For example, if we’re working with government (and co-funding) to pilot new approaches to watershed management, do meetings related to that partnership need to be reported? Specifically, if an organization has a partnership agreement with the government and has a partnership meeting with the government staff, does paying for lunch or for the meeting room qualify as a gift, or is it only where the activity is considered lobbying?

If these activities do not qualify as lobbying, due to subsection 2(2)(c), then paying for lunch or other expenses of the meeting would not be considered a gift to a public office holder you are lobbying, under the LTA.