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3 weeks ago | 
theijf.org | Carly Penrose
Equinor, a Norwegian oil and gas company that’s planning to open Canada’s first deep water oil drilling project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, is lobbying “government officials regarding the Bay du Nord project to discuss its progress and explore opportunities for ongoing collaboration.” Equinor found oil 500 kilometres northeast of St. John’s back in 2013 but the project has been facing choppy waters since 2020. Monthly$14.27 for one month. Cancel anytime.
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3 weeks ago | 
theijf.org | Carly Penrose
Last week, the online vacation rental platform registered its second lobbyist since March to discuss short-term rental policies with the provincial government. The platform says it is concerned with hotel and short term rental taxes, fees and registrations, zoning policies, and proposed digital sales taxes.
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3 weeks ago | 
theijf.org | Carly Penrose
Aecon, a construction company based in Hamilton, Ont., reported communicating with Mendocino twice in May about “infrastructure projects with respect to Aecon's role as a construction and infrastructure development company.” It also registered a new consultant lobbyist on Monday. The company has recently hired big names as it ramps up its lobbying efforts. In February the firm hired former Liberal New Brunswick premier Brian Gallant to lobby in that province.
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3 weeks ago | 
theijf.org | Carly Penrose
Nomadic Pictures, the Calgary-based studio behind the television show Fargo, registered a lobbyist in Alberta to ask for a streamlined process for film and TV tax credits.
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3 weeks ago | 
theijf.org | Carly Penrose
The Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) reported six lobbying communications with federal officials in the past week, including one with Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman to discuss the effects of U.S. tariffs on the steel industry.
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3 weeks ago | 
theijf.org | Carly Penrose
IJF reporter Bethany Lindsay won a silver medal for “best scoop” at the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) awards banquet in Calgary on Saturday. Lindsay won for her reporting on the British Columbia government’s claim that it was funding 3,645 treatment beds when 1,232 of those were low-barrier housing spots that didn’t provide any actual addiction treatment.
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1 month ago | 
theijf.org | Carly Penrose
Cohere, a Canadian AI company, registered to lobby nine government bodies, including the Prime Minister’s Office, to discuss “Canada's participation and leadership at the G7 summit and global leadership on artificial intelligence.” The company is one of Canada’s leading AI enterprises, having received $240 million from the government in March toward its $725 million project “to bring domestic compute capacity to Canada and support the development and scaling of AI capabilities here at home.”...
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1 month ago | 
theijf.org | Carly Penrose
Non-profit World Animal Protection updated its lobbying registration to ask for money for a sanctuary for whales and dolphins in a bay off the coast of Port Hilford, N.S. The charity also wants funding to support the rescue and transfer of marine animals "retired from the entertainment industry to this or other seaside sanctuaries.” The sanctuary, which will be a 405,000 square metre section of Port Hilford Bay, will host whales and dolphins currently held in entertainment venues.
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1 month ago | 
theijf.org | Carly Penrose
Global University Systems (GUS) Canada, a subsidiary of a Dutch company and owner of nine private colleges in three provinces including University Canada West, University of Niagara Falls Canada, Ontario Institute of Health and Innovation and Trebas Institute, registered to lobby in New Brunswick about an initiative to “help address the family physician shortage by offering fully funded medical school education to provincial citizens.” Up to 180,000 New Brunswickers are without a family...
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1 month ago | 
theijf.org | Carly Penrose
Harrison Staffing, an agency that hires temporary workers for events, is advocating “for regulations that support a flexible employment model for independent contractors in the event staffing industry, thereby preserving worker autonomy and well-being.” The company registered ahead of the province’s Digital Platform Workers' Rights Act, coming into effect on July 1.
