Over a dozen individuals have broken the Lobbying Act but have not been publicly named or charged, the lobbying commissioner told the House of Commons ethics committee.
While there are around 7,000 registered lobbyists in Ottawa, only four have been convicted or pleaded guilty to breaching the act in the last 38 years, Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger told the committee on May 7. She said more cases were referred to the RCMP but never made public.
“We review every matter. Many matters lead to files to the RCMP. It takes a lot of our time, it takes a lot of the RCMP’s time, and it’s returned to me and closed,” Bélanger said, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter….