To your knowledge, has a public office holder's name ever appeared on a lobbyist's communication report without their actually having had any communication? In the lobbying industry, lobbyists have clients and must have a certain number of communications with public office holders. So, I'm wondering if people don't sometimes resort to cut-and-paste. For example, a lobbyist may say that he or she has spoken to such-and-such a person about such-and-such a topic, when in fact that person had merely greeted the lobbyist. The lobbyist still takes the trouble to write a communication report so that his or her boss will send him his cheque.
On October 16th, 2023. See this statement in context.