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Procurement

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search_contracts

Search federal contracts by vendor, department, value, and date. Returns paginated contract records.

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search_vendors

Browse distinct vendor name strings before resolving a profile. Use when the vendor name is ambiguous. Pattern: search_vendors → get_vendor_profile

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get_vendor_profile

Aggregated contract profile for a named vendor: total value, departments, and recent contracts.

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get_department_profile

Aggregated procurement profile for a department: total spend, top vendors, event type breakdown.

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Grants

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search_grants

Search across three grant datasets. Specify dataset: federal_grants, research_grants, or infrastructure_projects.

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search_grant_recipients

Browse distinct recipient name strings before resolving a profile. Use when recipient name is ambiguous. Pattern: search_grant_recipients → get_grant_recipient_profile

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get_grant_recipient_profile

Aggregated grants profile for a recipient: total value, top departments, recent grants.

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Lobbying

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search_lobbying

Search lobbying registrations — what organizations are registered to lobby and on what subjects.

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get_lobbying_communications

Search actual communication records — who lobbyists have met with and when.

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get_client_profile

Aggregated lobbying profile for a client: total communications, top institutions, top subjects. Pattern: get_client_profile → get_lobbying_communications for timeline detail

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Political Contributions

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search_contributions

Search Elections Canada reviewed contributions by contributor, party, year, province, and amount.

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Parliamentary

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search_bills

Search parliamentary bills by topic, session, status, sponsor, and sector.

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search_politicians

Search current and historical MPs. Use to resolve a name to a slug. Pattern: search_politicians → get_politician_profile

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get_politician_profile

Full politician profile: election history, committee memberships, lobbying interactions as DPOH, bill sponsorships.

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Permits

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search_permits

Search building permits across 17 municipalities. Supports proximity search by lat/lng/radius.
Vendor research:
  1. search_vendors(q="Dow") — find the exact vendor string
  2. get_vendor_profile(name="Dow Chemical Canada ULC") — get full profile
Lobbying → contracts sequence:
  1. get_client_profile(name="Palantir") — see lobbying activity
  2. search_contracts(vendor="Palantir") — see contract wins
  3. Compare dates to detect lobby-to-contract timing
Politician research:
  1. search_politicians(q="Carney") — resolve slug
  2. get_politician_profile(slug="mark-carney") — get full profile
Grant disambiguation:
  1. search_grant_recipients(q="McGill") — see all name variants
  2. get_grant_recipient_profile(name="McGill University / Université McGill") — profile with exact string