Galen Richardson · Senior Regional Advisor, West and North, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Attracting investment to Alberta/Canada. Creating a competitive business landscape, and improving the federal government's regulatory landscape.Read more
Federal natural resources and environment policy. Unlocking investment and growth in Canada's natural resource industries, and how they can contribute to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and environmental goals. Discriminatory and/or counterproductive impacts on Alberta and Alberta-concentrated industries.
Exploring strategies to drive Alberta and Canada's economic growth while ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability and prosperity. Focusing on addressing key challenges such as labour productivity, competitiveness, labour shortages, population growth, essential infrastructure, and housing affordability.Read more
Attracting investment to Alberta/Canada. Creating a competitive business landscape, and improving the federal government's regulatory landscape.
Brandan Rowe · Chief of staff, Finance Canada (FIN)
Attracting investment to Alberta/Canada. Creating a competitive business landscape, and improving the federal government's regulatory landscape.Read more
Exploring strategies to drive Alberta and Canada's economic growth while ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability and prosperity. Focusing on addressing key challenges such as labour productivity, competitiveness, labour shortages, population growth, essential infrastructure, and housing affordability.
Federal natural resources and environment policy. Unlocking investment and growth in Canada's natural resource industries, and how they can contribute to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and environmental goals. Discriminatory and/or counterproductive impacts on Alberta and Alberta-concentrated industries.Read more
Improving Canada's system of major project approvals and permitting to allow projects to get built faster, generate economic growth and advance Indigenous Economic Diversification. Issues range from speeding up environmental impact assessments, to removing fed/prov duplication, to better coordinating permitting processes across the federal government.
Jay Barber · Director, Internal Trade, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Maintaining access to US markets in the face of tariff threats and CUSMA renewal. Discussing how issues related to defence spending, border crossings and illegal drug/gun trafficking impact trade and trade policy.Read more
Preserving and enhancing Canada’s access to trade opportunities in global markets; addressing trade disputes, including the differing impact of those disputes across Canada.
Alexis Conrad · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Preserving and enhancing Canada’s access to trade opportunities in global markets; addressing trade disputes, including the differing impact of those disputes across Canada.Read more
Paul Halucha · Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Exploring strategies to drive Alberta and Canada's economic growth while ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability and prosperity. Focusing on addressing key challenges such as labour productivity, competitiveness, labour shortages, population growth, essential infrastructure, and housing affordability.Read more
Jeff Labonté · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Frank Des Rosiers · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Kathleen Smith · Chief of Staff to the Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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Liam Miller · Deputy Director, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Federal natural resources and environment policy. How energy and other natural resources sectors can contribute to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and environmental goals. Discriminatory and/or counterproductive impacts on Alberta and Alberta-concentrated industries.Read more
Farah Huq · Chief International Talent Officer, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Working to address labour force challenges through targeted immigration efforts for skilled and in-demand occupations, and to increase social and economic prosperity. Modernizing Canada's approach to selection of economic immigrants and addressing outstanding issues in terms of foreign credential recognition, process modernization and newcomer supports.Read more
Christiane Fox · Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Maintaining access to US markets in the face of tariff threats and CUSMA renewal. Discussing how issues related to defence spending, border crossings and illegal drug/gun trafficking impact trade and trade policy.Read more
Preserving and enhancing Canada’s access to trade opportunities in global markets; addressing trade disputes, including the differing impact of those disputes across Canada.
Jordan Thompson · Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Jonathan Joshi-Koop · Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Working to address labour force challenges through targeted immigration efforts for skilled and in-demand occupations, and to increase social and economic prosperity. Modernizing Canada's approach to selection of economic immigrants and addressing outstanding issues in terms of foreign credential recognition, process modernization and newcomer supports.Read more
Maintaining access to US markets in the face of tariff threats and CUSMA renewal. Discussing how issues related to defence spending, border crossings and illegal drug/gun trafficking impact trade and trade policy.Read more
Increased supports for training, skills development and re-training to help Albertans and Canadians access high-quality jobs and help businesses address labour and skills shortages. The need is especially acute given the changing nature of work and the opportunities created by energy transition.
Maintaining access to US markets in the face of tariff threats and CUSMA renewal. Discussing how issues related to defence spending, border crossings and illegal drug/gun trafficking impact trade and trade policy.Read more
John Hannaford · Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Enhancing global market access for Alberta exports - tidewater access for pipelines, need for investment in trade-related transportation infrastructure, need to address internal trade barriers.Read more
Maintaining access to US markets in the face of tariff threats and CUSMA renewal. Discussing how issues related to defence spending, border crossings and illegal drug/gun trafficking impact trade and trade policy.
