Regional Development

+93% lobbying (2024→2025)

2 MPs count Regional Development as their top lobbying subject, across 119 meetings on the federal registry. No MP hears about it more than Serge Cormier, with 111 meetings. Lobbying on this subject rose 93% from 2024 to 2025.

2 MPs
119 lobbying meetings
28,084 lobbying registrations
3,599 parliamentary speeches

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MPs Most Lobbied on Regional Development

1
Serge Cormier
Liberal

Acadie—Bathurst, New Brunswick

111

meetings

2
Jessica Fancy-Landry
Liberal

South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

8

meetings

Party Breakdown

Liberal2 (100%)

By Province

New Brunswick1
NS1

Lobbying Activity by Year

200844
2009192
2010187
2011246
2012163
2013262
2014191
2015266
2016753
2017653
2018709
2019591
2020850
2021771
2022958
20231,224
20242,092
20254,041
2026 (partial)3,879

Lobbying Pipeline

How lobbying on this topic flows through Parliament

Registrations28,084
Briefing notes1,885
Parliament speeches3,599
Question Period48
13% of lobbying registrations get mentioned in Parliament.

Most Active Speakers

Mr. Garnett Genuis81
Hon. Pierre Poilievre62

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Recent Parliamentary Speeches

Ms. Rachel Blaney2021-06-03
Regional Development

Adjournment Proceedings

Madam Speaker, on February 26, I asked the minister a question about the B.C. regional economic development agency. I requested that a location of one of the offices of this new agency be located in my riding. In November of last year, I put forward a motion, Motion No. 53 in the House of Commons, c…

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Hon. Larry Bagnell2021-06-03
Regional Development

Adjournment Proceedings

Madam Speaker, I am happy to respond to the question from the hon. member for North Island—Powell River regarding our new regional economic development agency for British Columbia. I appreciate her making this important request for constituents, and her emphasis on rural, because I come from a rural…

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Ms. Rachel Blaney2021-06-03
Regional Development

Adjournment Proceedings

Madam Speaker, I appreciate the member's response and I also appreciate that he represents a very large rural and remote riding. I am paraphrasing him, but he just said that the regional offices were the best sources for local investment. I really want to ensure the government is hearing that. If we…

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Hon. Larry Bagnell2021-06-03
Regional Development

Adjournment Proceedings

Madam Speaker, I really appreciate the member's very constructive input. I will certainly take it back with me, because I have a tourism-based riding as well and I totally understand what she is saying. We are committed to creating a prosperous Canada, where Canadians will get well-paying jobs to su…

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