Here you will find GRIC’s latest submissions and other items of interest.
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GRIC Networking Breakfast Economic Panel Discussion 12/02/28
GRIC Networking Breakfast
February 28, 2012
Rideau Club, Ottawa, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Challenging times and tough decisions ahead for all levels of Government in 2012. In the midst of a fragile economic recovery, with a real need to protect jobs, restrain spending, grow the economy and balance the nation’s finances, what should Government Relations professionals be prepared for in the lead up to the 2012 federal and provincial budgets? Come and hear what some experts have to say…
PANELISTS:
Scott Clark, former federal Deputy Minister of Finance
Glen Hodgson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist
The Conference Board of Canada
Dan Kelly, Senior Vice-President, Legislative Affairs
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Paul Vieira, Ottawa Bureau Reporter
Dow Jones Newswires / The Wall Street Journal
Fee including HST: GRIC Members $39.55 (Non Members $55.85).
Pre-registration is mandatory. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
Registrations will be accepted until event capacity has been reached.
RSVP to the GRIC Secretariat by February 23.
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GRIC Making a Difference in our Community 12/02/03
GRIC hosted its fifth annual “Slightly off the Hill” event on November 24, 2011 and we raised over $23,000 for the United Way/Centraide and Ottawa’s Youth Services Bureau. This year’s event takes our fundraising total to almost $75,000 in five years.
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GRIC Press Release re Statutory Review of the Lobbying Act 12/02/02
In an appearance today before a House of Commons committee reviewing the federal Lobbying Act, the Government Relations Institute of Canada (GRIC) outlined several recommendations to clarify what it described as the Commissioner of Lobbying’s “muddied and confused” application of the Act.
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GRIC Submission re Statutory Review of the Lobbying Act 12/02/02
On behalf of its members, the Government Relations Institute of Canada (GRIC) appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) today.
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GRIC Policy Seminar 11/10/25 – Under Review “Fixing the Lobbying Act”
As the government begins its five year statutory review of the Lobbying Act, this open dialogue policy session held on October 25, 2011 framed the debate around the current rules which govern the industry. Industry, academics and experts focused on issues such as Rule 8 and the 20% rule for in-house lobbyists with the goal of fixing the Act going forward.
View GRIC’s Recommendations Presentation (Disponible en français).
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CTV Power Play clip on value of lobbyists
CTV Power Play clip on value of lobbyists and a defence by Jean Lapierre
October 24, 2011, Strategists Panel
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Press Clipping, The Economist 01/10/2011
Money and politics / Ask what your country can do for you.
Much as some businesses whine about government intrusion, others do pretty well out of it. An index based on the amount of lobbying that American firms do has outperformed the broader market since its creation in 2008; data going back to 1998 show that it has done better over the longer term, too…
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