Former Liberal MP warns of unintended consequences to MP rights in Lobbying Act review: ‘if we continue down this road, you know where it ends? Ankle bracelets for lobbyists’

On April 23, the House Ethics Committee held its third meeting as part of a review of the Lobbying Act, which regulates the lobbying of designated public office holders with the goal of ensuring transparency and accountability.
Joe Jordan, a former Liberal MP from 1997 to 2004, who joined Bluesky Strategy Group as a senior associate in 2016, speaks to the House ethics committee during a review of the Lobbying Act on April 23, 2026.

Proposed rule changes intended to increase transparency for federal lobbying may also result in an encroachment on MPs' individual rights, warned a former MP speaking to the House Ethics Committee during its much-anticipated review of the Lobbying Act.

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