I see that Con­ser­v­a­tive MP Cheryl Gal­lant (Ren­frew-Nipiss­ing-Pem­broke, Ont.) has re­cently in­tro­duced Bill C-618, the For­eign Lob­by­ing Trans­parency Act, in the House of Com­mons. This is timely in­deed, con­sid­er­ing multi-mil­lion dol­lar ef­forts by U.S.-based or­ga­ni­za­tions to vir­tu­ally em­bargo bi­tu­men in Al­berta’s oil sands.

More: Russ Campbell’s Blog: I’m All for Transparency When It Comes to Foreign Lobbying