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Ottawa: Oil & Gas Lobbying Overshadows Other Industries
Dec. 05, 2012 09:35AM PST
Oil and Gas InvestingHeavy lobbying by the oil and gas industry has dominated other interest group looking to influence the Harper government over the past four years, according to a new study that examined the lobbyist registry.
Heavy lobbying by the oil and gas industry has dominated other interest group looking to influence the Harper government over the past four years, according to a new study that examined the lobbyist registry.
As quoted in market news:
The amount of face time the oil industry gets in Ottawa in personal meetings and other correspondence greatly exceeds the time afforded other major industries in Canada. No one doubts the hold the oil industry has on this current government, but it is important Canadians are aware that such a high rate of lobbying to federal ministers has strong policy implications.