A global emergency assistance company wants a contract with Global Affairs Canada to help evacuate Canadians from “dangerous global locations” as Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced the first group of Canadians left Gaza on Tuesday. A private bus company in Ontario wants to partner with Doug Ford’s government on transportation projects. And Toronto’s biggest food bank is asking the federal government to pass new laws to reduce poverty and food bank usage. 

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.