Not-for-profit organizations mount challenge to accountability act

Not-for-profit organizations mount challenge to accountability act: "Not-for-profit organizations mount challenge to accountability act

Jennifer Ditchburn, Canadian Press
Published: Tuesday, April 18, 2006
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OTTAWA (CP) - Not all lobbyists are created equal.

At least that's the position of Canada's not-for-profit organizations.

They think they're being unfairly lumped together with the corporate world in the Conservative government's Federal Accountability Act.

The act, tabled in the House of Commons last week with much fanfare, would prohibit ministers and senior officials from lobbying the government for five years after leaving office."