The defence industry launched a lobbying offensive this week; seven companies are seeking military contracts as Canada faces pressure from its allies to increase spending. Canada Bread, so far the only company to be fined by the federal government for bread price-fixing, wants federal lawmakers to know it is suing its former controlling shareholder for damages related to the scheme. And screenwriters in Canada want the government to require artificial intelligence companies to report what copyrighted works they use to train their technology.

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.