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This report follows an investigation conducted by the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL) pursuant to section 10.4 of the Lobbying Act (Act) to determine whether Mr. David MacNaughton, former Canadian Ambassador to the United States and current President of Palantir Canada, contravened the five-year restriction on lobbying set out in paragraph 10.11(1)(c) of the Act. This provision prohibits former designated public office holders employed by corporations from engaging in in-house lobbying activities if such activities would constitute a significant part of their work on behalf of their employer.

Based on all of the information gathered during this investigation, I determined that Mr. MacNaughton did not contravene the five-year restriction on lobbying to which he was subject as a former designated public office holder employed by a corporation.

In making this determination, the OCL had to determine whether Mr. MacNaughton communicated with federal public office holders on behalf of Palantir in respect of any of the subject matters referred to in paragraph 7(1)(a) of the Act and, if so, whether any such in-house lobbying activities would constitute a significant part of his work on behalf of Palantir.

This report follows an investigation conducted by the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL) pursuant to section 10.4 of the Lobbying Act (Act) to determine whether Mr. Benjamin Bergen, a registered in-house organization lobbyist employed by the Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI), contravened the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct (Code).

President meeting with Mr. Stephen Lucas, Deputy Minister, Health Canada, October 11, 2019

This Report follows an investigation conducted by the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL) pursuant to section 10.4 of the Lobbying Act (Act) to determine whether Ms. Dana O’Born, a registered in-house organization lobbyist employed by the Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI), contravened the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct (Code).

Three years ago, Mr. Gilles Dufour, Director General, Business Planning and Client Support Division, saw that Shared Services Canada (SSC) was sitting on a goldmine of data. However, silos of data systems across the department limited his ability to provide accurate analytics.

The Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying Departmental Plans (DPs) are forward-looking documents that describe the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's priorities, expected results and resource requirements for the next fiscal year.

A mineralogical study was conducted on a niobium-bearing rare earth ore from the Lancer deposit in Yukon by the Applied Mineralogy Group as a cost recovery project for Mr. Dodge, President Dodgex Ltd. The study was conducted in two parts. One part is to identify the minerals and to determine the compositions and modes of occurrence of rare earth minerals, and the second part is to determine the relative quantities of the rare earth minerals and to determine their liberation characteristics.

The following have been identified, pursuant to section 2.1 and 12.c.1 of the Lobbying Act, as Designated Public Office Holders (DPOH). As such they are prohibited from lobbying the federal government for five years after leaving their jobs. Designated Public Office Holders must also respond to inquiry by the Commissioner of Lobbying.

The Departemental results report (DRR) is an annual report to Parliament and Canadians that summarizes the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's notable achievements and accomplishments in relation to commitments made in the Departmental Plan (DP).

This briefing package was prepared for the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada who appeared before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on March 9, 2020. The Commissioner appeared before the committee pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(iv) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, to discuss the mandate and operations of the Office.