Loblaw Companies reported five meetings with federal officials in August, including Prime Minister's Office staff and the head of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
🏛️ LOBBYING Loblaw Companies ($L.NE) met Prime Minister's Office staff once in August, per the lobbying registry. In all, 5 meetings with the federal government in August (42 in the past 12 months), on agriculture, privacy and access to information and economic development.This post is also on Threads
What the filings show
Loblaw Companies (TSX: L) reported five meetings with the federal government in August, according to monthly communication reports filed with the federal lobbying registry.
The company has reported 42 meetings with the federal government in the past 12 months.
Who Loblaw Companies met
The company met Yash Nanda, a policy advisor in the Prime Minister's Office, on Aug. 17, and Amandeep Sodhi (Liberal), a Member of Parliament and a member of the House of Commons public safety and national security committee, on Aug. 11.
On Aug. 25 the company met two Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials, president Harpreet Kochhar and vice president of food safety and science Debbie Beresford-Green. On Aug. 27 it met Simon Wood, senior parliamentary affairs advisor at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
What the meetings covered
The August reports listed agriculture in three communications, and privacy and access to information, economic development and consumer issues in two each.
Loblaw Companies across the public record
Four Members of Parliament hold Loblaw Companies shares: two Conservatives and two Liberals. Four provincial legislators also hold the stock, one Alberta NDP member in Alberta, one Progressive Conservative in Manitoba, one Progressive Conservative in Ontario and one United Conservative in Alberta.
One insider sold Loblaw Companies stock in the past 90 days, according to SEDI, with $12.6 million of sales reported between Sept. 4 and Oct. 5.
Share price context
Loblaw Companies closed at $61.79 on Oct. 5.
