Heard On The Hill

Canada’s lobbying office turns 10, ex-Conservative MP running for mayor

Former Conservative MP Joe Preston throws his hat into the St. Thomas, Ont., mayoral race, and Devin McCarthy, former PCO staffer, joins government relations firm Sussex Strategy Group.

Former lobbying commissioner Karen Shepherd, left, with Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger, and the first-ever lobbyist registrar Michael Nelson.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

July 16, 2018

“I believe I’ve not met the 20 per cent threshold to give me the credibility to talk about the history of the office.” That was the opening zinger from Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger during her speech at a celebration marking the 10-year anniversary of ...

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