{"slug": "almost-three-quarters-of-cansec-sponsors-are-lobbyists", "title": "Almost three-quarters of CANSEC sponsors are lobbyists", "summary": "Nearly three-quarters of sponsors for Canada's largest defence trade show, CANSEC, are registered lobbyists, raising concerns about industry influence on government procurement and policy.", "body_md": "Skip to main content\nYour reporting, done faster.\nJournalists now get free access to the IJF.\nMore Briefs\nFinnish company wants Canada to deploy its airships for civilian and military use\nProcurement ombud report urges more oversight, transparency in defence contracting\nFirst Nation advocating for Indigenous-led AI infrastructure support\nConservative insider starts lobbying on renewable energy in Alberta", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/almost-three-quarters-of-cansec-sponsors-are-lobbyists", "canonical_source": "https://theijf.org/brief/cansec-2026-lobbyist-sponsors", "published_at": "2026-06-08 16:44:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-24 03:24:26.043174+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["CANSEC"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/almost-three-quarters-of-cansec-sponsors-are-lobbyists", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/almost-three-quarters-of-cansec-sponsors-are-lobbyists.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/almost-three-quarters-of-cansec-sponsors-are-lobbyists.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/almost-three-quarters-of-cansec-sponsors-are-lobbyists.jsonld"}}