This article is an excerpt from Government Procurement, which is available for purchase.
In its September 2016 decision in R. v. Carson, the Ontario Court of Justice found the defendant, who was a former public office holder for the purposes of the Lobbying Act, guilty of breaching the anti-lobbying code. The defendant was a former advisor to Canada’s prime minister. The court found that after leaving his government position, in contravention of the applicable five-year cooling off period, the defendant had engaged in lobbying activities on behalf of the oil and energy industry. The activities included advancing policy positions to the federal government and arranging for related meetings with senior officials.
