A village in B.C. that housed thousands of evacuees from Jasper during the summer’s wildfires is asking for financial help from two provincial governments. A coalition of internet companies wants to bring internet to rural and remote areas in Ontario after Premier Doug Ford threatened to “rip up” the province’s contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink. And a Montreal-based defence manufacturer wants the federal government to use its drones for border security. 

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.