Perhaps it was naive of those who created think tanks to influence public policy to never believe that the think tanks themselves would be open to influences.
I think your six recommendations make a lot of sense. #4, about making paid directors employees... I get the point but I guess it's the final nail in the coffin about directors providing some layer of independent oversight. How impartial can you be if you are an employee?
I may have misunderstood the point. Is the recommendation that board members must be employees of the boards they sit on or that they need to declare the other companies and boards which employ them or that they represent?
Perhaps it was naive of those who created think tanks to influence public policy to never believe that the think tanks themselves would be open to influences.
I think your six recommendations make a lot of sense. #4, about making paid directors employees... I get the point but I guess it's the final nail in the coffin about directors providing some layer of independent oversight. How impartial can you be if you are an employee?
I think it would just prompt lobbying disclosure IF that board member is taking on lobbying (?)
I may have misunderstood the point. Is the recommendation that board members must be employees of the boards they sit on or that they need to declare the other companies and boards which employ them or that they represent?
Here's the reference: https://lobbycanada.gc.ca/en/reports-and-publications/improving-the-lobbying-act-preliminary-recommendations/#:~:text=The%20Lobbying%20Act%20established%20the,the%20work%20of%20the%20Commissioner.
Got it, thanks. "Treated as", then.