A powerful Quebec employer group wants more economic immigrants allowed into the province, in opposition to a federal and provincial crackdown. An Ontario housing charity wants investments from the federal government to train more construction workers, which industry experts say is necessary to meet Canada’s housing goals. And the Aluminum Association of Canada is joining efforts to get Canada to up import fees to 25 per cent, joining steel producers that launched a lobbying blitz calling for tariffs on imports of Chinese steel. 

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.