Office In Jeopardy Over Suit

Lobbying Commissioner Karen Shepherd says a single lawsuit over a Liberal fundraiser threatens the viability of her entire agency. Shepherd yesterday pleaded with the Commons ethics committee for special funding to hire counsel: ‘If the office does not have the financial capacity to meet the legal challenge, future enforcement of the Lobbying Act is in jeopardy.’

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