The Lobby Monitor’s Top 100: Which organizations were most active in 2021?
Vaping, COVID-19 and supply chain concerns were among the issues raised by the ost active organizations on the federal lobbyists’ registry in 2021.
Return to Parliament sees communication reports more than double between October and November
November was the busiest month for communications on the federal lobbyists’ registry since June, as parliamentarians returned to Ottawa for the first time since the Sept. 20 election.
The Lobby Monitor’s Top 100: Which lobbyists were most active in 2021?
The following lists show the 100 most active consultants and in-house lobbyists based on the number of communications that occurred between Jan. 1 2021, and Dec. 21, 2021.
Miners welcome Trudeau’s re-election in Canada
Trudeau won a third term this week but has fallen short of winning enough votes to form a majority government. MAC said Trudeau’s Liberals had promised measures to position the mining industry to maximise opportunities in the green energy transition and it welcomed the party’s commitment to infrastructure investments, particularly in the north.
Mining association says Canada’s rare earth support too modest to displace reliance on China
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has welcomed several expanded and refined measures proposed in the 2021 federal Budget to support the establishment and growth of a domestic battery supply chain, but CEO Pierre Gratton said specific support targeting rare earth elements (REEs) was too modest and was insufficient to displace reliance on China.
MAC Assessment of Equivalency between TSM and the Standard
Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM®) is an international standard for responsible mining. Developed by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and launched in 2004, the objective of TSM is to enable mining companies to meet society’s needs for minerals, metals, and energy products in the most socially and environmentally responsible way. Implementation of TSM is a […]
Federal government establishes impact assessment advisory council
The Minister’s Advisory Council on Impact Assessment (MINAC) will advise the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, on the act’s effectiveness. This will include reporting on how efficient, transparent and predictable decision-making is under the act and how early potentially problematic issues can be identified under the assessment process. Some of the council […]
Letter in support of Small Modular Reactor development
Gratton appointed to impact assessment advisory council
Mining Association of Canada president and CEO Pierre Gratton has been appointed to Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson’s advisory council on impact assessment.
‘Canary in the coalmine’: Kenney slams Ottawa’s decision to review resource projects after C-69 changes
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney criticized Thursday a recent decision by the federal government to launch environmental reviews of a pair of mining projects, saying it was yet another sign of jurisdictional overreach by Ottawa.
