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The richest 10 per cent of federal candidates now get more donations than all others combinedAnd other findings from the IJF’s political donations data
African students over five times more likely to be denied visas than Europeans67.2 per cent of African students are rejected compared with 11.6 per cent of Europeans
Police are seizing a record number of firearms within Canada and at the borderExperts differ on the extent to which seizures contribute to gun violence reduction
Lobbying has more than doubled under Justin TrudeauAnd other findings from the IJF’s analysis of 15 years of lobbying data
National Defence dominates revolving door between government and lobbyistsIJF analysis reveals what government jobs federal lobbyists once had
Government requests for Canadians’ Google data have jumped ten-fold in past five yearsGovernment submitted 2,327 requests for user data in 2021, up from 249 in 2016
Lobby groups attended Liberal fundraisers while seeking to influence the governmentAttending cash-for-access events could be part of lobbying strategy, data suggests
Record number of permanent residents accepted amid push to bring more immigrants to CanadaCanada accepted 97.5 per cent of economic permanent residents in 2021, up from 80.6 per cent in 2005
Donations from affluent urban ridings grease the wheels of politics, new analysis suggestsRidings in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and other major Canadian cities topped the list of total donations over $200
