{
  "generated": "2026-04-07",
  "title": "CIJA Trip Sponsorships & NSICOP Update — Web Search Intel",
  "cija_trips": {
    "total_mps_taken": 73,
    "pct_of_sitting_mps": 22,
    "total_spent": 894000,
    "avg_per_trip": 12257,
    "source": "https://www.readthemaple.com/mp-cija-trips/",
    "pct_lobbied_or_sponsored_2025": 58,
    "source_58pct": "https://www.readthemaple.com/cija-lobbied-or-sponsored-trips-for-58-of-mps-running-in-2025/",
    "post_election_2025": "CIJA has lobbied at least 20% of MPs since the 2025 election",
    "source_post_election": "https://www.readthemaple.com/cija-has-lobbied-at-least-20-of-mps-since-2025-election/",
    "new_rules": "New Lobbyists Code of Conduct (July 1 2025) restricts lobbyists from lobbying MPs who accepted free trips",
    "source_new_rules": "https://thecjn.ca/news/canadas-new-lobbying-rules-could-end-politicians-sponsored-trips-to-israel/",
    "globe_50_years": "Changes to lobbying rules could end 50 years of free trips to Israel for Canadian MPs/senators",
    "source_globe": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-changes-to-lobbying-rules-could-spell-end-to-50-years-of-free-trips-to/",
    "tracking_site": "https://trackcija.com/",
    "travel_2025": "Only 1 MP trip to Israel in 2025 (Vuong via Exigent Foundation) — CIJA unable to facilitate due to war",
    "source_cbc": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/members-parliament-sponsored-travel-9.7140842",
    "party_breakdown": {
      "conservative": 35,
      "liberal": 32,
      "bloc": 3,
      "ndp": 2,
      "independent": 1
    }
  },
  "nsicop_update": {
    "report_date": "2024-06-03",
    "key_finding": "Unnamed parliamentarians alleged to have: communicated with foreign missions, accepted funds from foreign proxies, provided privileged information, responded to foreign official requests",
    "government_position": "Government refuses to release names — claims intelligence is not evidence",
    "committee_member_crossover": "Stéphane Bergeron sits on NSICOP while appearing in BOTH Project Sidewinder (1997 CSIS) AND Emergencies Act (2022) investigation datasets",
    "source_committee": "https://nsicop-cpsnr.ca/reports/rp-2025-09-15-ar-2024/toc-en.html",
    "source_fi_report": "https://www.nsicop-cpsnr.ca/reports/rp-2024-06-03/toc-en.html",
    "foreign_interference_commission": "https://foreigninterferencecommission.ca/"
  },
  "cija_post_election_2025": {
    "mps_lobbied": 63,
    "pct_of_parliament": 20,
    "period": "April 29 - December 17, 2025",
    "total_occasions": 98,
    "total_meetings": 48,
    "party_breakdown": {
      "conservative": {
        "mps": 36,
        "pct_of_caucus": 25
      },
      "liberal": {
        "mps": 23,
        "pct_of_caucus": 14
      },
      "bloc": {
        "mps": 4,
        "pct_of_caucus": 18
      }
    },
    "mass_lobbying_event": {
      "date": "2025-10-21",
      "mps_present": 37,
      "senators": 1,
      "pmo_staff": "Deputy Chief of Staff",
      "topics": [
        "Police funding for hate crimes",
        "Security rebates for religious institutions",
        "Hate speech and internet-based hate policy"
      ],
      "significance": "37 MPs lobbied in a single session — unprecedented mass lobbying event"
    },
    "meeting_focus": {
      "national_security": "74%",
      "justice_law_enforcement": "67%",
      "taxation_finance": "24%",
      "immigration": "24%"
    },
    "source": "https://www.readthemaple.com/cija-has-lobbied-at-least-20-of-mps-since-2025-election/"
  }
}