‘Over-prudent’ Breakfast Club of Canada removes hundreds of superfluous lobbying reports
Lawyer and Lobbying Act adviser W. Scott Thurlow says the lobbying commissioner ‘bends over backwards’ to educate organizations about the rules.
Provisional changes to ethics rules allow greater job mobility for reporting public office holders
Interim ethics commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein has reinterpreted the definition of an ‘entity’ in the post-employment rules, allowing for smoother transitions between government departments.
Conservative and Bloc MPs want answers from RCMP on its SNC-Lavalin assessment
The Conservative ethics critic and the Bloc Québécois vice-chair of the House Ethics Committee want to bring back RCMP officials who were unable to speak at the Oct. 23 committee meeting.
Conservatives want committee study on RCMP decision not to pursue a criminal probe of Trudeau in SNC-Lavalin affair
A full public inquiry is needed, according to Duff Conacher, the co-founder of Democracy Watch.
Taiwan, Israel popular destinations as sponsored travel returns to near pre-pandemic levels
Since the 2021 election, 85 MPs have disclosed a combined 128 instances of sponsored travel to destinations in Canada and abroad.
Minister Holland discusses health crisis in Canada with lobbyists during busy August
More than six million Canadians are without regular access to a primary care provider, according to Dr. Kathleen Ross, president of the Canadian Medical Association.
Interim ethics chief could be in conflict of interest if he pursues full term, claims Conacher
The ethics office has been without a full-term commissioner since February.
Firearms legislation about ‘preventing harms,’ says Senate committee chair ahead of fall discussions
Bill C-21, the Liberal government’s firearms legislation, will be up for consideration by the Senate’s Defence Committee this fall.
Where the buck stops in the Greenbelt scandal is anybody’s guess
Several attempts by authorities to scrutinize or consider scrutinizing the secret decision-making operation are ongoing, but responsibility for getting to the bottom of this favouritism-ridden affair is proving iffy all around.
Breakfast Club of Canada pushes for government follow-through on school food policy in July
About 1.8 million Canadchildren in Canada in 2022 live in households that struggle to afford food, compared to 1.4 million children in 2021, according to Statistics Canada data.
