Research publications

This HillStudy provides an overview of the evolution of the federal legislative framework on conflicts of interest, including an overall view of the rules that apply to parliamentarians under conflict of interest codes relating to their conduct, and to federal public office holders, including ministers and parliamentary secretaries, under the Conflict of Interest Act.

This HillStudy provides a review of the history of the Lobbying Act and Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct and outlines how the Act and the Code operate. It also discusses the five-year review of the Act completed in 2012, and the absence of a new parliamentary review since then.