A person's actions, more than any position or title, determine whether someone is a lobbyist.

Professionals, company executives, sole proprietors and contractors may be lobbyists in the course of their business activities.

Lobbyists must register (both themselves and the subject matter they intend to discuss) with Toronto Community Housing before communicating with the Managing Director and all lobbyists must follow the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct.

There are typically three types of lobbyists:

• A consultant lobbyist is someone who-for payment-lobbies on behalf of a client (another individual, company, partnership or organization). A consultant lobbyist is also someone who arranges a meeting between the Managing Director and a third party that is lobbying.

• An in-house lobbyist is an employee, partner or sole proprietor who lobbies on behalf of their own employer, business or organization.

• A voluntary unpaid lobbyist is someone who-without payment-lobbies, or causes someone else to lobby, on behalf of a business or organization. A voluntary unpaid lobbyist is someone who arranges a meeting between the Managing Director and a third party that is lobbying.

A lobbyist of the Managing Director is someone who is trying to influence these types of activities(non-exclusive list):

1. Development and approval of any reports to the Board or motions passed by the Board
2. Development, approval, amendment or termination of a policy, program, directive or guideline
3. Determining the model and method of delivering a service
4. Procurement of goods, services or construction and awarding of a contract
5. Approving or denying an application for a transfer or other tenancy matters on behalf of a tenant*

6. Awarding any financial contribution,grant or other financial benefit by or on behalf of Toronto Community Housing
7. Transferring from Toronto Community Housing any interest in or asset of any business.

*Since tenants of Toronto Community Housing are our clients, they are NOT considered to be lobbyists if they wish to communicate on matters of their own tenancy.