{
  "generated": "2026-04-07",
  "total_comms": 359251,
  "sectors": {
    "Agriculture": {
      "comms": 16222,
      "orgs": 83
    },
    "Oil & Gas": {
      "comms": 9379,
      "orgs": 52
    },
    "Banking": {
      "comms": 6601,
      "orgs": 54
    },
    "Telecom": {
      "comms": 5338,
      "orgs": 36
    },
    "Mining": {
      "comms": 5253,
      "orgs": 64
    },
    "Pharma": {
      "comms": 3979,
      "orgs": 98
    },
    "Big Tech": {
      "comms": 3076,
      "orgs": 50
    },
    "Defense": {
      "comms": 2534,
      "orgs": 34
    },
    "Israel Lobby": {
      "comms": 2156,
      "orgs": 4
    },
    "Insurance": {
      "comms": 1483,
      "orgs": 10
    },
    "China Connected": {
      "comms": 74,
      "orgs": 3
    },
    "Real Estate": {
      "comms": 58,
      "orgs": 8
    }
  },
  "pharma_deep": {
    "total_comms": 4776,
    "organizations": 115,
    "top_lobbyists": [
      {
        "name": "Hoffmann-La Roche",
        "comms": 497
      },
      {
        "name": "GlaxoSmithKline",
        "comms": 413
      },
      {
        "name": "Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association",
        "comms": 410
      },
      {
        "name": "Pfizer Canada",
        "comms": 348
      },
      {
        "name": "Canadian Pharmacists Association",
        "comms": 312
      },
      {
        "name": "Merck Canada",
        "comms": 250
      },
      {
        "name": "AstraZeneca Canada",
        "comms": 196
      },
      {
        "name": "Eli Lilly Canada",
        "comms": 177
      },
      {
        "name": "AbbVie",
        "comms": 171
      }
    ],
    "targets_by_institution": {
      "House of Commons": 1931,
      "Health Canada": 1611,
      "ISED": 1121,
      "PMO": 277,
      "Procurement": 275,
      "Global Affairs": 245,
      "Public Health Agency": 232,
      "Finance": 220,
      "Senate": 198
    },
    "cross_reference": {
      "simon_kennedy": "ISED ADM — appears in BOTH pharma top targets (87x) AND overall lobbying top list (924x total). Same gatekeeper targeted by multiple sectors.",
      "david_mcfarlane": "ISED Policy Director — also top CIJA target (1,034x overall) AND pharma target (52x)"
    },
    "pattern": "Pharma lobbied Health Canada (the regulator that approves their drugs) 1,611 times and the PMO 277 times. The same ISED officials targeted by pharma also appear in CIJA and overall lobbying top lists — indicating shared gatekeepers across sectors."
  },
  "big_tech_deep": {
    "total_comms": 3527,
    "organizations": 40,
    "top": [
      {
        "name": "Google Canada",
        "comms": 702
      },
      {
        "name": "Amazon combined",
        "comms": 1199
      },
      {
        "name": "Microsoft",
        "comms": 434
      },
      {
        "name": "TikTok",
        "comms": 172
      },
      {
        "name": "Meta",
        "comms": 139
      },
      {
        "name": "Apple",
        "comms": 54
      }
    ],
    "timeline_surge": "Quadrupled 2015-2022",
    "canadian_heritage_targeted": 530,
    "pmo_targeted": 307,
    "pattern": "CIJA lobbied FOR C-9 hate speech. Big Tech lobbied AGAINST. C-9 passed. CIJA won."
  },
  "oil_gas_deep": {
    "total_comms": 10794,
    "organizations": 64,
    "top": [
      {
        "name": "Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers",
        "comms": 2119
      },
      {
        "name": "TransCanada PipeLines",
        "comms": 1201
      },
      {
        "name": "Suncor Energy",
        "comms": 1166
      },
      {
        "name": "Enbridge",
        "comms": 1093
      },
      {
        "name": "Imperial Oil",
        "comms": 903
      },
      {
        "name": "Cenovus Energy",
        "comms": 766
      },
      {
        "name": "Shell Canada",
        "comms": 734
      },
      {
        "name": "Canadian Energy Pipeline Association",
        "comms": 538
      },
      {
        "name": "Pembina Pipeline",
        "comms": 431
      },
      {
        "name": "Canadian Natural Resources",
        "comms": 360
      }
    ],
    "targets": {
      "Natural Resources Canada": 4609,
      "House of Commons": 3144,
      "Environment and Climate Change": 1924,
      "Finance Canada": 1263,
      "PMO": 783,
      "PCO": 707,
      "Senate": 658
    },
    "transcanada_note": "TransCanada (1,201 comms) built the Trans Mountain Pipeline that went from $5.4B → $34.2B and was sold at a loss. They lobbied NRCan and PMO extensively.",
    "pattern": "Oil & Gas lobbied NRCan 4,609 times (their regulator) and PMO 783 times. The sector that benefits most from pipeline approvals is the sector that lobbies the department that approves pipelines."
  },
  "banking_deep": {
    "total_comms": 7497,
    "organizations": 61,
    "top": [
      {
        "name": "Canadian Bankers Association",
        "comms": 1637
      },
      {
        "name": "Royal Bank of Canada",
        "comms": 633
      },
      {
        "name": "Scotiabank",
        "comms": 549
      },
      {
        "name": "BMO Financial",
        "comms": 499
      },
      {
        "name": "TD Bank",
        "comms": 495
      },
      {
        "name": "Sun Life Financial",
        "comms": 467
      },
      {
        "name": "Desjardins",
        "comms": 454
      },
      {
        "name": "CIBC",
        "comms": 407
      },
      {
        "name": "Manulife",
        "comms": 383
      }
    ],
    "targets": {
      "Finance Canada (regulator)": 3703,
      "House of Commons": 2178,
      "OSFI (oversight)": 884,
      "PMO": 308,
      "Senate": 252
    },
    "pattern": "The banking sector lobbied Finance Canada (its regulator) 3,703 times and OSFI (its oversight body) 884 times. The Emergencies Act froze bank accounts without judicial process — banks that were lobbied 7,497 times by industry became the enforcement tool."
  }
}