July’s most in-demand office holders in Ottawa
July’s most in-demand office holders in Ottawa
Lawrence Hanson (AAFC), Caroline Lee (ECCC), Chris Padfield (PCO), Francois-Philippe Champagne, Chrystia Freeland, Randy Hoback
Lobbying is the grease that 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:
July’s most lobbied ministers
July’s most lobbied MPs
July’s most lobbied DPOHs, by agency
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The High-Level Overview
As reported last week, Exhibit 1 shows that July was a quiet month for government relations, with a total of just over 1,500 filed communications.
These communication filings covered a total of just under 1,400 distinct meetings, 16% of which (218) involved an MP, and 13% of which (182) involved a minister or DM.
1. July’s most lobbied ministers
Exhibit 1 lists the cabinet ministers who take the most meetings with registered lobbyists, with their filed July meetings, and, for context, their trailing twelve month (TTM) average of meetings.
At a high level, it’s worth noting most ministers had quiet months in July, compared to their TTMs. Except Francois-Philippe Champagne, who kept to his usual busy schedule, and Chrystia Freeland, who actually took more meetings than usual in July.
2. July’s Most Lobbied MPs
Exhibit 3 lists the MPs with the most lobby communications and meetings in July, including their riding and committees they sit on. (TTM again reporting on the previous twelve-month average of meetings.)
One pattern that stands out in Exhibit 3 is the high number of MPs who still took their usual number of meetings in July, compared to their TTMs.
3. July’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 4 lists the 30 busiest DPOHs in July, 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 July.
The busiest DPOH in July was Lawrence Hanson, the newly appointed Deputy Minister at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), who is a first-time entry into our leaderboard.
Exhibit 5 shows a snapshot of LobbyIQ’s AAFC dashboard, highlighting Lawrence Hanson’s growing importance.
As a bonus, we are including LobbyIQ’s full AAFC-dashboard as a printable pdf here:
Another angle is provided on LobbyIQ's Lawrence Hanson dashboard from which Exhibit 6 shows a partial snapshot with an 18-month timeline of meetings and a sectoral breakdown of who he is meeting. The dashboards also contain full breakdowns of each meeting.
This concludes today’s issue on July’s most lobbied ministers, MPs, and public office holders.
Next week, we dive into our review of August’s GR landscape.