An advocacy group for older adults wants Canada to prevent the export of prescription medications to Florida after the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a ruling allowing imports of less-expensive Canadian drugs. A vaping industry association wants to convince Alberta, one of the few provinces without a vaping tax, that introducing one would “harm public health.” And tradespeople in Manitoba want the newly-elected NDP government to follow through on its promise to reinstate rules making apprenticeships safer.

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.