Sergiy Slipchenko

Sergiy Slipchenko is a deputy editor at The Lobby Monitor. He joined The Lobby Monitor in May 2023 and has been reporting on the lobbying industry with a focus on data journalism. Prior to moving to Ottawa, Sergiy spent most of his life in Toronto where he worked on the North American desk for The Kyiv Independent–a Ukrainian newspaper focusing on politics, foreign affairs, and the war between Ukraine and Russia–that he co-created with colleagues. He started his career at The Kyiv Post in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Lobbying under Carney: ‘it is a very different Liberal government’

Lobbying under Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government requires an increased focus on data, opinion data, economics, and return on investment, say lobbyists.

news | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | March 16, 2026

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2026

news | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, SERGIY SLIPCHENKO, HUNTER CRESSWELL | March 16, 2026

‘A fundamental shift’: new strategy an opportunity to grow domestic industrial base, say lobbyists

‘The amounts of money that are being talked about here between now and 2035 are truly transformational,’ said Duncan Hills, a senior adviser on defence and security at NorthStar Public Affairs.

news | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | February 28, 2026

Budget a step in the right direction, but fails to deliver on the ‘hype,’ say lobbyists

‘There’s been so much buzz that’s been generated around Build Canada Homes … about generational investments,’ says Homeward Public Affairs’ Jacob Gorenkoff, ‘and we definitely did not see those things in the budget.’