Ernie Klassen · Parliamentary Secretary, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Agriculture:
Policies related to the food and beverage processing sector including: funding for industry research and development, implementation of Safe Foods for Canadians Regulations.Read more
Federal leadership and coordination with provincial and territorial governments to improve harmonization of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) frameworks for packaging and printed paper.Read more
Immigration: Enhancements to the Temporary Foreign Workers program and pathways to permanency for food and beverage processing labour.Read more
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.
Industry: The adoption of innovation in the food and beverage sector in the context of the Strategic Innovation Fund.
Guy Gallant · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Serena Smith · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Health: Policies and regulations related to food and beverage products including the federal government's Health Eating Strategy, Front of Pack labelling regulations, Marketing to Children regulations, modifications to the Food Guide, modifications the Food and Drugs Regulations.Read more
Immigration: Enhancements to the Temporary Foreign Workers program and pathways to permanency for food and beverage processing labour.
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.
Industry: The adoption of innovation in the food and beverage sector in the context of the Strategic Innovation Fund.
Miled Hill · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Immigration: Enhancements to the Temporary Foreign Workers program and pathways to permanency for food and beverage processing labour.Read more
Health: Policies and regulations related to food and beverage products including the federal government's Health Eating Strategy, Front of Pack labelling regulations, Marketing to Children regulations, modifications to the Food Guide, modifications the Food and Drugs Regulations.
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.
Industry: The adoption of innovation in the food and beverage sector in the context of the Strategic Innovation Fund.Read more
Immigration: Enhancements to the Temporary Foreign Workers program and pathways to permanency for food and beverage processing labour.
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.
René Sylvestre · Director of Strategic Investment, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Lisa Xie · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Caroline Belbin · Regional Advisor, Atlantic, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry: The adoption of innovation in the food and beverage sector in the context of the Strategic Innovation Fund.Read more
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.
Immigration: Enhancements to the Temporary Foreign Workers program and pathways to permanency for food and beverage processing labour.Read more
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.
Industry: The adoption of innovation in the food and beverage sector in the context of the Strategic Innovation Fund.
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.Read more
Industry: The adoption of innovation in the food and beverage sector in the context of the Strategic Innovation Fund.
Daniel Gobeil · Parliamentary Secretary, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Industry: The adoption of innovation in the food and beverage sector in the context of the Strategic Innovation Fund.Read more
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.
Roy Karam · Advisor, Economic and Health System Policy, Health Canada (HC)
Regulations Concerning Food Additives and Compositional Standards and the implications for food and beverage manufacturers.Read more
Health: Policies and regulations related to food and beverage products including the federal government's Health Eating Strategy, Front of Pack labelling regulations, Marketing to Children regulations, modifications to the Food Guide, modifications the Food and Drugs Regulations.
Kody Blois · Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.Read more
Canada-U.S. trade relations, including the implementation and administration of tariffs, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), and the food and beverage manufacturing industry.
Roy Karam · Advisor, Economic and Health System Policy, Health Canada (HC)
Health: Policies and regulations related to food and beverage products including the federal government's Health Eating Strategy, Front of Pack labelling regulations, Marketing to Children regulations, modifications to the Food Guide, modifications the Food and Drugs Regulations.Read more
Bill C-5: An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act - and considerations around food safety and export diversification.Read more
Guy Gallant · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Serena Smith · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.
Canada-U.S. trade relations, including the implementation and administration of tariffs, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), and the food and beverage manufacturing industry.Read more
Evelyn Soo · Executive Director, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Celia Lourenco · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
Joyce Boye · Director General, Health Canada (HC)
Melissa Kardaras · Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Ruth Rancy · Director, Health Canada (HC)
Health: Policies and regulations related to food and beverage products including the federal government's Health Eating Strategy, Front of Pack labelling regulations, Marketing to Children regulations, modifications to the Food Guide, modifications the Food and Drugs Regulations.Read more
Immigration: Enhancements to the Temporary Foreign Workers program and pathways to permanency for food and beverage processing labour.Read more
Budget:
Measures in annual federal budget to support food and beverage processing, including implementation of Agri-food Economic Strategy Table Report.
Roy Karam · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Health: Policies and regulations related to food and beverage products including the federal government's Health Eating Strategy, Front of Pack labelling regulations, Marketing to Children regulations, modifications to the Food Guide, modifications the Food and Drugs Regulations.Read more
Immigration: Enhancements to the Temporary Foreign Workers program and pathways to permanency for food and beverage processing labour.Read more
Agriculture:
Policies related to the food and beverage processing sector including: funding for industry research and development, implementation of Safe Foods for Canadians Regulations.
International Trade: The provisions of the text of the USMCA as they relate to agriculture and agri-food, including tariff schedules, Tariff Rate Quotas, regulatory cooperation and measures related to non-tariff barriers.
Tariff and non-tariff barriers with the United States.
Industry: The adoption of innovation in the food and beverage sector in the context of the Strategic Innovation Fund.Read more
Agriculture:
Policies related to the food and beverage processing sector including: funding for industry research and development, implementation of Safe Foods for Canadians Regulations.
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.
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