By: Brad McNeil, PhD Candidate (McMaster University)
This brief blog post presents Oracle’s lobbying communication reports submitted for February 2023. In February 2023, Oracle only logged one communication report with the Registry of lobbyist on the topic of “government procurement.” Oracle’s profile in the Registry of Lobbyists notes that the company actively” “seeks to identify and secure federal procurement opportunities as it relates to innovating public service delivery”. Though it is hard to interpret what Oracle lobbied Shared Services Canada about, securing government contracts continues to be an important objective for Oracle as the company competes with larger tech platforms in the realm of cloud services. Through January and February 2023, Oracle signed two government contracts valued over $10,000. On January 23, 2023, Oracle signed a contract valued at $10,738.95 with the National Film Board for work related to “License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)”. On February 24, 2023 Oracle signed a contract valued at $72,729.92 with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada for work related to “License/Maintenance fees for App Software.”
| Communication Date | Lobbied | Subject Matters | Responsible Officer |
| 2023-02-16 | Robert Ianiro, ADM Shared Services Canada (SSC) | Government Procurement | Kevin Tetreault |