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Unions, farmers and oil firms: who lobbies cabinet members the most

Unions, farmers and oil firms: who lobbies cabinet members the most

Meet the lobbyists with the most access to Justin Trudeau’s cabinet

  • Roberto Rocha

    Roberto Rocha

    Roberto is an award-winning journalist who specializes in computational methods for investigations. Before joining the IJF, he was a data journalist at CBC News and the Montreal Gazette.

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    Roberto Rocha

Roberto Rocha

4 January, 2023 • 7 min read
Unions, farmers and oil firms: who lobbies cabinet members the most
Bill Karsten, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, jokes with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offering him the FCM plan for the first 100 days in office. FCM is the lobby group that met the most with Liberal cabinet members. (The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld)

Table of Contents

  • What lobbying the cabinet gets you
  • Corporations get the most face-time with cabinet, unions the least
  • What lobbyists lobby about
    • Climate change
    • Temporary foreign workers
    • Food safety
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Liberals quietly allow lobbyists to attend cash-for-access fundraisers despite pledging to stop

Liberals quietly allow lobbyists to attend cash-for-access fundraisers despite pledging to stop

Most lobbyists who attended the fundraisers were registered to lobby the federal department whose minister was a special guest at the event

  • Roberto Rocha
    Roberto Rocha
Roberto Rocha
4 Jan 2023 • 6 min read
Explore the data: Who lobbies cabinet members the most

Explore the data: Who lobbies cabinet members the most

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  • Roberto Rocha
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4 Jan 2023 •
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