Pre-budget pitches, virtual ‘Hill days’ push February lobbying

Two of the busiest groups in February—the Canadian Nurses Association and Diabetes Canada—say they used their virtual Hill days to press the feds for commitments on health in Budget 2021.

The four most-lobbied in cabinet in February, from left: Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, and Jim Carr, who rejoined cabinet in January as a special representative for the Prairies. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

March 27, 2021

The promise of the first federal budget in more than two years, planned legislation to address online hate, and pandemic-related health concerns drove the lobbying efforts in February of some of the busiest groups as Parliament returned for its first sitting of 2021. Last month, lobbyists filed 3,2...

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