Americans dominate foreign lobbying of Canadian politicians

And other insights from the IJF’s lobbying communication reports data

17 Oct 2023 • 3 min read

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Employees walk through a lobby at Amazon's headquarters in Seattle. The U.S. tech giant came in third for most foreign lobbying meetings with the Canadian federal government in the past five years. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Kayla Zhu

Kayla is a Vancouver-based IJF reporter interested in data analysis who previously worked at CBC’s investigative unit. Her work has been published in the Canadian Press and J-Source.

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