Lobbying legislation significantly changes the way businesses and non-government organizations deal with federal, provincial and municipal government officials. This book provides a repository of lobbying laws of Canada and Quebec with useful commentary and guidance on the practical aspects of their application. An individual's or an organization's obligations with respect to lobbying activities occurring in Quebec must be considered in terms of not only the federal legislation but also the applicable provincial legislation, if the particular province has adopted such legislation. In this regard, features in this bi-lingual Quebec edition include the following:
- The federal and Quebec lobbyist Acts, including municipal lobbying legislation and their respective regulatory instruments
- An executive summary of each Act and its regulatory instruments provide concise analysis of how the various laws work, to whom they apply, their requirements and the legal consequences of contravention
Pierre B. Meunier, LL.L., Bar of Quebec, is a Senior Partner with Fasken Martineau (Montreal), where he specializes in energy and natural resources law, environmental law and property financing and development. He is recognized in Lexpert as one of Canada’s leading environmental law practitioners. Mr. Meunier has held several important positions in the Quebec government, having been founding Vice-President of the Legal Aid Services Commission, Director of the Montreal Community Centre for Legal Aid, President of the Consumer Protection Office, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Housing and Consumer Protection and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of the Environment of Quebec. In addition to co-authoring Lobbying in Canada / Lobbyisme au Canada for Carswell, Mr. Meunier has authored a number of French- and English-language texts and articles on environmental and other topics.
André Turmel, B.Sc., LL.B., LL.M., Bar of Quebec, is a partner with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (Montreal). He specializes in energy and natural resources law and environmental law, and is President of the Canadian Bar Association’s Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Quebec). Mr. Turmel advises commercial, industrial and institutional clients, and has acted for governments as part of mandates issued by the World Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency in places such as western Africa and Eastern Europe. He is identified in the legal Lexpert directory as “repeatedly recommended” in energy law throughout Canada. Mr. Turmel is the co-author of Carswell’s Lobbying in Canada/Lobbyisme au Canada.
Mr. Guy Giorno is one of Canada’s leading experts on lobbying law and a partner at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Toronto, ON. He regularly speaks, writes and advises clients on Canada’s different lobbyist registration laws and is co-author of the text Lobbying in Canada (Carswell). Mr. Giorno is a high-profile advocate of tough, effective lobbying laws and his perspective is frequently sought by the news media.
Formerly Chief of Staff and counsel to Ontario premier Mike Harris, he is the national director of his firm’s “strategic counsel” practice team, whose services include strategic communication, crisis communication and issue management, public policy advocacy, communication planning, public affairs counsel, stakeholder relations and the development of strategies in these areas, as well as expertise in election law, lobbying law and public-sector conflict-of-interest.
Peter Hyndman, B. Comm., LL.B., Bar of British Columbia, is Counsel to Fasken Martineau (Vancouver), practising with the Business Law Department. His career has been a unique blend of experience in private law practice, in government and public service, and as a senior legal executive in a public company. From 1979 to 1983 he sat as an elected member of the British Columbia legislature, and from 1981 to 1983 served as Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs in the B.C. government. Mr. Hyndman is active in numerous professional and community organizations, and is the co-author of Lobbying in Canada/Lobbyisme au Canada.