OTTAWA - The Mounties have charged an Ottawa man with breaking the federal Lobbying Act.
The RCMP says James Carroll did not file a return with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, contrary to a section of the act.
In April 2013, the commissioner's office received a complaint from the director of an Ottawa health centre about Carroll.
The RCMP says the health centre hired Carroll in July 2012 to lobby the government to adopt a pilot project that would test the application of its technology.
The commissioner's office referred the matter to the RCMP last November.
The Mounties say they determined that Carroll was a paid lobbyist, but allege he broke the law by not filing a return with the commissioner's office.
