Lobbying for good, because it’s not all bad

To constrain the flow of information between the public sector and the private sector and to close the door on that vital exchange will isolate public policy decision-makers and inevitably lead to poorer decisions.

The circumstances around the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould, pictured, have shone a light, and not a favourable one, on the lobbying by SNC-Lavalin. That lobbying by SNC-Lavalin of the PMO and anyone else who would take a call or a meeting about their issue, will inevitably be seen by many to be inappropriate or unseemly. It was not, writes Barry Campbell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BARRY R. CAMPBELL

June 17, 2019

TORONTO—The circumstances around the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould have shone a light, and not a favourable one, on the lobbying by SNC-Lavalin. That lobbying by SNC-Lavalin of the PMO and anyone else who would take a call or a meeting about their issue, will inevitably be seen by many to be...

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