The Commissioner of Lobbying, pursuant to powers in the
Lobbying Act (the Act), has published a revised Code of
Conduct and invited written submissions on these proposed
revisions. Once the Commissioner finalizes the revisions to the
Code, they will be referred to the House of Commons Standing
Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, prior to
being published in the Canada Gazette in order to come
into effect. Until such time, the Code originally introduced in
1997 will remain in place.
Based upon an earlier consultation and her own experience in
administering the Code, the Commissioner has proposed changes that
fall under the following categories:
Scope
The Code will now focus on the relationship between lobbyists
and Public Office Holders (POHs) and all rules that relate to the
client/lobbyist relationship will be removed. While this will
provide for a more limited scope, the scope of the Code will now
match the main objective of the Act which is
