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lobbying

Budget 2024 provides key themes for advocacy strategies in advance of anticipated election budget, says lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Stakeholders unfulfilled by this year’s budget are ‘never going to get a more receptive time with an opposition [party], especially a potential government in waiting, than right now,' says Cam Holmstrom of Niipaawi Strategies.

Budget 2024 provides key themes for advocacy strategies in advance of anticipated election budget, says lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Stakeholders unfulfilled by this year’s budget are ‘never going to get a more receptive time with an opposition [party], especially a potential government in waiting, than right now,' says Cam Holmstrom of Niipaawi Strategies.

Beef farmers seek exemption from federal carbon price in March dominated by environment lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Sponsored travel climbed back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 as MPs accept trips to Israel, Taiwan, U.K.

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Poilievre’s communication record shows corporate lobbyists shouldn’t panic, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Democracy Watch wants lobbying commissioner’s office to probe firm with links to top Conservative adviser Jenni Byrne

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

First phase of pharmacare must not ‘create new gaps’ in existing coverage, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Ministers’ letters, advertising, and lobbying: advocates make final requests as 2024 budget process nears its end

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Environment lobby in February focused on plastics pollution, oil and gas emissions cap

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Cabinet confidences not ‘black or white’ says former Privy Council clerk in House Ethics Committee study of SNC-Lavalin affair

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2024: looming federal election and lingering virtual comms contribute to dynamic advocacy

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

• Broad cross-party outreach, convincing decision-makers that issues are important to them, and being brief are all key to great government relations, say lobbyists.

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2024: looming federal election and lingering virtual comms contribute to dynamic advocacy

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

• Broad cross-party outreach, convincing decision-makers that issues are important to them, and being brief are all key to great government relations, say lobbyists.

It’s time the government kicks Big Oil out of the climate conversation

OpinionBY EMILIA BELLIVEAU

Lobbyists prepping clients for possible federal election shakeup, and a Conservative government

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Taiwanese envoy warns against banning MPs’ sponsored travel, but former Harper-era minister Kent says MPs should not accept ‘large gifts’

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STEPHEN JEFFERY

Missions abroad cannot be abandoned

OpinionBY CHAD ROGERS

MPs’ sponsored travel back in spotlight as House Ethics Committee, NDP MP Green call for complete ban

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Procurement ombud’s report reveals discrepancies in ArriveCan’s $54-million contract

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Release of records on appointment of interim ethics commissioner likely to be delayed until June

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Environment advocacy dominates in record-breaking 2023 for lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

AGRICULTURE

Canada’s system of supply management: an innovative, modern solution

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

Economic value of agriculture industry often overlooked by feds, argue sector advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Climate change will affect your grocery prices

OpinionBY NAVIN RAMANKUTTY AND KUSHANK BAJAJ

Agriculture can do more than just put food on our plate

OpinionBY RENE VAN ACKER, AMY PROULX, AND MARTIN SCANLON

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Biotechnology

Does Canada need a more integrated strategy for pandemic responses? Yes

OpinionBY ISAAC BOGOCH AND DAVID NAYLOR

Canada’s biomedical brain drain is reversing. Let’s continue that trend

OpinionBY MICHAEL MAY, ALLISON BROWN

Talent shortage a priority for biotech sector emerging from pandemic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada’s place in the world of biotechnology research and application is in jeopardy

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Cyber threat ‘continuously evolving,’ with autocratic states posing ‘greatest strategic cyber threat to Canada,’ Senate committee hears

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Canada’s updated defence policy muted on UN peacekeeping as historic low contributions persist  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Struggling low-cost air carriers require feds’ intervention on price competition, says aviation expert

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Integrity commissioner report spotlights gross mismanagement at Corrections Canada

OpinionBY IAN BRON

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Environment

Rallying against the blaze: uniting Canadians to fight climate change

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, KATHLEEN ROSS

How green was this budget?

OpinionBY ELIZABETH MAY

First they came for the carbon tax, are electric vehicles next?

