read the file before forming a view.
04 · Craft
Every brief, call, and doc earns its place.
Gurkamal Dhahan
Principal & Founder
Bayview Strategies is led by Gurkamal Dhahan, whose work spans federal, provincial, and municipal policy. He served as Director of Government Relations and Partnerships at Mitacs and as Senior Policy Advisor on Innovation and Technology to the Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, with earlier roles across the Ontario Public Service and municipal government.
He holds a Master of Public Policy, Administration and Law (MPPAL) and a Bachelor of Public Administration (Specialized Honours), both from York University, and is a graduate of the Ontario Legislature Internship Programme.