Questions raised about whether former N.S. premier was lobbying for new golf course
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender said MacDonald sent politicians an email with a six-page plan showing what the proposed course could look like.
She was asked by reporters whether that amounts to lobbying.
Rules include grey area
"While I didn't speak to him personally, I think when a former premier reaches out and gives you a plan about something that they are clearly ... in favour of, it certainly raises the question," Chender said.
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A spokesman for the registry confirmed that MacDonald was not on the list, but declined an interview request and declined to say whether the former premier's activities amounted to lobbying.
MacDonald should be on the lobbyist registry, Chender said.
"I think that we want to make sure that when people, particularly prominent community people advancing financial and corporate interests, are reaching out to leaders of parties, to the premier in particular, that we have a record of that," Chender said.
"We ... for years have had a lot of secrecy around the premier's office. We don't see a schedule, we don't know who he's meeting with and we know that the lobbyist registry needs reform."
In 2019, then opposition leader Tim Houston said the registry needed an overhaul.
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