Lobbying Oversight Programs Are Hot in Canada

When it comes to local lobbying oversight, cities are falling like
flies. At least in Canada.<br>
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According to <a href="http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/1241504/vancouver-moves-to-establish…; target="”_blank”">an
article yesterday on the Vancouver, BC Metro News website</a>, the
city council voted unanimously to look into establishing a lobbying
registry and hiring an independent ombuds, apparently to run the
registry and more. This follows the vote to establish a lobbying
registry in Hamilton, and the establishment of lobbying registries
in Toronto and Ottawa.<br>
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I wish the news were as good in the U.S. Here the best news is that
the chapter of my book <a href="http://www.cityethics.org/ethics%20book&quot; target="”_blank”"><i>Local Government
Ethics Programs</i></a> on lobbying (along with a Model Lobbying
Code) should be done and online by the end of January, if all goes
well.<br>
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