The 2018 Guide to Lobbyist Gifting Rules is the essential resource for your work on federal issues. Whether you are an association professional, government-relations executive, politician, bureaucrat or political staffer, this guide will ensure you stay abreast of the latest rulings and interpretations of gifting rules.

• Lobbyist gifting: An overview
• Guide to Gifting Rules
• Keeping conflict of interest rules in mind
• Three things lobbyists should keep in mind when socializing with public office holders
• A summary of gifting rules in the Conflict of Interest Act
• A summary of gifting rules in the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons
• A summary of gifting rules in the Lobbying Act
• A summary of gifting rules in the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct
• Guidance on gifts from the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner and Lobbying Commissioner
• Summary of the Trudeau Report
• Updated guidance from the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying
• Commissioner’s guidance for lobbyists regarding the application of Rule 10 of the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct — Gifts
• Conflict of interest commissioner’s guidance on invitations and receptions
• Gifts (including invitations, fundraisers and business lunches)
• Conflict of interest commissioner’s advisory opinion on public disclosure of gifts received in connection with travel
• Acceptability of gifts offered in conjunction with lobby days
• History of Bill S-207 — An act to amend the Conflict of Interest Act (gifts)
• What happens to gifts forfeited by the prime minister?
• Past recommendations on the Lobbying Act and the Conflict of Interest Act
• Rules on travel for parliamentary officials
• House of Commons ethics committee’s past meetings
• Resource guide
• List of useful web links to other government department rules and codes
• Archives
• How ex-lobbyists handle stakeholder engagement
• Dion appeals to ethics committee for broader powers, de minimis for gifts
• Ask the Lobby Monitor: Can lobby groups hand out campaign materials at receptions?
• Ethics czar in talks with lobbying commissioner to clarify advice on gifts
• New lobby watchdog in ‘learning mode,’ waiting to hear from lobbyists before sounding off on reforms
• New ethics czar Dion says he ‘has no IOUs,’ not looking for another promotion, this is it
• Trudeau’s holiday retreat renews attention on how conflict-of-interest rules define ‘friend’
• Committee to explore removing ‘friend’ exception from ethics rules
• Trudeau won’t appear before ethics committee to testify on Bahamas trip
• Lobbying commissioner’s office to move forward with Aga Khan probe: Democracy Watch
• Trudeau broke ethics rules in accepting holiday trip to Aga Khan’s retreat, says watchdog
• New lobbying watchdog could help bridge gap between her office and ethics commissioner’s, lobbyists say
• Penalties could be in cards if nominee for lobbying watchdog confirmed
• Trudeau’s nominee for lobby watchdog sought other post, committee hears
• Trudeau faces renewed criticism over Aga Khan trip
• Ask the Lobby Monitor: The politics, optics of gift-giving
• Ask the Lobby Monitor: Cocktail break shifts conversation to shop talk
• Dawson tables final annual report, says requests to understand act increased
• Democracy Watch files complaint with Ethics Commish over Aga Khan ‘gifts’
• Vacation prompts comparison to sponsored travel
• Ethics commish says Bennett contravened Conflict of Interest Act
• ‘I think it’s a legitimate question for them to pose,’ says CIJA’s Fogel of watchdog call for ruling on lobbyist-paid travel, noting confidence in the group’s program
• Careful what you share at lobby day events and parliamentary receptions, warns lobby czar in guidance update
• Confusion on gifting rules, ‘conflicting advice’ from watchdogs, getting ‘ridiculous,’ MPs and lobbyists say
• Those who engage in certain political activities can’t lobby candidates they helped elect for “maximum of five years”
• Ethics proponents see grounds for investigation into whether Hyder breached Lobbyists’ Code
• New Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct strongly worded, more prohibitive with no mention of “friends”