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Lobbying for good, because it’s not all bad
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Lobbying For Good
From Barry Campbell, something you don’t often see: a defense of lobbying and an explanation of how lobbying shapes better public policy: The circumstances around the resignation of Jody Wilson Raybould have shone a light, and not a favourable one, on the lobbying by SNC Lavelin. That lobbying by SNC Lavelin of the PMO and…
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Budget 2019: Relentlessly “middle class”
A pre-election budget is usually just that, a pre-election budget. It is a document that ‘sets the table’ for a government heading into an election as this government will be in the Fall. Core constituencies, regional or demographic (e.g. “Working Canadians”, “Families”, “Taxpayers”) are usually the focus. This time it is relentlessly “the middle class”.…
