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Sapers characterizes Canada's system as facilitating easy entry into the profession of lobbying. He also notes that Canada, like the US, differs from lobbying to the European Union, as registration of lobbyists in the EU system was voluntary. Sapers concludes that Canada's regulatory regime is commendable, but below the standards of the United ...
The Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada is an officer of Parliament of Canada who is responsible for achieving the objectives of the Lobbying Act that came into force in 2008. The office replaced the Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists. [3] The Lobbying Act mandates this office and its commissioner, who holds office for seven years.
Reporting to the Parliament of Canada on issues related to ethics and privacy; Reviewing amendments to the Lobbying Act, the Conflict of Interest Act and the Access to Information Act
The second report, entitled The Morneau II Report, found the Finance Minister had broken three conflict of interest laws. [18] [20] In his ruling, the Ethics Commissioner stated that despite claims to the contrary, there existed a very close personal relationship between Bill Morneau and members of WE Charity. It was also ruled that Morneau ...
The Century Initiative [a] [3] is a Canadian lobby group [4] [5] [6] that aims to increase Canada's population to 100 million by 2100. [7] This includes increasing the population of megaregions, which are interlocking areas with more than one city centre and a typical population of 5 million or more (e.g., the Greater Toronto Area, Greater Vancouver, and the National Capital Region).
U.S. oil and gas lobbying groups said on Tuesday they were wary of President-elect Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on Canada and Mexico, saying such policies could affect consumers, industry and ...
According to the Federal lobbyist registry, from January to September 2012, the Canadian Bankers Association had 131 contacts with federal officials to discuss issues such as mortgage insurance, identity theft laws, do-not-call list, corporate income tax, and accounting rules, making it the lobby group with the second most contacts that year.
Last-minute lobbying is taking place across Parliament as MPs prepare to vote on an assisted dying bill for the first time in nearly a decade. If passed, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill ...