Ottawa tightening rules on lobbyists

Susan Delacourt and Richard Brennan write for the Toronto Star:

The federal government is cracking down on lobbyists working for Crown corporations and institutions such as the Toronto Port Authority and the Canadian Wheat Board. …

The crackdown comes after reports in the Toronto Star about lobbyists’ involvement in a $250-a-head Toronto political fundraiser coordinated out of the office of the president of the port authority, a position Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt held before running successfully for the Conservatives in 2008 in the riding of Halton