Self-interest, public interest, and the efforts to influence public policy

The ban does not prohibit lobbying, it only prohibits being a registered lobbyist.

It is common for lobbyists to be charged with self-interest—as if the other players do not pursue their self-interest. For example, Donald Savoie, the Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance at the Université de Moncton, has argued that "Power and influence in O...

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