Over the past week, lobbyists made new registrations or updated existing ones 863 times. The most common subject matters were: 🪴 Environment 📈 Economic Development ⚡ Energy
Our West Coast Accountability database helped us discover where provincial officials are directing their money during civic elections. See what we found: https://theijf.org/west-coast-accountability-database-launch-vancouver-victoria#Canada#News#cdnpoli
West Coast Accountability tracks campaign contributions and procurement at 3 levels of government in B.C.
The story is produced using our latest dataset, Procurement, which allows the public to find out how government contracts are awarded. Check out the database: https://theijf.org/procurement
Explore Canadian government contracting data.
One of the interesting things we noticed is that a lot of companies misspelled their names when creating those contracts. Bell, for example, has a total of 38 name variations. See who else is doing the same: https://theijf.org/procurement
Explore Canadian government contracting data.
Have questions about how to use the datasets or the methodology behind it? Here’s a handbook describing the workings of Canadian procurement alongside the improvements, and sacrifices, we have made in creating the database. https://theijf.org/procurement-introduction
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The new database is the first to make 610,000 documents connected to these contracts readable and searchable. It will be updated daily, and you can sign up for real-time alerts when a new award is added. https://theijf.org/ijf-launches-procurement-database
New resource includes thousands of federal and B.C. government tenders and awards
The lack of a cooling system isn’t an issue that’s unique to prisons. Renters are also suffering from extreme heat, and experts suggest “active” and “passive” cooling mechanisms are needed. https://theijf.org/renters-cant-air-condition-extreme-heat
Experts say “passive cooling” and incentives are necessary for a net-zero future
Over the past week, lobbyists made new registrations or updated existing ones 674 times. The most common subject matters were: 📈 Economic Development 🏗️ Infrastructure ⚡ Energy https://theijf.org/electric-trucks-power-supply
The solution? Experts are calling on current public servants to take on the responsibility of proactively disclosing relationships and meetings with lobbyists, as Canadians “have every right to know who you're meeting with.” Read our latest: theijf.org/who-knows-wh...
An exclusive IJF network analysis helps reveal just who knows whom in Ottawa
Think that sounds problematic? Get this: Some previous politicos can’t lobby their former colleagues right after leaving office, but many can work around the rules by advising their new government relations colleagues without lobbying themselves. theijf.org/who-knows-wh...
An exclusive IJF network analysis helps reveal just who knows whom in Ottawa