A new federal code revising the “Lobbyists’ Code Of Conduct” aims to broadly restrict lobbying by public office holders, including individuals who work as unpaid campaign volunteers, according to federal Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger.
“The objective of this Code is to foster transparent and ethical lobbying of federal officials,” Bélanger wrote on May 27 in a legal notice obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.
Bélanger added that the revisions to the code—which are set to take effect in July—will work “in concert with the ethical regimes that apply to federal officials.”
The revisions represent the first made to the Lobbyists’ Code Of Conduct in eight years….