Lobbyists slipping through cracks of Lobbying Act: commissioner By Aidan Chamandy. Published on Jun 15, 2021 4:11pm Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger, pictured in December 2017, says the Lobbying Act needs to be updated. (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics) The latest high-profile investigation to reveal the Lobbying Act’s shortcomings demonstrates that the legislation still needs a parliamentary review, says Canada’s lobbying watchdog. “What we’ve seen in the last year, with the studies that have been made (and) the reports that have been issued, (is that) it is important that we now take the time to review the Act,” Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger told iPolitics on Tuesday.