This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.
Cheryl Gallant Conservative
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Defeated, as of April 10, 2019
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Lobbying Act to require lobbyists to disclose
(a) whether they are funded by a foreign national, a non-resident corporation or a non-resident organization; and
(b) whether they use, or expect to use, grass-roots communication to seek to persuade organizations or members of the public to take measures to obstruct, delay or otherwise negatively affect any process that requires the Government of Canada to consult with the public before embarking on a specific course of action, in an attempt to place pressure on a public office holder to endorse a particular opinion.
It also makes a housekeeping amendment to the English version of paragraph 5(2)(e.1) of the Act.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-278s:
Foreign Lobbyist Transparency ActPrivate Members' Business
