Lobbying watchdog says glitch in system skewed volume of registrations

Lobbying commissioner Nancy Bélanger says she's considering doing 'spot checks' for political activities in an effort to advise lobbyists of how their lobbying activities might be affected in the future.

Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger's annual report showed that there were 6,819 lobbyists were registered in 2018-19, compared to 9,084 the previous year. She says inactive registrations were being tallied in the past. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 26, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tenure in office has undoubtedly brought a surge in lobbying activity, but a glitch in the registry’s system resulted in an overrepresentation of the number of lobbyists actively registered, says the commissioner.

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