Commissioner’s report indicates much more lobbying last year

But data in recent months suggests the government is finding less time to meet with stakeholders.

Treasury Board President Scott Brison, pictured in this file photo on the Hill, is Canada's federal minister responsible for lobbying. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY DEREK ABMA

June 26, 2017

There’s been more lobbying than normal going on over the last year or so, according to the most recent annual report from the federal lobbying commissioner. There were 5,559 people registered to lobby the federal government at the end of the 2106-17 fiscal year on March 31, which was up about 10 ...

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