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Submission to the Commissioner of Lobbying’s

13 Jun 2022

The Introduction to the Code states: “Lobbyists, when engaging in lobbying activities, shall meet the standards set out in the principles and rules of the Code.” … The Commissioner of Lobbying has the authority to enforce the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct if there is an alleged breach of either a principle or a rule of the Code.” 8 Interpretation Act (R. [...] The Commissioner is neither evaluating alleged violations of the Code by lobbyists as including the Principles of the Code, nor is the Commissioner applying a standard that requires lobbyists to comply with not only the “letter” but also with the spirit of the Code and the Act. [...] Also see on that page the following rulings in which one or more Principles of the Code were enforced: The lobbying activities of Bruce Rawson; The lobbying activities of Paul Ballard; The lobbying activities of Graham Bruce; The lobbying activities of Mark Jiles; The lobbying activities of GPG-Green Power Generation Corp. [...] Rule 5: Rule 5 of the Code should be changed by changing the word “document” in the second sentence to “record as defined in the Access to Information Act” and by adding at the end: “and the lobbyist shall not retain a copy of the record, and shall return the record to the head of the institution that created the record and inform them, and the Information Commissioner of Canada and the Public Sec. [...] In the case of a Cabinet minister, if a person is communicating with the Minister’s staff, Parliamentary Secretary or senior government officials and appointees who report to the minister when the Minister has a sense of obligation to the person doing the communicating (or to an entity the person represents), then the Minister has a real or apparent conflict of interest.

Authors

Duff Conacher

Pages
18
Published in
Canada