A law firm representing the 4,000 participants in a basic income project that was cut short by the Ontario government is pressuring the province to settle a $200 million class action, claiming a breach of contract. The owner of Canada’s first renewable diesel refinery is warning the B.C. government of “a looming economic crisis” over cheap U.S. fuel. And Canadian Tire wants to discuss supply chain issues and labour disputes after a federal ombudsperson dismissed a complaint claiming the company uses a supplier that pays Bangladeshi workers less than C$1 per hour.   

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.