I reported on those changes last week — which proved to be controversial and included no longer requiring public disclosure of receipts and removing thousands of historical records that were previously public.

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I highly recommend the audio version, with Carter's words in his own voice.

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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1kCV...

This chart shows the total number of extra duty hours and shifts each year.

I got 2020-2024 through FOIP; EPS then shared two prior years of shifts to demonstrate that the increase is simply a return to pre-pandemic levels.

*insolvent, gah

Here's the Alberta govt's first appearance in the database, from 1964, where they registered themselves as their own lobbyist... with a Los Angeles office address.

Here's a proposed comms strategy from 2013 around the Keystone XL project, where the goal is to "neutralize environmentalist arguments."

Along with the Foreign Agents Registration Act data, documents from each contract were also publicly available.

Here's one from a current Government of Alberta contract, where the lobbying firms are selling themselves by highlighting their personal connections to U.S. senators.