An armoured vehicle manufacturer in Quebec wants to discuss export permits so it can send its vehicles to Qatar. After flash floods left parts of Canada’s biggest city underwater, an association of Canada’s insurance providers wants Ontario to do more to conserve areas that prevent flooding. And Shoppers Drug Mart wants British Columbia to use its technology platform to expand “mental health and addiction assistance.” 

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.