Strengthening Canada’s lobbying regime

Significant improvements can be made in the areas of transparency, fairness, clarity, and efficiency—values that are essential to an effective administration of the federal lobbying regime.

All corporations and organizations whose employees lobby federal government officials should be required to register their lobbying activities by default, unless they qualify for a limited exemption based on objective criteria, writes Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger. The Hill Times photograph by Aidan Chamandy

Opinion

BY NANCY BELANGER

January 19, 2022

Canada’s lobbying regime is intended to foster transparency of lobbying activities and the ethical conduct of lobbyists. A healthy lobbying regime is one that supports public confidence in the integrity of government decision-making. It will come as no surprise that I believe the Lobbying Act sho...

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