Removing barriers to interprovincial trade.
Improving Canada's system of major project approvals and permitting to allow projects to get built faster, generate economic growth and advance Indigenous Economic Diversification. Issues range from speeding up environmental impact assessments, to removing fed/prov duplication, to better coordinating permitting processes across the federal government.
Preserving and enhancing Canada’s access to trade opportunities in global markets; addressing trade disputes, including the differing impact of those disputes across Canada.
Enhancing global market access for Alberta exports - tidewater access for pipelines, need for investment in trade-related transportation infrastructure, need to address internal trade barriers.Read more
Maintaining access to US markets in the face of tariff threats and CUSMA renewal. Discussing how issues related to defence spending, border crossings and illegal drug/gun trafficking impact trade and trade policy.
Preserving and enhancing Canada’s access to trade opportunities in global markets; addressing trade disputes, including the differing impact of those disputes across Canada.
Kevin Ramnarine · Director, Policy, Planning and External Relations, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Increased supports for training, skills development and re-training to help Albertans and Canadians access high-quality jobs and help businesses address labour and skills shortages. The need is especially acute given the changing nature of work and the opportunities created by energy transition.Read more
Exploring strategies to drive Alberta and Canada's economic growth while ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability and prosperity. Focusing on addressing key challenges such as labour productivity, competitiveness, labour shortages, population growth, essential infrastructure, and housing affordability.
Paul Halucha · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Clean Growth), Privy Council Office (PCO)
Federal policy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050: The future of Alberta's energy sector and the role it can play in helping to achieve that policy goal.Read more
Attracting investment to Alberta/Canada. Creating a competitive business landscape
Randy Boissonnault · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Expressing our opposition to the proposed emissions cap as being bad for the environment, the economy, the federation, and Canada’s international standing.Read more
Federal natural resources and environment policy. How energy and other natural resources sectors can contribute to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and environmental goals. Discriminatory and/or counterproductive impacts on Alberta and Alberta-concentrated industries.
Increased supports for training, skills development and re-training to help Albertans and Canadians access high-quality jobs and help businesses address labour and skills shortages. The need is especially acute given the changing nature of work and the opportunities created by energy transition.
Maintaining access to US markets in the face of tariff threats and CUSMA renewal. Discussing how issues related to defence spending, border crossings and illegal drug/gun trafficking impact trade and trade policy.
Federal natural resources and environment policy. How energy and other natural resources sectors can contribute to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and environmental goals. Discriminatory and/or counterproductive impacts on Alberta and Alberta-concentrated industries.Read more
John Hannaford · Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Mollie Johnson · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Plans and Consultations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Expressing our opposition to the proposed emissions cap as being bad for the environment, the economy, the federation, and Canada’s international standing.Read more
Federal natural resources and environment policy. How energy and other natural resources sectors can contribute to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and environmental goals. Discriminatory and/or counterproductive impacts on Alberta and Alberta-concentrated industries.
Maintaining access to US markets in the face of tariff threats and CUSMA renewal. Discussing how issues related to defence spending, border crossings and illegal drug/gun trafficking impact trade and trade policy.
Earl Dreeshen · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Exploring opportunities to increase economic activity and value-added processing in agriculture; and discussing the removal of barriers to achieving that goal.
Exploring opportunities to increase economic activity and value-added processing in agriculture; and discussing the removal of barriers to achieving that goal.
Lawrence Hanson · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Exploring opportunities to increase economic activity and value-added processing in agriculture; and discussing the removal of barriers to achieving that goal.Read more
Preserving and enhancing Canada’s access to trade opportunities in global markets; addressing trade disputes, including the differing impact of those disputes across Canada.
Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Federal natural resources and environment policy. How energy and other natural resources sectors can contribute to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and environmental goals. Discriminatory and/or counterproductive impacts on Alberta and Alberta-concentrated industries.Read more
Exploring opportunities to increase economic activity and value-added processing in agriculture; and discussing the removal of barriers to achieving that goal.Read more
Federal natural resources and environment policy. How energy and other natural resources sectors can contribute to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and environmental goals. Discriminatory and/or counterproductive impacts on Alberta and Alberta-concentrated industries.
Maintaining access to US markets in the face of tariff threats and CUSMA renewal. Discussing how issues related to defence spending, border crossings and illegal drug/gun trafficking impact trade and trade policy.
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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