Corporate employee lobbying up more than 70% after changes to registration requirements

Number of corporate in-house registrations more than doubled in January compared to five-year monthly average

15 Jun 2026 • 4 min read

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The commissioner of lobbying waits to appear at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics committee, in Ottawa on June 20, 2023.

Earlier this year, the federal lobbying commissioner said she would re-interpret the minimum number of hours employees could lobby for their company before publicly registering. Since then, the number of registrations has shot up. (The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld)

Carly Penrose

Carly is a Toronto-based journalist. She holds a master of journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work has appeared in the National Post, This Magazine and The Canadian Press.

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