 determine if you re a lobbyist determine if you re a lobbyist admin sat 31 jan 2026 1541 it s important to determine if you re a lobbyist before you create an account or report a lobbying activity to do this you can  take the quiz  this quiz will help you determine if you are a lobbyist if you are lobbyist it will help you determine if you re an inhouse or consultant lobbyists link to types of lobbyists page refer to section 2 of the lobbyists registration act to find definitions for consultant lobbyist inhouse lobbyist lobbying and public office holder email info yukonlobbyistregistryca you can also determine if you are excluded from registering by referring to section 4 of the lobbyists registration act  examples of roles that may be lobbyists and who is not a lobbyist members of the public the act refers to individuals who are communicating with the government on behalf of an organization or business in an attempt to influence a government decision individual members of the public who contact the government or mlas on constituency matters are not lobbyists these are examples of activities that are not considered to be lobbying contacting the government for information about a government program or service providing feedback on government public engagement surveys responding to government inquiries or responding to communications the government initiates contacting your mla on constituency issues notforprofits social advocacy groups volunteerbased organizations industry associations and unions the lobbyists registration act applies to notforprofit and forprofit entities you need to register your lobbying activities if you fall within the definition of inhouse lobbyist or consultant lobbyist if you determine you are an inhouse lobbyist and if your lobbying activities exceed the threshold number of hours ie 20 hours of lobbying in a calendar year you must register president or board member of a notforprofit organization if you are a director officer or partner or otherwise control the operations of a notforprofit organization you are a directing mind as a directing mind of a corporation partnership or organization you need to register if you lobby the government and your organization reaches the threshold number of hours prescribed in the lobbyists registration act  volunteer members of an organization you are not considered a lobbyist if your role as a volunteer with the organization does not have decisionmaking authority  