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Lobbying by the numbers: trends, tidbits and takeaways from a year of lobbying

And lots of other insights from a year of IJF lobbying roundups

Carly Penrose

2 Jan 2025 5 min read

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Statue is in the foreground of a the Confederation building against a blue sky
A statue of former Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden is backed by the Confederation Building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 31, 2024. Lobbyists across Canada registered to lobby thousands of times, and recorded tens of thousands of meetings with public office holders at the federal level and in B.C. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick)

Carly Penrose
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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