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Sarah Watts-Rynard's lobbying: the registrations they file and every meeting they've reported since November 2021.

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Registrant (responsible officer)

Sarah Watts-Rynard

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
102
Since Nov 2021
263
Active registrations
1

Reported meetings

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Marc Miller · Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Harpreet Kochhar · Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Innovation - participate in all relevant policy discussions on applied research and commercialization, including discussions on including innovation in federal procurement. Read more

    Education - Participate in all relevant policy discussions about skills training and work integrated learning.

    Edu-Canada branding and marketing initiatives with respect to promoting Canadian college and polytechnic education in foreign markets.

    Timely, relevant collection of post-secondary education and research data, and labour market information, with respect to analysis and current and possible future initiatives in the college/polytechnic sector.

    Policies relating to international student recruitment and student visas.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    and 2 more
    • Ahmed Hussen · Member of Parliament
    • Randy Boissonnault · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Innovation - participate in all relevant policy discussions on applied research and commercialization, including discussions on including innovation in federal procurement. Read more

    Edu-Canada branding and marketing initiatives with respect to promoting Canadian college and polytechnic education in foreign markets.

    Education - Participate in all relevant policy discussions about skills training and work integrated learning.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Randy Boissonnault · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Timely, relevant collection of post-secondary education and research data, and labour market information, with respect to analysis and current and possible future initiatives in the college/polytechnic sector. Read more

    Policies relating to international student recruitment and student visas.

    Innovation - participate in all relevant policy discussions on applied research and commercialization, including discussions on including innovation in federal procurement.

    Education - Participate in all relevant policy discussions about skills training and work integrated learning.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    Seeking increased funding for NSERC's College and Community Innovation program; equitable treatment and financial support for apprenticeship students; and harnessing the experience and potential of underemployed foreign trained professionals living in Canada. Read more

    Education - Participate in all relevant policy discussions about skills training and work integrated learning.

    Innovation - participate in all relevant policy discussions on applied research and commercialization, including discussions on including innovation in federal procurement.

    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council - Changes to the College and Community Innovation Program and other NSERC programs to allow for additional proposals from each institution.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Marcel Turcot · Director General, National Research Council (NRC)
    • Erica Fraser · Director, National Research Council (NRC)
    Seeking increased funding for NSERC's College and Community Innovation program; equitable treatment and financial support for apprenticeship students; and harnessing the experience and potential of underemployed foreign trained professionals living in Canada. Read more

    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council - Changes to the College and Community Innovation Program and other NSERC programs to allow for additional proposals from each institution.

    Innovation - participate in all relevant policy discussions on applied research and commercialization, including discussions on including innovation in federal procurement.

    Education - Participate in all relevant policy discussions about skills training and work integrated learning.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    Innovation - participate in all relevant policy discussions on applied research and commercialization, including discussions on including innovation in federal procurement. Read more

    Education - Participate in all relevant policy discussions about skills training and work integrated learning.

    Policies relating to international student recruitment and student visas.

    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council - Changes to the College and Community Innovation Program and other NSERC programs to allow for additional proposals from each institution.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    Education - Participate in all relevant policy discussions about skills training and work integrated learning. Read more

    Innovation - participate in all relevant policy discussions on applied research and commercialization, including discussions on including innovation in federal procurement.

    Policies relating to international student recruitment and student visas.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Innovation - participate in all relevant policy discussions on applied research and commercialization, including discussions on including innovation in federal procurement. Read more

    Seeking increased funding for NSERC's College and Community Innovation program; equitable treatment and financial support for apprenticeship students; and harnessing the experience and potential of underemployed foreign trained professionals living in Canada.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Michèle Kingsley · Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic, Family & Social Migration, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Bronwyn May · Director General, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Julie Spattz · Senior Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Edu-Canada branding and marketing initiatives with respect to promoting Canadian college and polytechnic education in foreign markets. Read more

    Timely, relevant collection of post-secondary education and research data, and labour market information, with respect to analysis and current and possible future initiatives in the college/polytechnic sector.

    Policies relating to international student recruitment and student visas.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Lloyd Longfield · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Seeking increased funding for NSERC's College and Community Innovation program; equitable treatment and financial support for apprenticeship students; and harnessing the experience and potential of underemployed foreign trained professionals living in Canada. Read more

    Innovation - participate in all relevant policy discussions on applied research and commercialization, including discussions on including innovation in federal procurement.

    Policies relating to international student recruitment and student visas.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Francesco Sorbara · Member of Parliment, House of Commons
    Innovation - participate in all relevant policy discussions on applied research and commercialization, including discussions on including innovation in federal procurement. Read more

    Seeking increased funding for NSERC's College and Community Innovation program; equitable treatment and financial support for apprenticeship students; and harnessing the experience and potential of underemployed foreign trained professionals living in Canada.

    Policies relating to international student recruitment and student visas.

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Employment and TrainingResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Karen Vecchio · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    BudgetEmployment and TrainingResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada

    BudgetEducationResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Employment and TrainingResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    International RelationsResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Genevieve Tanguay · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Ted Hewitt · President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
    • Alejandro Adem · President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
    and 7 more
    • Catherine MacLeod · Executive Vice-President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
    • Francis Bilodeau · Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Manal Bahubeshi · Associate Vice-President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
    • Tammy Clifford · Acting President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
    • Mitch Davies · President, NRC, National Research Council (NRC)
    • Valerie La Traverse · Vice-President, Corporate Affaires, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
    • Eric Costen · Associate Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)

    EducationResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Michael Roche · Research and Policy Coordinator, House of Commons

    EducationEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Francis Bilodeau · Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    EducationResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Employment and TrainingResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Shahad Khalladi · Officer, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    EducationEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Shahad Khalladi · Officer, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Sarah MacDonald · Special Assistant (Parliamentary Affairs and Assistant to the Parliamentary Secretary), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    BudgetEducationScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Samuel Saint-Vincent · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEducationResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Riley Schnurr · Deputy Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    BudgetEducationEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Polytechnics Canada
    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Employment and TrainingResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    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.