Jacques Gourde at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On March 9th, 2020. See this statement in context.

March 9th, 2020 / 5:10 p.m.

Conservative

Jacques Gourde Conservative Lévis—Lotbinière, QC

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you for being here today, Ms. Bélanger. It is always a pleasure to welcome you.

Further to what my colleague was saying about some of the issues, lobbyists are very active on the Hill. They put a lot of pressure on us, but they also put a lot of pressure on public servants.

Have you noticed whether there are some topics lobbyists are covering more than others? Does this ring any bells? Has it happened recently or in the past year that there have been 40, 50 or 75 representations by lobbyists on the same subject?

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