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

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Registrant (responsible officer)

Jeff Vassart

President

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

Meetings this Parliament
9
Since Nov 2021
27
Active registrations
1

Reported meetings

  • Cargill Limited
    • David Nanang · Vice President & Chief Scientist, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Meghan Rose-Martel · Senior Advisor, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Sandra Gagne · Director General, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Louis-Phillipe Vaillancourt · Director General, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    CFIA's Inspection Modernization - impact of new inspection requirements for agriculture and agri-food facilities.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Elise Tatone · Director, Health Canada (HC)
    • Li Xianzhi · Team Leader, Health Canada (HC)
    Regulatory review and workplans impacting agriculture and agri-food.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Debbie Beresford-Green · Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Robert Ianiro · Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Parthi Muthukumarasamy · Executive Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    CFIA's Inspection Modernization - impact of new inspection requirements for agriculture and agri-food facilities.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Jeremy Keats · Senior Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Programs available to the food industry under federal funds. Read more

    Programs available to the food industry under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership and policy design of Next Agriculture Policy Framework.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Alastair MacFadden · Assistant Deputy Minister, Saskatchewan, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    Tariffs, tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), remission and their administration in Canada. Read more

    Government of Canada approach to mitigating supply chain constraints for industry.

    Clean Fuels Regulations, their administration and implications for Canadian grain, oilseeds, their products and markets.

    Free Trade Agreements negotiations and policy implementation opportunities for Canada agriculture and agri-food sector.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Alastair MacFadden · Assistant Deputy Minister, Saskatchewan, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    Free Trade Agreements negotiations and policy implementation opportunities for Canada agriculture and agri-food sector. Read more

    Tariffs, tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), remission and their administration in Canada.

    Clean Fuels Regulations, their administration and implications for Canadian grain, oilseeds, their products and markets.

    Government of Canada approach to mitigating supply chain constraints for industry.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Serena Smith · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Jeremy Keats · Senior Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Free Trade Agreements negotiations and policy implementation opportunities for Canada agriculture and agri-food sector. Read more

    Tariffs, tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), remission and their administration in Canada.

    Clean Fuels Regulations, their administration and implications for Canadian grain, oilseeds, their products and markets.

    Government of Canada approach to mitigating supply chain constraints for industry.

    Policies or programs impacting workforce in federally regulated sectors.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Sarah Jackson · Director of Operations, Transport Canada (TC)
    • James Christie · Director of Policy, Transport Canada (TC)
    Impact of the changes to the traceability regulations in Canada. Read more

    Free Trade Agreements negotiations and policy implementation opportunities for Canada agriculture and agri-food sector.

    Government of Canada approach to mitigating supply chain constraints for industry.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Buckley Belanger · Secretary of State (Rural Development), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Clean Fuels Regulations, their administration and implications for Canadian grain, oilseeds, their products and markets. Read more

    Temporary Foreign Worker Program and its administration in Canada.

    Government of Canada approach to infrastructure development and improvements at major ports.

    Government of Canada approach to mitigating supply chain constraints for industry.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Donald Boucher · Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Matthew Smith · Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Justine Akman · Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Tariffs, tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), remission and their administration in Canada. Read more

    Free Trade Agreements negotiations and policy implementation opportunities for Canada agriculture and agri-food sector.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • James Achoneftos · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Rouba Al Fattal · Manager, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Kennedy Geoff · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Tariffs, tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), remission and their administration in Canada. Read more

    Free Trade Agreements negotiations and policy implementation opportunities for Canada agriculture and agri-food sector.

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    and 5 more
    • John Barlow · Member of Parliament
    • Ted Falk · Member of Parliament
    • Lianne Rood · Member of Parliament
    • Richard Lehoux · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Colin Carrie · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentIndustry

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • carolyn cooper · A/Director, Animal Feed and Veterinary Biologics Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Lisa Hawkins · National Manager Service Experience Team, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Heather Arbuckle · Animal Health Strategic Initiatives, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Steve Yafalian · Business Improvement, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    and 1 more
    • Anna Lamberti · CFIA Supervisor Coordination and Outreach, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Carolyn Cooper · A/Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Laura Scott · National Manager, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureHealth

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Philip Snelgrove · National Manager, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • David Svab · Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • David Svab · Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited

    AgricultureClimateLabour

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • David Svab · Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Kimberly Roper · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Senate of Canada
    • Robert Black · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Olivia Klasios · Parliamentary Research Assistant, Senate of Canada

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Kurtis Layden · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    AgricultureEnvironment

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Donald Boucher · Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Alessandro Longo · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Marie-Noëlle Desrochers · Executive Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Luc Marchand · Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational TradeTransportation

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Donald Boucher · Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureFisheriesLabourTransportation

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • David Svab · Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Catherine italiano · National Manager, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Eamonn McGuinty · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    AgricultureClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnvironment

    Official report

  • Cargill Limited
    • Blake Oliver · Senior Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Kaylie Stathopulos · Parliamentary and Regional Advisor (Prairies and North), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    AgricultureClimateEnvironment

    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.