A prominent Ontario developer with ties to Doug Ford wants permission to build lucrative housing along the proposed Highway 413. Bombardier has hired a former Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a lobbyist to support its fight against Boeing for defence contracts. Plus, a Canadian charity that supports human rights in North Korea has started lobbying Ottawa for money.

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.