AtkinsRéalis, formerly SNC Lavalin, is getting help from a former prime minister and a former Ontario premier in its bid to have Ontario lawmakers use its technology for new nuclear reactors. The company that owns the Edmonton Oilers wants to know how sports teams can participate in Alberta’s online single-game betting market when it goes live next year. And a charity for the blind has concerns about how a new Alberta law banning electronic ballots might disenfranchise people with vision loss.

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.