A national organization for franchised businesses has concerns about federal regulations restricting companies in cities with high unemployment from hiring foreign employees. A watchdog group wants to know why the commissioner of lobbying isn’t continuing to investigate cases of potential lobbying violations after the RCMP returned them to her office. And an electric vehicle battery parts company wants clarity on the terms of its public funding from the province of Ontario after it announced that it was pausing spending on its $2.8 billion plant planned for Loyalist Township, Ont. 

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.