Paying for influence: how companies use former government insiders to work the corridors of power in B.C.
More than 130 senior officials in past provincial administrations have lobbied for companies that seek to influence current leaders
Treasury Board President Anita Anand on cutting outsourcing: ‘We need to make sure we're utilizing public servants’
Minister repeats vow to cut $7B in consulting and travel but offers few details
Food insecurity in Canada at all-time high, surpassing peer nations
Policies to ensure livable income not keeping up with cost of living, researchers say
Americans dominate foreign lobbying of Canadian politicians
And other insights from the IJF’s lobbying communication reports data
Why do government IT contracts have such huge cost overruns?
It’s not just ArriveCan and Phoenix. Half of outsourced tech work went over the original budget, data shows
The richest 100 charitable foundations hold more wealth than 5,800 others
And other insights from the IJF’s charity tax return data
Ottawa spending record amounts outsourcing access to information requests
External consultants doing little to clear backlogs, data shows
Ottawa spending on consultants hits all-time high despite years of controversy and promises to stop
Departments say COVID-19, complex digital world forced them to seek outside expertise
Bill to allow repair of digital devices is confusing and problematic, both sides say
Rights advocates and copyright holders don’t see how right-to-repair law would make it easier for consumers to fix their devices
Lobby Roundup: Lyft looking to slow down Ontario’s implementation of a new minimum wage law
And nine other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter
Lobby Roundup: Restaurant lobbyists ask Doug Ford for help to pay their workers minimum wage
And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying roundup
Trudeau Foundation spent less than required on charities through most of its existence, tax records suggest
Embattled charity asked auditors to review its finances following IJF questions
TikTok lobbying Alberta, B.C., Manitoba and P.E.I. following government bans
Video-sharing app wants to convince provinces it’s valuable to Canadian content creators
The richest 10 per cent of federal candidates now get more donations than all others combined
And other findings from the IJF’s political donations data
Lobbying has more than doubled under Justin Trudeau
And other findings from the IJF’s analysis of 15 years of lobbying data
National Defence dominates revolving door between government and lobbyists
IJF analysis reveals what government jobs federal lobbyists once had
Lobby groups attended Liberal fundraisers while seeking to influence the government
Attending cash-for-access events could be part of lobbying strategy, data suggests
Opposition parties slam Liberals for continuing to allow lobbyists at fundraisers
Greens, BQ say IJF investigation on cash-for-access events shows need for public financing of parties
Liberals quietly allow lobbyists to attend cash-for-access fundraisers despite pledging to stop
Most lobbyists who attended the fundraisers were registered to lobby the federal department whose minister was a special guest at the event
Unions, farmers and oil firms: who lobbies cabinet members the most
Meet the lobbyists with the most access to Justin Trudeau’s cabinet
Explore the data: Who lobbies cabinet members the most
Search by lobby group, subject, or department contacted
No place to live
One person’s search for a place to call home shows a public-housing system stretched to its limits