Lights, camera, Competition Act! Major movie theatre chain Cineplex wants to discuss 2024 changes to the act after the Competition Tribunal ordered it to pay a record $38.9-million penalty for deceptive marketing last month. A non-profit for safe online pharmacies wants to raise awareness about the issue of counterfeit prescription drugs in Ontario. And online travel agency Expedia has been fighting a tax on major multinational companies in Europe for years. Now that Canada has introduced its own tax, the company is turning its attention to Ottawa. 

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.