When you ask someone what they do for a living and they say “I’m a lobbyist”, you may not know what that means beyond what you’ve seen in the movies. Lobbying gets a bad reputation because lobbyists, frankly, are terrible at dispelling myths about their work; including pointing out that the Canadian advocacy landscape is highly regulated and the work is an important part of democracy.
Not all of your tax dollars go to the things you can see such as roads and other infrastructure, healthcare, and education. Some of the taxes you pay now can change someone’s life for the better.
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