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.

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

foreign national has the meaning assigned by subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (étranger)

grass-roots communication means the appeals, directions and other communications described in subparagraphs 5(2)‍(j)‍(i) and (ii). (appel au grand public)

non-resident means not resident in Canada. (non-résident)

• (e.‍1)  Insertion start if Insertion end the client is funded in whole or in part by a government or government agency, the name of the government or agency, as the case may be, and the amount of funding received;

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  (e.‍2) if the client is directly or indirectly funded, in whole or in part, by a foreign national, a non-resident corporation or a non-resident organization, the name of the foreign national, non-resident corporation or non-resident organization, as the case may be, including the direct funder, the ultimate funder and any intermediaries, and the amount of funding received;

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• (j) if the individual undertakes to communicate with a public office holder in respect of any matter described in subparagraphs (1)‍(a)‍(i) to (vi), particulars to identify any communication technique that the individual uses or expects to use in connection with the communication with the public office holder, including

  • Insertion start (i) Insertion end  any appeals to members of the public through the mass media or by direct communication that seek to persuade those members of the public to communicate directly with Insertion start the Insertion end public office holder in an attempt to place pressure on the public office holder to endorse a particular opinion, and

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    (ii) any appeals, directions or other communications to organizations or members of the public through the mass media or by direct communication that seek to persuade those organizations or members of the public to take measures to obstruct, delay or otherwise negatively affect any Government of Canada policy-making process, including 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 the public office holder to endorse a particular opinion; and

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• (k)  Insertion start any Insertion end other information Insertion start that is prescribed Insertion end relating to the identity of the individual, the client, any person or organization referred to in paragraph (b), any subsidiary referred to in paragraph (c), the other corporation referred to in paragraph (d), any member of a coalition referred to in paragraph (e), Insertion start any foreign national, non-resident corporation or non-resident or- ganization referred to in paragraph (e.‍2) Insertion end or any department or institution referred to in paragraph (i).

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  (e.‍1) if the employer is directly or indirectly funded, in whole or in part, by a foreign national, a non-resident corporation or a non-resident organization, the name of the foreign national, non-resident corporation or non-resident organization, as the case may be, including the direct funder, the ultimate funder and any intermediaries, and the amount of funding received;

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• (k) particulars to identify any communication technique, including grass-roots communication, that any employee named in the return uses or is expected to use in connection with any communication in respect of any matter described in subparagraphs (1)‍(a)‍(i) to (v); and