{
  "generated": "2026-04-07T19:00:00Z",
  "title": "Foreign Influence Lobbying Deep Scan",
  "fogel_ranking": {
    "finding": "Shimon Fogel (CIJA CEO) is the 2nd most active individual lobbyist in Canada",
    "communications": 1964,
    "rank": 2,
    "only_outranked_by": "Pierre Gratton (Mining Association of Canada, 2,487)",
    "severity": "critical"
  },
  "israel_vs_all": {
    "finding": "Israel-linked lobbying outnumbers all other foreign states combined",
    "israel": 2176,
    "us_defense": 990,
    "uae": 102,
    "china": 93,
    "india_actual": 0,
    "russia": 4,
    "saudi": 1,
    "uk": 2,
    "ratio_israel_to_china": "23:1",
    "israel_pct_of_foreign": 63.2
  },
  "revolving_door_pratt": {
    "finding": "Former Liberal Defence Minister David Pratt now lobbies for Raytheon AND Israel Aerospace Industries",
    "name": "David Pratt",
    "former_role": "Liberal Minister of National Defence (2003-2004)",
    "total_communications": 1079,
    "clients": [
      "Raytheon Canada Limited",
      "Raytheon International Inc. (RII)",
      "Israel Aerospace Industries"
    ],
    "severity": "critical",
    "pattern": "Former Defence Minister now personally lobbies his former department on behalf of foreign arms manufacturers including an Israeli state-owned weapons company"
  },
  "revolving_door_evershed": {
    "finding": "Robert Evershed simultaneously represents Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, AND Northrop Grumman",
    "total_communications": 173,
    "clients": [
      "Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company",
      "Lockheed Martin Canada",
      "Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems",
      "Northrop Grumman International Trading, Inc."
    ],
    "pattern": "Single lobbyist representing 3 of the 5 largest US defense contractors simultaneously"
  },
  "irving_shipbuilding": {
    "finding": "James Irving is the 9th most active lobbyist in Canada",
    "total_communications": 1502,
    "clients": [
      "Irving Shipbuilding Inc.",
      "J.D. Irving, Limited"
    ],
    "context": "Irving Shipbuilding holds the 4B Canadian Surface Combatant contract — the single largest procurement in Canadian history",
    "severity": "high"
  }
}