One of Michael’s strengths is making complicated written materials easier to understand. "Michael is one of a rare breed of editors who do more than polish,” says one client. “His great strength is his ability to take dense and often lifeless text and to make it intelligible and lucid.”

One academic publicly credited Michael for making “significant improvements” to his paper published by the C.D. Howe Institute. Another described Michael’s editing as “tough, but fair.” Michael has written and edited for both government and the private sector, with a specialty in legal issues and labour relations.

MCB Strategies offers writing, editing and consulting services to a diverse group of clients, including major Bay Street law firms. Company principal Michael Benedict has recently written annual reports, major policy papers, advanced a client’s objectives through op-ed newspaper columns and worked with several authors to edit and otherwise prepare books for publication.

Michael is a Vendor of Record for Government of Ontario writing services. Other clients include the Auditor General of Ontario, Ministry of Health and Long-term Care, Ontario College of Teachers, Professional Engineers of Ontario, Munk Centre, World Vision Canada and Toronto Board of Trade.