User:Oceanflynn/sandbox/Lobbying organizations in Alberta

Lobbying organizations in Alberta are regulated by the Lobbyists Act and are listed in the Alberta Lobbyist Registry, "an online registration system which lobbyists use to register their lobbying activities in Alberta".

Background
One of the first lobby groups in Alberta was the Alberta Stock Growers' Association (ASGA), which was established by "gentlemen ranchers" in 1890 organized to lobby the government about public policies related to imports and exports, land leases, and tariffs. For twenty years, the ASGA succeeded in assuring that the well-watered land was leased to "large ranching companies", and that tariffs favoured Alberta's beef exporters and kept out "competition from ranchers and farmers in the US."

In 2011, there were about "300 and 400 lobbyists working for organizations in Alberta, plus another 175 consultant lobbyists."

Lobbyists include:


 * Alberta Beef Producers
 * Alberta Chamber of Resources (ACR) executive director Brad Anderson
 * Alberta Continuing Care Association (ACCA)
 * Alberta College of Family Physicians
 * Alberta Stock Growers’ Association
 * Alberta Enterprise Group
 * Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) "employs 43 lobbyists, including David Collyer, former president of Shell Canada, and two former public officials, Greg Stringham and Rick Hyndma."
 * Canadian Strategy Group, led by Hal Danchilla, lobbies "government, indigenous communities, regulatory officials, media, communities" with clients that include non-profits, associations, and corporations.
 * Ian Murray & Company consultants, including Aran O'Carroll, have been retained by Pengrowth Energy.
 * New West Public Affairs, whose principal is Monte Solberg, is lobbying the provincial government on behalf of the City of Calgary.


 * Wellington Advocacy
 * Ken Chapman