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🚨Attention GRIC members!🚨 REMINDER: Applications are now open for our 2027 Mentorship Program! Check your email for more info!

🚨Join GRIC's 2027 Mentorship Program - Applications Now Open! 🚨 Each year, our Mentorship Program brings together experienced government relations professionals and emerging practitioners to share knowledge, foster relationships, and strengthen Canada’s GR community. As a new improvement to the program, it will now run for the full calendar year from January to December. Whether you’re looking to share your experience or expand your professional growth, we encourage you to take part. Check your email for the application link!

Thank you to everyone who joined our first GRIC at Noon webinar! A huge thank you to Hannah Thibedeau of Global Public Affairs for moderating today’s insightful discussion on Alberta’s referendum, national unity, and what it all means for government relations professionals. Special thanks to our fantastic panelists for sharing their expertise, perspectives, and valuable insights: Ruhee Ismail-Teja, MPP — Calgary Chamber of Commerce Damien C. Kurek — Upstream Strategy Group Dan Arnold — Pollara Strategic Insights From navigating regional priorities to understanding the implications for national unity, today’s conversation offered plenty for government relations professionals to consider. Stay tuned for details on our next GRIC event coming to your inbox soon! #GRIC #GovernmentRelations #Alberta #PublicAffairs

Great turnout on Tuesday night at our Fall Social! 🎉 Thanks to all who joined us to toast the new parliamentary session. A big thank you to our awesome sponsors: @Counselpa and @RBC. We look forward to seeing you at our next event! #governmentrelations #GRIC

🚨 Attention #GRIC members 🚨 We hope you can join us for our next webinar on October 14th. More below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ Register here ➡️ 🚨 Attention #GRIC members 🚨 We hope you can join us for our next webinar on October 14th. More below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ Register here ➡️ gric-irgc.ca/events/gric-at-…

There is still time to register to attend our Fall Social on October 6! Thanks to our sponsors @Counselpa and @RBC Ticket link below!

Thank you to GRIC's Corporate Secretary Elaine Larsen Wells for moderating an informational webinar with Deidre Pollard Bussey from the Office of the Foreign Influence Commissioner of Canada to provide an overview of the new rules introduced under the Foreign Influence Transparency Registry. It was an informative and valuable discussion on the new accountability regime and how it may apply to our sector, helping members better understand their potential obligations and responsibilities. Members are invited to contact [email protected] to access a link of today’s webinar.

Check out these new jobs below! 💼 gric-irgc.ca/resources/job-p… @MSCanOfficial @OntarioHealthOH Did you know that one of the perks of being a #GRIC member is FREE job postings on our job board? Not a member yet? You can still post — pricing available by emailing [email protected] #publicaffairs #governmentrelations #cdnjobs

#GRIC was proud to sponsor the 2026 Women on the Hill event tonight in Ottawa. Celebrating women from politics, government, media, business, academia and more at the beautiful Terrasse Fairmont Château Laurier. Welcome back, Parliament 🚀

🚨REMINDER!🚨 Register today for our exclusive members-only webinar on the new foreign influence rules. Details below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Check out this new job below! 💼 gric-irgc.ca/resources/job-p… @TECHNATIONca #publicaffairs #governmentrelations #cdnjobs

🚨Attention #GRIC members🚨 Hope you can join us for this free members-only webinar. Register here ➡️ gric-irgc.ca/user/profile/si…

Attention #GRIC members! Reminder to join us for our fall social on October 6th. Special thank you to our event sponsors @Counselpa and @RBC 🎉 More below ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 🎟️Tickets here: gric-irgc.ca/events/gric-fal…

Check out #GRIC President Muhammad Ali in today’s @TheHillTimes discussing the resumption of the Lobbying Act review, the proposed registration by default and the potential impact it could have on smaller advocacy organizations and grassroots groups. “If you are actually paid to do lobbying on behalf of someone, or it is your full-time job, that makes sense. But if you own a small business or a restaurant in a community, and you want to talk to your MP … I don’t think that [registration threshold is] fair for them because they just want to talk to their local MP,” he said. “I think [of] small business owners that just want to talk to their MP. The preparation that goes into it, the follow-up, having the meeting, scheduling the meeting, everything else—that can very easily get to eight hours for just one meeting. And if you need a follow-up, then you might be already there. And people don’t know that they have to register.” Read the full discussion in The Hill Times 👇 hilltimes.com/2026/09/07/reg… #Lobbying #GovernmentRelations #Advocacy #LobbyingAct #cdnpoli

Check out these new jobs below! 💼 gric-irgc.ca/resources/job-p… @GPAinsights @MDA_space #publicaffairs #governmentrelations #cdnjobs

Attention #GRIC members! Join us for our fall social on October 6th. More below ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 🎟️Tickets here: gric-irgc.ca/events/gric-fal…

Check out this new job below! 💼 gric-irgc.ca/resources/job-p… @CHFCanada Canada Did you know that one of the perks of being a #GRIC member is FREE job postings on our job board? Not a member yet? You can still post — pricing available by emailing [email protected] #publicaffairs #governmentrelations #cdnjobs

Check out this new job below! 💼 gric-irgc.ca/resources/job-p… @UBC Did you know that one of the perks of being a #GRIC member is FREE job postings on our job board? Not a member yet? You can still post — pricing available by emailing [email protected] #publicaffairs #governmentrelations #cdnjobs

📢 Legislative Affairs Update The Office of the Foreign Influence Commissioner of Canada opened on August 4, 2026. The Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act and Regulations require that persons with an arrangement with a foreign principal to influence a political or governmental process in Canada register with the Office. The following guidance from the Office may assist GRIC members in knowing whether this requirement applies to them: canada.ca/en/foreign-influen… The Office has stated it plans to launch general information sessions online in the coming weeks. GRIC has extended an invitation to the Commissioner to provide an information session to members.

📰Check out #GRIC President @Moe_ali91 in today's @LobbyMonitor discussing the recent updates to the spend on gifts and hospitality for federal officials. “[The Government Relations Institute of Canada (GRIC)] has long requested and advocated for the hospitality limit to be tied to inflation and adjusted accordingly. We are glad to see the commissioner finally make this adjustment. However, this adjustment is not a fundamental change, the policy still remains unfairly restrictive, and the small increase does not address the main issue our members have.” More here ➡️: lobbymonitor.ca/2026/07/09/n…