N.S. lobbyist registrar asks Chretien about meeting with premier, minister
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia official has sent a letter to Jean Chretien asking him whether he lobbied the premier regarding a container port proposal in Cape Breton — but there’s no requirement the former prime minister even reply.
Hayley Clarke, the province’s registrar of lobbyists, said in an interview Thursday she sent the letter to Chretien’s Ottawa office at the beginning of the month, after receiving a complaint from a citizen about the meeting.
However, Clarke says she can only provide Chretien with information about how Nova Scotia’s Lobbyists Registration Act works, and has no legal authority to push the matter much further.
“We’ve advised him we’ve received a complaint. We’ve provided some information about our act and asked him to follow up,” she said.