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Paul Deegan's lobbying: the registrations they file and every meeting they've reported since November 2021.

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Registrant (responsible officer)

Paul Deegan

President and Chief Executive Officer

For companies and organizations, the most senior paid officer files the registration and the monthly reports, whoever attended the meeting.

Meetings this Parliament
74
Since Nov 2021
291
Active registrations
1

Reported meetings

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy and Stakeholder Relations, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Copyright Act, with respect to copyrights and remuneration rights for news media organizations.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses. Read more

    Fairness in federal advertising expenditures and placement.

    Eliminating commercial advertising, including branded content, associated with CBC/Radio-Canada’s news and public affairs properties.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Annie Trepanier · Director General Information Services, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Daniel Pye · Director, News Remuneration, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Read more

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Scott Shortliffe · Executive Director, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Read more

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses. Read more

    Fairness in federal advertising expenditures and placement.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Pascale St-Onge · Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses. Read more

    Fairness in federal advertising expenditures and placement.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Pierre-Marc Lauzon · Director, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Meaghan Harris · Manager, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Kimberly Ng · Manager, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses. Read more

    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.”

    Extending the Local Journalism Initiative.

    Change to Canada Post's Consumers' Choice program, which is harming community newspapers.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Fairness in federal advertising expenditures and placement. Read more

    Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.

    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.”

    Extending the Local Journalism Initiative.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Scott Shortliffe · Executive Director, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Read more

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses. Read more

    Fairness in federal advertising expenditures and placement.

    Tax measures related to journalism labour and advertising.

    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.”

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Scott Shortliffe · Executive Director, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Read more

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Extending the Local Journalism Initiative. Read more

    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.”

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Pierre-Marc Lauzon · Director, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Read more

    Extending the Local Journalism Initiative.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Scott Shortliffe · Executive Director, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Read more

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Read more

    Extending the Local Journalism Initiative.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Scott Shortliffe · Executive Director, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

    C-1844-1

    Governor in Council and CRTC regulations related to An "Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada" (C-18, the Online News Act) Read more

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Michael Lartigau · Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    C-1844-1

    Governor in Council and CRTC regulations related to An "Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada" (C-18, the Online News Act) Read more

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Amy Awad · Director General, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Pietro Cimino · Manager, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Stephan Paape · Gestionnaire, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Lina-Galina Budigi · Policy Analyst, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    C-1844-1

    Governor in Council and CRTC regulations related to An "Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada" (C-18, the Online News Act) Read more

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Ramzi Saad · Director General, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Pierre-Marc Lauzon · Director, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    C-1844-1

    Governor in Council and CRTC regulations related to An "Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada" (C-18, the Online News Act) Read more

    Extending the Local Journalism Initiative.

    Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.

    Tax measures related to journalism labour and advertising.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Scott Shortliffe · Executive Director, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    • Daniel Pye · Director News Remuneration, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    • Jacquilynne Schlesier · Analyst, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    • Adam Balkovec · Senior Legal Counsel, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

    C-1844-1

    Governor in Council and CRTC regulations related to An "Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada" (C-18, the Online News Act) Read more

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    C-1844-1

    Governor in Council and CRTC regulations related to An "Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada" (C-18, the Online News Act) Read more

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Christophe Cinqmars-Viau · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    C-7844-1

    Tax treatment of print newspaper subscriptions under Bill C-78

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    C-1844-1

    Governor in Council and CRTC regulations related to An "Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada" (C-18, the Online News Act) Read more

    Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.

    Official report

  • News Media Canada
    • Brian MacKay · Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    C-1844-1

    Fairness in federal advertising expenditures and placement. Read more

    Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.

    Governor in Council and CRTC regulations related to An "Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada" (C-18, the Online News Act)

    Eliminating commercial advertising, including branded content, associated with CBC/Radio-Canada’s news and public affairs properties.

    Official report

From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.