CIJA Has Lobbied At Least 20% Of MPs Since 2025 Election

 

One session included 37 MPs and focused on police funding and “hate speech” policy.

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) is a Zionist lobby group that has a stated priority of “strengthening the Canada-Israel Friendship.” It has historically aimed to do so in several ways, including lobbying MPs and taking them on fully paid trips to Israel. 

I’ve published several articles on CIJA’s activities since 2022, including the 10 MPs most lobbied by CIJA at the time, a breakdown of MPs CIJA has taken to Israel and a list of MPs running in the 2025 election that CIJA had lobbied and/or taken to Israel.

This addition to the series looks at the MPs (and/or their staff ) who CIJA has lobbied since April 29, 2025, the day after the last election.

I found that CIJA lobbied at least 63 MPs (20 per cent) between April 29 and December 17 of 2025. 

There are typically delays between when a lobby meeting occurs and when it’s actually registered. For example, the latest recorded meeting occurred on Dec. 17, 2025, but was only posted to the registry on Jan. 15, 2026. As such, it’s almost certain the 63 MPs figure is an undercount, both for the date range mentioned and until the date this article was published 

I also found that CIJA lobbied MPs on 98 occasions across 48 meetings throughout this period, as they often lobby multiple MPs at once and certain MPs on multiple occasions. 

Of the 63 MPs: 36 (57 per cent) are Conservatives, 23 (37 per cent) are Liberals and four (6 per cent) are Bloc Québécois.

About 25 per cent of all Conservative MPs have been lobbied by CIJA thus far, compared to 18 per cent of all Bloc MPs and 14 per cent of Liberal MPs.

I found that seven MPs were lobbied at least three times:  (more...)

CIJA Has Lobbied At Least 20% Of MPs Since 2025 Election