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Right-wing influence group behind Canadian Crime Watch page

Crime content used in Canada Proud's anti-Carney campaign

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‘Condo king,’ Paw Patrol producer and White Spot owner hosted fundraisers for Poilievre and Carney

Here are some of the powerful people throwing fundraising parties for Canada’s next prime minister

Pierre Poilievre stands behind a lectern and gestures with his left hand while Mark Careny makes a similar gesture with his left hand.

Dozens of real estate executives among guests at Carney, Poilievre fundraisers

As parties pitch plans to address the housing crisis, developers spend up to $1,750 each to rub elbows with a future prime minister

This Week's

Lobbying Roundup

What is the lobbying roundup?

Each week, the IJF publishes 5 insights from our four lobbying databases showing who wants laws changed and who is asking for government money at the federal level and in every province across Canada. Think of it as your weekly dose of public policy news before it becomes news.

1. Troubled Ottawa hockey arena wants provincial funds 2. A month in, more auto companies lobbying about tariffs 3. Resource company lobbying as NS premier backs mineral mining 4. Major landlord suggesting fixes for Ontario tribunal backlog 5. Nature charity lobbying Ontario as new law gets pushback

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BC Greens call for regulator reform over secret exemption given to oil company

The BC Greens say secrecy around BC Energy Regulator compliance and enforcement is ‘completely unacceptable'

Edmonton-based journalist Brett McKay joins the IJF’s reporting team

The IJF’s newest reporter is excited to delve into reporting to reveal ‘backroom’ deals in Alberta

A sepia-toned black and white photo shows a residential school beside a chapel, with a dock leading into the water.

A survivor called this residential school ‘the worst place on Earth.’ Here’s what Mark Carney’s father wrote about it

Robert Carney appears several times in new IJF database, including reports on 2 northern schools

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Tenders and awards from BC and the federal government.

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‘Hypocrites’: NDP slams Conservatives for Brookfield investments

IJF analysis found Tory candidates disclosed investing in company they accused of dodging taxes

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Award-winning investigative reporter Patti Sonntag signs on to cover Ottawa for the IJF

Power, corruption and data drive veteran journalist’s work

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Deputy Conservative leader invested in Brookfield while attacking Mark Carney for running the investment giant

At least seven Conservative MPs held stock in Liberal leader’s former company, IJF analysis finds

Parents and visitors rang the alarm about Elkhorn residential school for decades. Officials downplayed their concerns

Documents confirm students were underfed, dressed in filthy, ragged clothing and subjected to unhygienic conditions

A black and white photo shows about two dozen Indigenous children posing together inside a room in a residential school. Some of their faces are blurred because of movement.

Access denied: The fight to get inside a database of historic residential school records

‘The federal government is offloading work that it has already done and paid for,’ says researcher

A large green pipe connected to a trestle bridge pictured against a backdrop of boreal forest.

17 government inspectors, 170 companies and more than 9,000 potential infractions: inside B.C.’s oversight of the oil and gas sector

Inspection notes offer a glimpse behind the scenes of government oversight of the fossil fuel industry — and the companies doing business in B.C.

Lobbying Roundup

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