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As anti-vaccine mandate protests continue in downtown Ottawa, the fundraising platform initially used by supporters of the self-styled ‘Freedom Convoy’ has entered the Canadian lobbying circuit to discuss it policies and practices. Last week, U.S.-based GoFundMe agreed to have its officials appear before the House Public Safety and National Security committee in March to answer […]
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on May 17, 2021 11:20am West Block on Parliament Hill on May 12, 2021 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) Fernando Minna, who served as policy adviser to Conservative MP Phil Coleman for over four years before signing on with the Capital Hill Group last month, has had a busy week. Minna registered for several California-based tech companies, as well as CyberNB Association Inc., which put him at the top of the list for most new registrations this past week. According to the filings, he’ll be working with the California-based tech company, Adobe to try an...
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on May 17, 2021 11:20am West Block on Parliament Hill on May 12, 2021 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) Fernando Minna, who served as policy adviser to Conservative MP Phil Coleman for over four years before signing on with the Capital Hill Group last month, has had a busy week. Minna registered for several California-based tech companies, as well as CyberNB Association Inc., which put him at the top of the list for most new registrations this past week. According to the filings, he’ll be working with the California-based tech company, Adobe to try an...
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on May 3, 2021 11:07am West Block on Parliament Hill (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) B.C.-based cannabis company Tilray is seeking discussions with Health Canada about the rules governing cannabis beverages, as well as equivalencies with other cannabis products, which became legal in Canada in 2019. On Monday, Tilray announced the completion of its deal with Aphria to become “a leading cannabis-focused consumer-packaged-goods company.” According to the news release on the company website, it wants to “have a complete portfolio of cannabis 2.0 pro...
iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on Apr 12, 2021 5:44pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the Game On The Hill rugby event on Parliament Hill in 2012. (iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood) The upcoming federal budget should include a tax credit for gym memberships to help Canadians improve their health, and to support fitness centres following the financial battering they’ve taken during the pandemic, says an industry group that’s backed by several of the country’s well-known health organizations. A “Fitness Tax Credit” was one of the budget suggestions from the Fitne...