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

To stop plastic pollution, stop producing it

OpinionBY NICKY DAVIES AND AME TRANDEM

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FINANCE

Freeland’s budget seen as last hope to turn Trudeau’s electoral fortunes around, say politicos

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Feds give CBC a budget boost

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Conservatives ‘riding the stronger horse’ in competing narratives about budget: pollster Lyle

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Time for some Liberal soul searching

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

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Fisheries and oceans

Unlocking the power of the ocean: threading the economic needle on the path to net zero

OpinionBY KENDRA MACDONALD, TRINE JøRANLI ESKEDAL

Reel returns: the economic mandate for rebuilding fisheries

OpinionBY REBECCA SCHIJNS

Department of Fisheries and Oceans undermining minister’s mandate

OpinionBY KAREN WRISTEN

Catching up with Fisheries Minister Lebouthillier’s team

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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FOREIGN POLICY

Trump, the John Gotti of U.S. politics

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

There’s ‘no Plexiglass between our borders’ protecting Canada from global authoritarian sentiment, ex-judge warns

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Canadian Senators should not approve Bill C-282, advocates urge

Opinion

Predicting Poilievre’s foreign policy plans

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

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health

National surgical wait times strategy needed

OpinionBY TRISH BARBATO

Time for Poilievre to join a constructive pharmacare conversation

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

House Health Committee calls for a national breast implant registry

FeatureBY MAGDELENE CRESKEY

School food program should focus on healthy plant-based eating

OpinionBY COLIN SARAVANAMUTTOO

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Industry and Manufacturing

Foreign investment rules designed for an economy that no longer exists

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Firefighters and environmentalists are asking for PFAS action

OpinionBY CASSIE BARKER

Expanded electric capacity to handle EVs must be taken seriously, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Fighting inflation one gigabyte at a time

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

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infrastructure and transport

Budget overlooks need for trade-enabling infrastructure

OpinionBY LINDSAY KISLOCK

Roads, horses, and carts, oh my! Time for Canada to take trade-enabling infrastructure seriously

OpinionBY PASCAL CHAN

Better climate-risk mapping data a must as Canada addresses housing crisis, says experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Time to stop building infrastructure for yesterday’s climate

OpinionBY RYAN NESS

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innovation

We are on the path to legal singularity

FeatureBY ABDI AIDID AND BENJAMIN ALARIE

Should telecommunications be nationalized?

OpinionBY MARK HANCOCK

EV battery fires are a global problem that we need to address in Canada

OpinionBY JOSIPA PETRUNIC

Driving down emissions with electric school buses

OpinionBY NDP MP LAUREL COLLINS

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intergovernmental

Is there another Charest in the Quebec Liberals’ future?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A closer look at the federal carbon tax

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Are we sleepwalking to another national unity crisis?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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justice

Bill 21 should be quickly repealed

OpinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

Internet freedom can co-exist with child protection

OpinionBY ANU GEORGE CANJANATHOPPIL, JOHN TANAGHO

Federal parties in court April 22 after judge denies adjournment request in voter data case

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

We must demand greater accountability from police

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Labour & employment

Housing the latest skirmish pitting progressive government against zombie neoliberalism

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A trading nation needs a globally engaged workforce

OpinionBY PERRIN BEATTY

Freeland’s budget should focus on housing, ending homelessness, writes Ottawa reader

Opinion

Time to act on Canada Disability Benefit promise

OpinionBY RENZE NAUTA, ANDREAE SENNYAH

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natural resources and energy

First Nations and the right to say yes

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DAVID WELLS

Environmental groups urge an end to fossil fuel subsidies in two reports outlining Canada’s oil and gas financing

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

A cap on emissions will actually hinder Canada’s environmental, social, and economic efforts

OpinionBY DEBORAH YEDLIN

Budget 2024 is critical to the future of made-in-Canada biofuel projects

OpinionBY BOB LAROCQUE

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Beyond International Women’s Day: sustaining support of Indigenous women entrepreneurs

OpinionBY MAGNOLIA PERRON

Difference does not mean worse: embracing neurodiversity in the workspace

OpinionBY AMIN KAMALEDDIN

Will Canada support changes to international law on gender persecution?

OpinionBY RHONDA GOSSEN

House report on preventing human trafficking met with mixed reviews

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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Indigenous Relations

Equity loan guarantees will pave path to economic reconciliation

OpinionBY WAYNE MCQUABBIE, GREGORY NEWTON, JOHN BEAUCAGE

Canada’s budgetary process: a failing grade in First Nations partnership

OpinionBY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

It’s not comedy to make money off a mass murderer

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Senate bill seeking to criminalize forced sterilizations raises concerns over unintended consequences

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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Exclusive lists

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022