Most advisory firms study government from the outside. Synapse Advisory was founded from the inside — by the former Executive Director of Policy to the Premier of Ontario.
Giancarlo Da-Ré spent his career inside the Ontario government’s most consequential public safety files — policing, critical infrastructure, emergency management, and the procurement decisions behind them. As Executive Director of Policy to the Premier, he advised on the files that land on the first floor of Queen’s Park: the ones with no easy answer and no second chance.
Before the Premier’s office, he was Director of Policy to the Solicitor General — the ministry responsible for policing, corrections, and emergency management in Canada’s largest province — following policy roles supporting ministers across the Ontario government.
Synapse Advisory exists because that vantage point is rare, and the people navigating public safety decisions — on every side of the table — deserve advice from someone who has actually held the file.
No leverage model, no junior bench. Every engagement gets the principal — the judgment you hire is the judgment you get.
SA’s counsel draws on the independent research of the Public Safety Intelligence Lab — advice grounded in what the evidence says, not what the client hopes.
Clients receive the honest assessment — including when the evidence points away from the preferred course.
Tell SA what you’re navigating. You’ll get an honest read on whether we can help.
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