Examining and Assessing the Regularion of Lobbyists in Canada, the USA, the EU and Germany

This report provides a systematic overview of the rules and regulations currently existing within Canada the USA, Germany and the EU. The two key aspects of lobbying activity in democratic societies are access to decision makers, whether public representatives or civil servants, and the expectation that lobbyists have as a result of that access. In that context this report sets out the parameters within which lobbying activity takes place in these four regions.