Lobbyists and contingency fees: is the ban naïve, over simplistic and just plain dumb? Many lobbyists and lobby experts say it’s so

Some lobbyists and experts say the ban on lobbyists receiving contingency fees for work on government contracts forces the whole issue underground.

The controversy over contingency fees allegedly received by former Public Works Minister David Dingwall during his post-Parliamentary career as a lobbyist continued to consume the Commons last week, both in Question Period and at the House Government Operations Committee, where Mr. Dingwal...

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