An apple a day keeps the doctor away? The maker of iPhones and MacBooks is hoping Apple can keep both patients and doctors happy through the use of technology in Alberta's health-care system. Facebook wants to discuss B.C.’s paused bill to make it and other social media companies pay for the damage their algorithms cause to public health. And the maker of Kinder Eggs and Nutella wants to discuss the long-promised bill to limit companies’ ability to advertise certain high-sugar products to children younger than 13. 

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