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Prime Minister’s office key target of record Ottawa lobbying, watchdog reports
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his way into the West Block after attending a commemorative ceremony, Raising the SurvivorsÕ Flag, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The ceremony is "in memory of the thousands of children who were sent to residential schools, of those who never returned, and in honour of the families whose lives were forever changed." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Many lobbying activities going unreported under current federal rules, watchdog says
Commissioner of Lobbying Nancy Belanger speaks during an interview in her office in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Canada's lobbying czar says she needs more funding to meet the growing demands of her office and to properly modernize the country's lobbyist registry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
report on business
Bains appointment to Rogers prompts House committee to invite lobbying commissioner
Liberal MP Navdeep Bains delivers a farewell speech in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The House of Commons ethics committee is inviting the Lobbying Commissioner to testify on the appointment of former industry minister Navdeep Bains to an executive role at Rogers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Former British PM David Cameron questioned about links to bankrupt financial services firm
Former British prime minister David Cameron leaves his residence in London, on May 13, 2021.
alberta
Alberta signs contracts to lobby Biden administration on Keystone XL
Deer gather at a depot used to store pipes for Transcanada Corp's planned Keystone XL oil pipeline in Gascoyne, North Dakota, January 25, 2017.
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WE Charity registers to lobby Ottawa, lays off staff
Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger, co-founders of the WE movement
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TikTok recruits band of lobbyists as suspicions over China ties grow
FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Lobbying watchdog’s probe of SNC affair on hold until RCMP finish investigation
The SNC-Lavalin headquarters is seen in Montreal on February 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Canadian companies push for access to Mexican cannabis market
In this Sept. 25, 2018 photo, marijuana plants are shown growing in a massive tomato greenhouse being renovated to grow pot in Delta, British Columbia, that is operated by Pure Sunfarms, a joint venture between tomato grower Village Farms International, and a licensed medical marijuana producer, Emerald Health Therapeutics. On Oct. 17, 2018, Canada will become the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
u.s. politics
U.S. Senate confirms Kelly Craft, envoy to Canada, as ambassador to the United Nations
Kelly Craft, former U.S. ambassador to Canada and President Donald Trump's nominee to fill the vacant United Nations post, speaks during her nomination hearing before the Senate foreign relations committee on June 19, 2019, in Washington.
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Canada’s Element AI is making a high-stakes gamble it can be a world-beater
politics
Number of lobbyist meetings continues to climb under Trudeau government
Commissioner of Lobbying Nancy Belanger is photographed near her office in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Canada's lobbying czar says she needs more funding to meet the growing demands of her office and to properly modernize the country's lobbyist registry.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
canada
Democracy watchdog calls for investigation into lobbyists selling tickets for Ford fundraiser
Ontario Premier Doug Ford walks into a holding room before speaking to journalists to share his achievements in government, in Toronto, on Friday June 7, 2019, on the one year anniversary of him taking office. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Court of Appeal pauses investigation into Trudeau’s vacation with Aga Khan
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks down during a news conference after announcing a $1.4 billion annual commitment to support women's global health at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, B.C., Canada June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
canada
Ontario energy minister attends federal fundraiser with energy company executive
Ontario's Energy Minister Greg Rickford speaks as Labour Minister Laurie Scott looks on during a press conference at Queen's Park in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. Ontario's energy minister says the government will take "any and all action necessary" if Hydro One doesn't drastically cut its proposed CEO compensation, but the semi-private utility appears not to be budging. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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RCMP found no evidence former PM Jean Chrétien engaged in illegal lobbying while in Nova Scotia, Premier says
Nova Scotia's premier says the RCMP has found no evidence that former prime minister Jean Chretien carried out illegal lobbying during a visit to his Halifax office last year.
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SNC-Lavalin lobbied PMO 19 times since start of 2017, records show
A review of lobbying records by The Globe and Mail shows SNC-Lavalin met frequently with the highest ranks of the Trudeau government, including top officials in the Prime Minister’s Office, cabinet ministers, their chiefs of staff, senior public servants including Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick and Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, David MacNaughton.