OTTAWA Rob Silver, the husband of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the federal lobbying commissioner. Nancy Belanger says Silver spent about 70 minutes cumulatively talking to public office holders about two different emergency aid programs on behalf of mortgage finance company MCAP. She says MCAP […]
OTTAWA - Rob Silver, the husband of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the federal lobbying commissioner.
The past year saw lobbyists set a record for the number of contacts with official Ottawa as they tried to influence how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government spent billions of dollars on pandemic aid, Canada's lobbying commissioner said Friday.
‘In-house lobbyists should be covered by regulator,’ Cameron admits in committee grilling
Former Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted in an official hearing into the Greensill scandal that the legislation he devised to regulate the lobbying industry while in office does not go far enough, and should include in-house professionals.
by Ian Griggs
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