New Federal Code Aims to Restrict Lobbying by Public Office Holders

New Federal Code Aims to Restrict Lobbying by Public Office Holders
View of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 1, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Peter Wilson
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A new federal code revising the “Lobbyists’ Code Of Conduct” aims to broadly restrict lobbying by public office holders, including individuals who work as unpaid campaign volunteers, according to Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger.

“The objective of this Code is to foster transparent and ethical lobbying of federal officials,” Bélanger wrote on May 27 in a legal notice obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.