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

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Registrant (responsible officer)

Chad Gaffield

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
2
Since Nov 2021
302
Active registrations
0

Reported meetings

  • Advocacy regarding Canada’s research and development agenda, including research funding administered through the granting agencies and other federal departments and agencies, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security. Read more

    Official report

  • Advocacy regarding Canada’s research and development agenda, including research funding administered through the granting agencies and other federal departments and agencies, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security. Read more

    Official report

    • Aaron Wudrick · Director of Policy, House of Commons
    • Andrew Evans · Policy Advisor, House of Commons
    • Bryce McRae · Manager of Stakeholder Relations, House of Commons
    Advocacy regarding Canada’s research and development agenda, including research funding administered through the granting agencies and other federal departments and agencies, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security. Read more

    Official report

  • Advocacy regarding Canada’s research and development agenda, including research funding administered through the granting agencies and other federal departments and agencies, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security. Read more

    Official report

    • Rick Perkins · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Advocacy regarding Canada’s research and development agenda, including research funding administered through the granting agencies and other federal departments and agencies, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security. Read more

    Official report

    • John Hannaford · Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Advocacy regarding the Government of Canada’s innovation and economic development agenda, including policies, programs and regulations developed by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and other relevant departments and agencies that directly or indirectly impact the post-secondary education sector. Read more

    Official report

    • Stan Kutcher · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Hassan Yussuff · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Advocacy regarding Canada’s research and development agenda, including research funding administered through the granting agencies and other federal departments and agencies, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security. Read more

    Official report

    • Michelle Rempel · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Advocacy regarding Canada’s research and development agenda, including research funding administered through the granting agencies and other federal departments and agencies, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security. Read more

    Official report

    • Sarah MacDonald · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Advocacy regarding immigration policies, programs and regulations related to international students, faculty, and highly qualified research personnel developed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and other relevant departments and agencies that directly or indirectly impact the post-secondary education sector. Read more

    Official report

    • Aaron Wudrick · Director of Policy, House of Commons
    Advocacy regarding Canada’s research and development agenda, including research funding administered through the granting agencies and other federal departments and agencies, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security. Read more

    Official report

    • Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Advocacy regarding Canada’s research and development agenda, including research funding administered through the granting agencies and other federal departments and agencies, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security. Read more

    Official report

    • Michael Brewster · Deputy Chief of Staff, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Advocacy to ensure that proposals to develop or amend federal legislation, regulations, policies or programs that directly or indirectly impact the post-secondary system reflect the needs of universities and support research and education activities, including communication with public office holders in the House of Commons of Canada, the Senate of Canada and relevant departments and agencies. Read more

    Official report

    • Alejandro Adem · President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
    • Tammy Clifford · A/President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
    Advocacy regarding Canada’s research and development agenda, including research funding administered through the granting agencies and other federal departments and agencies, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security. Read more

    Official report

    • Michèle Kingsley · Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic, Family & Social Migration, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Advocacy regarding immigration policies, programs and regulations related to international students, faculty, and highly qualified research personnel developed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and other relevant departments and agencies that directly or indirectly impact the post-secondary education sector. Read more

    Official report

    • Samuel Millar · Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Advancing Canada’s research and development agenda, including funding, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security.

    Official report

    • Brent Cotter · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Advancing Canada’s research and development agenda, including funding, program design, and regulatory concerns related to research, including research security.

    Official report

    • Michèle Kingsley · Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic, Family & Social Migration, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Immigration issues related to international students, faculty, and highly qualified research personnel.

    Official report

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

    BudgetResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

    • Ted Hewitt · President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

    Research and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

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

    Intellectual PropertyNational Security/SecurityResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

    • Isabelle Buchanan · Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    EducationImmigrationResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

    • Mike Burton · Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    EducationImmigrationResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

    • Sarah MacDonald · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    National Security/SecurityResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

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

    BudgetResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

    • Marc Gervais · Vice-President, Strategic, Corporate and Public Affairs, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

    BudgetResearch 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.