September’s most in-demand office holders in Ottawa
Philip Lawrence (Northumberland Peterborough), Ryan Williams (Bay of Quinte), Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent Leamington), Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard), Laurel Chester (ISED), Samuel Saint-Vincent (FINA)
Lobbying lubricates the gears of our country’s legislative and regulatory machinery, shaping the contours of laws and rules that govern the business environment. That is why Queen Street Analytics provides monthly updates on the most lobbied Ministers, MPs and civil servants.
Table of Contents:
September’s most lobbied ministers
September’s most lobbied MPs
September’s most lobbied DPOHs, by agency
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1. September’s most lobbied ministers
Exhibit 1 lists the cabinet ministers who take the most meetings with registered lobbyists, with their filed September meetings, and, for context, their trailing twelve month (TTM) average of meetings.
There are no really noteworthy outliers on the up-side, i.e. with unusually high meeting activity. On the downs-side, however, Francois-Philippe Champagne and Jonathan Wilkinson had unusually quiet months in September, compared to their TTMs.
2. September’s Most Lobbied MPs
Exhibit 2 lists the MPs with the most lobby communications and meetings in September, including their riding and committees they sit on. (TTM again reporting on the previous twelve-month average of meetings.)
Philip Lawrence (Northumberland Peterborough) was September’s most active MP when it came to meeting with lobbyists. Other MPs with unusually high meeting activity included Ryan Williams (Bay of Quinte), Dave Epp (Chatham-Kent Leamington), and Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard).
We are including Philip Lawrence’s lobbying profile as a printable pdf here:
What stands out in Exhibit 2 is that it is mostly Conservatives who saw big increases in lobbying activity, possibly an early canary in the coalmine of expectations around the next election?
3. September’s Most Lobbied DPOHs, by Agency
The largest number of lobby-communications occurs at the level of the bureaucracy, with designated public office holders (DPOHs) that may not be very well-known outside of Ottawa. Exhibit 3 lists the 30 busiest DPOHs in September, organized by their agencies. TTM reports on their previous twelve-month meetings-average (TTM) and the Rank-field ranks them according to the number of meetings taken in September.
What stands out in Exhibit 3 is how ISED-heavy lobbying was in September.
The busiest DPOH was Paul Halucha at the PCO, and the biggest gainers were Samuel Saint-Vincent at Finance Canada, and Laurel Chester at ISED.
Exhibit 4 shows a snapshot from LobbyIQ’s Samuel Saint-Vincent dashboard, highlighting his increasing importance at Finance Canada.
We are including Samuel Saint-Vincent’s lobbying profile as a printable pdf here:
This concludes today’s issue on September’s most lobbied ministers, MPs, and public office holders.