Lobbyists reminded to register by July 1st

Provincial lobbyists are reminded that they must register by July 1st.  The Lobbyist Registration Act took effect Saturday, and failure to register or renew and provide accurate and complete information, or making false and misleading statements will result in monetary penalties.  Registration applies to people spending or intending to spend at least 20% of their time lobbying in a three-month period.

Trudeau taking heat over low military spending

Justin Trudeau is defending Canada’s low military spending amounts.

U-S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has given all NATO allies until May to come up with a plan for increasing the amount they spend on defence to two per cent of their G-D-P.

We currently only spend about one per cent, with the Prime Minister claiming Canada also “pulls its weight” in a variety of other ways.