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Strengthening Canada’s lobbying regime

Opinion | BY NANCY BELANGER | January 19, 2022
All corporations and organizations whose employees lobby federal government officials should be required to register their lobbying activities by default, unless they qualify for a limited exemption based on objective criteria, writes Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger. The Hill Times photograph by Aidan Chamandy
Opinion | BY NANCY BELANGER | January 19, 2022
Opinion | BY NANCY BELANGER | January 19, 2022
All corporations and organizations whose employees lobby federal government officials should be required to register their lobbying activities by default, unless they qualify for a limited exemption based on objective criteria, writes Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger. The Hill Times photograph by Aidan Chamandy
Opinion | BY NANCY BELANGER | January 20, 2021
Unsurprisingly, the subject of health dominated in the early months of 2020 as the government grappled with its response to the pandemic. As the focus turned to reopening strategies, economic development became the top subject reported in the registry, writes Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger. Pexels photograph by August de Richelieu
Opinion | BY NANCY BELANGER | January 20, 2021
Opinion | BY NANCY BELANGER | January 20, 2021
Unsurprisingly, the subject of health dominated in the early months of 2020 as the government grappled with its response to the pandemic. As the focus turned to reopening strategies, economic development became the top subject reported in the registry, writes Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger. Pexels photograph by August de Richelieu
Opinion | BY NANCY BELANGER | January 20, 2020
Lobby Commissioner Nancy Bélanger, pictured July 10, 2018, at the Library and Archives Canada delivering a speech to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Lobbying Commissioner's Office. Ms. Bélanger said she has already reached out to new MPs to provide information on the federal lobbying regime. 'The lobbying regime fosters transparency of lobbying activities and ethical conduct in lobbyists. My role as the commissioner of lobbying is to regulate federal lobbying activities.'  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NANCY BELANGER | January 20, 2020
Opinion | BY NANCY BELANGER | January 20, 2020
Lobby Commissioner Nancy Bélanger, pictured July 10, 2018, at the Library and Archives Canada delivering a speech to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Lobbying Commissioner's Office. Ms. Bélanger said she has already reached out to new MPs to provide information on the federal lobbying regime. 'The lobbying regime fosters transparency of lobbying activities and ethical conduct in lobbyists. My role as the commissioner of lobbying is to regulate federal lobbying activities.'  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade