Canada’s Lobbyist Threshold for Organizations and Corporations Lowered

On January 19, the lobbyist registration threshold for organizations and corporations was lowered. Last year the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada issued new interpretation bulletins concerning the significant part of the duties threshold for when organizations and corporations must be registered under the Lobbying Act. One bulletin lowered the lobbyist registration threshold from 32 hours per month to eight hours in a rolling four-week period. A second updated interpretation addresses the Lobbying Act’s revolving door provision and interprets a significant part of a designated public office holder’s work as eight hours or more in any given consecutive four-week period. This includes any time spent preparing for and participating in oral communications with public office holders, as well as drafting written communications to public office holders.

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