Earlier, Lang and Mitchener LLP announced it had retained the services of federal Tory campaign co-chair John Reynolds as a strategic advisor. And who will he be advising, you may wonder? Well, the news release notes the firm is "building strength in key areas of specialization" like "natural resources, gaming, U.S. securities and China practices." But, according to the federal government records, Lang and Mitchener is also presently lobbying Ottawa on behalf of a number of interests, including: the Dairy Farmers of Canada; Ketcham Investments Inc., a Seattle investment firm that co-owns West Fraser Mills Ltd. with Tysa Investments Inc.; and the Upper Lakes Group Inc., a private Toronto company that operates one of the largest fleets on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. In the past, Lang and Mitchener has also represented the Association of Canadian Advertisers, the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters Inc., the Maritime Lumber Bureau, Pratt and Whitney Canada Corp. and Standard Aero Ltd.
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He can't really lobby though. He was named last week to the Privy Council by Prime Minister Harper. (I guess this is his trophy -- he can now, at long last, call himself "honourable".)
Privy Councillors cannot share any of their insights that they receive that might be "secret", and it is really kind of awkward.
So if someone is hiring him, they should know that it is unlikely that he will be able to "pick up the phone" and call anyone.
It will be interesting to see if he will register on behalf of clients.
Oh, for christ's sake, of course he can lobby. We've already learned that Harper doesn't intend to live up to the standards of ethics he so bravely campaigned on. And I don't for a moment believe that even existing rules will carry any weight with him or with his supporters and sycophants. Rules are for little people.
you should change this to "Broken news" - its all over the media now. good show, sean
Cashing in, Cashing in, Cashing in.
These Tories are worse than Mulroneys - I hope they don't screw up the economy too.
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