Lobbying czar calls for ‘transparency by default,’ cutting 20 per cent rule

NDP MP Charlie Angus also wants Parliamentarians to discuss regulating lobbyists who take up jobs as political staffers.
Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger says she supports getting rid of the 20 per cent threshold on how much a person lobbies in order to register themselves with her office.
When MPs sit down to review the Lobbying Act this fall, they should look at getting rid of the 20 per cent threshold required before someone has to register with the commissioner's office, according to the new lobbying watchdog, a suggestion welcomed by Parliamentarians, an ethics advocate, and memb...

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