Bélanger’s proposed Lobbyists’ Code changes should go much further

People who play a significant role as a fundraiser or campaigner for a candidate or party should be prohibited from lobbying for a 10-year cooling-off period; people who play any other fundraising or campaigning role should have a five-year cooling-off period, and; people who only canvass or volunteer a couple of times during a campaign should not have any cooling-off period.

Canada's federal Lobbying Commissioner Karen Bélanger. Democracy Watch's Duff Conacher argues that the commissioner’s proposed cooling-off periods for lobbyists will allow for 'corrupt favour-trading'.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DUFF CONACHER

July 11, 2022

Re: "Democracy Watch and citizen advocacy groups prepare opposition to proposed Lobbyists' Code changes," (The Hill Times, July 4). The story did not summarize accurately the position of Democracy Watch and the 13 other groups and two individuals who signed on to the letter to Canada's Comm...

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