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Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying

Lobbying registrations

A lobbying registration is required when a paid individual communicates with federal public office holders about certain subject matter, either on behalf of their employer or a client.

This dataset contains all lobbying registrations filed with the:

• Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists between the dates January 31, 1996 and June 30, 2008  (Lobbyists Registration Act); and
• Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying from July 2, 2008 onward (Lobbying Act).

The dataset provides a primary and secondary files in CSV format, allowing for one-to-many relationships for some data elements found in a registration. Any content entered manually in a registration is in the language of choice of the user. A data dictionary file containing definitions for all data elements in the dataset is also available.

Dataset resources

Monthly communication reports

Communication reports disclose required details about "oral and arranged" communications between lobbyists and Designated Public Office Holders (DPOH).

This dataset contains all communication reports filed with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying by registrants under the Lobbying Act, which came into force on July 2, 2008.

The dataset provides a primary file and secondary files in CSV format allowing for one-to-many relationships for some data elements collected in a communication report. Any content entered manually in a report is in the language of choice of the user. A data dictionary file containing definitions for all data elements in the dataset is also available.

Dataset resources