Oil, banking, mining top three lobbying issues in 2012: lobbying registry, Canada’s natural resources is expected to be worth $600-billion over the next decade

Oil, banking, mining top three lobbying issues in 2012: lobbying registry, Canada’s natural resources is expected to be worth $600-billion over the next decade by Bea Vongdouangchanh, February 4, 2013, Hill Times
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers was the busiest lobby group in 2012, meeting 217 times with designated public office holders from ministers and politicians to bureaucratic officials, according to the monthly communications records of the lobbyist registry. The majority of the topics discussed were energy and environment, but CAPP also discussed fisheries, international trade, taxation and finance, science and technology, security, employment and training, and labour issues with various officials. While CAPP met with departments such as Natural Resources Canada, Environment Canada, Industry Canada and Finance as well as those relevant ministers and officials in the Prime Minister’s Office, among the more interesting designated public office holders included the deputy head of mission at Canada’s embassy in Washington Deborah Lyons, Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Richard Fadden and Canadian Ambassador to China Guy Saint-Jacques.
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Other lobbyists, who spoke to The Hill Times on background, also said they were not surprised, given the federal government’s agenda and focus on energy and natural resource issues. They said CAPP has many “balls in the air,” with advocating for Canada’s oil sands on various issues such as emissions, pipelines and international trade. In addition, they are seen as a powerful lobby group. “They’re usually good at having a presence. People see them when they ask,” said one lobbyist. [Emphasis added]