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Braedan de Bakker's lobbying: the clients they represent and every meeting they've reported since November 2021.

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Consultant lobbyist

Braedan de Bakker

Rubicon Strategy Inc.

Former public office

  • Policy Advisor, Conservative Research Bureau, Opposition Leader's Office (2022–2022)
Meetings this Parliament
42
Since Nov 2021
96
Active registrations
10

Reported meetings

    • Alexa Kalsatos · Senior Operations and Regional Advisor (Ontario), National Defence (DND)
    Discussions with decision makers on government support for Downsview development

    Official report

    • Claude Guay · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
    • Michael Jason · Senior Advisor - Legal and Mining, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    Arranging meetings with public office holders to raise awareness of the Great Bear Project in Red Lake, Ontario and to identify potential areas of collaboration on northern development. Read more

    Engaging with government officials regarding Kinross Gold Tasiast Gold Mine in Mauritania as it relates to increased consular support

    Engaging with government officials to highlight Kinross Gold’s international investments and raising awareness of its global operations

    Official report

    • Seth Pickard-Tattrie · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Waleed Saleem · Regional Policy Advisor, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    Arranging meetings with public office holders to raise awareness of the Great Bear Project in Red Lake, Ontario and to identify potential areas of collaboration on northern development. Read more

    Official report

    • Matthew Paisley · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Alex Kondakov · Senior Regional Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Arranging meetings with public office holders to raise awareness of the Great Bear Project in Red Lake, Ontario and to identify potential areas of collaboration on northern development. Read more

    Official report

    • Linda Hooper · Senior Operations & Regional Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Arranging meetings with public office holders to raise awareness of the Great Bear Project in Red Lake, Ontario and to identify potential areas of collaboration on northern development. Read more

    Official report

    • Laurent Blanchard · Policy Advisor, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Matthew McPhie · Policy Advisor, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Pavan Sapra · Director of Policy, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    Federal policies and programs to support the development and financing of Avalon’s Nechalacho rare earth elements project in the Northwest Territories, including domestic production of rare earth elements for critical minerals supply chains, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and defence applications. Read more

    Official report

    • Jessica Fullerton · Director of Policy, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Engaging with government officials regarding Kinross Gold Tasiast Gold Mine in Mauritania as it relates to increased consular support Read more

    Engaging with government officials to highlight Kinross Gold’s international investments and raising awareness of its global operations

    Official report

  • Draganfly Inc.
    • Dakota Speidel · Parliamentary Assistant, Office of the Secretary of State for Rural Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Engagement with Designated Public Office Holders on Draganfly’s Canadian-made Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms, with a focus on their applications for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Read more

    Official report

  • VARD Marine
    Arranging meetings with public office holders and senior officials to leverage existing shipyard capacity, supply chains, and provincial investments to strengthen Canada’s defence-industrial base and accelerate capability delivery through the new Defence Investment Agency. Read more

    Engage with the Government of Canada and pursue contracts on a variety of federal fleet ship design options for the RCN, Coast Guard, Transport Canada and the RCMP.

    Official report

  • VARD Marine
    • Heather Sheehy · Assistant Deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)
    Arranging meetings with public office holders and senior officials to leverage existing shipyard capacity, supply chains, and provincial investments to strengthen Canada’s defence-industrial base and accelerate capability delivery through the new Defence Investment Agency. Read more

    Engage with the Government of Canada and pursue contracts on a variety of federal fleet ship design options for the RCN, Coast Guard, Transport Canada and the RCMP.

    Official report

  • VARD Marine
    • Carlos Leitão · Member of Parliament
    • Chase Knight · Parliamentary Affairs Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Arranging meetings with public office holders and senior officials to leverage existing shipyard capacity, supply chains, and provincial investments to strengthen Canada’s defence-industrial base and accelerate capability delivery through the new Defence Investment Agency. Read more

    Engage with the Government of Canada and pursue contracts on a variety of federal fleet ship design options for the RCN, Coast Guard, Transport Canada and the RCMP.

    Official report

  • VARD Marine
    Arranging meetings with public office holders and senior officials to leverage existing shipyard capacity, supply chains, and provincial investments to strengthen Canada’s defence-industrial base and accelerate capability delivery through the new Defence Investment Agency. Read more

    Engage with the Government of Canada and pursue contracts on a variety of federal fleet ship design options for the RCN, Coast Guard, Transport Canada and the RCMP.

    Official report

  • TriSummit Utilities
    Conducting outreach and advocacy to the federal government on natural gas utilities policy and their impact on northern, commercial and rural communities

    Official report

    • Isabelle Buchanan · Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Engaging with government officials regarding Kinross Gold Tasiast Gold Mine in Mauritania as it relates to increased consular support

    Official report

  • Alamos Gold Inc.
    • Miles Wu · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Conducting outreach to the relevant stakeholders regarding economic development and employment programs that could help facilitate and advance the client's mining activities in Northern Manitoba. Read more

    Communicating with the Government of Canada about laws and regulations affecting the mining industry and the Company’s operations.

    Official report

    • Ira Khedkar · Regional Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Jackson Coles · Policy Advsion, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Arranging meetings with public office holders to raise awareness of the Great Bear Project in Red Lake, Ontario and to identify potential areas of collaboration on northern development. Read more

    Official report

  • Alamos Gold Inc.
    Communicating with the Government of Canada about laws and regulations affecting the mining industry and the Company’s operations.

    Official report

  • Arranging meetings with public office holders to raise awareness of the Great Bear Project in Red Lake, Ontario and to identify potential areas of collaboration on northern development. Read more

    Official report

  • Draganfly Inc.
    • Matthew Trnkus · Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Pursuing opportunities for Draganfly’s made-in-Canada UAV and drone technologies in securing contracts with the Canadian Armed Forces and the Government of Canada Read more

    Engagement with Designated Public Office Holders on Draganfly’s Canadian-made Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms, with a focus on their applications for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)

    Pursuing contracts for Draganfly's Canadian-made UAV and drone technology as it relates to Canada's support toward Ukraine

    Official report

    • Galen Richardson · Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Engaging federal officials about priorites in the energy sector, speciffically as it relates to labour requirements.

    Official report

    • Ryan Spero · Regional Advisor, Ontario, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Informing and educating public office holders on the Downsview development Read more

    Discussions with decision makers on government support for Downsview development

    Official report

  • Conifer Energy
    • Michael Rau · Director General, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Aruna Rajulu · Director Of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    Arranging meetings with the Government of Canada to brief public office holders on the need to continuing support Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage projects to reduce oil & gas sector emissions Read more

    Discussing ongoing support carbon abatement and utilization projects for oil and gas developments in southern Alberta

    Official report

  • Conifer Energy
    Arranging meetings with the Government of Canada to brief public office holders on the need to continuing support Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage projects to reduce oil & gas sector emissions Read more

    Discussing ongoing support carbon abatement and utilization projects for oil and gas developments in southern Alberta

    Official report

  • TriSummit Utilities
    • Mark Cauchi · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Kelly Greenwood · Manager, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Conducting outreach and advocacy to the federal government on natural gas utilities policy and their impact on northern, commercial and rural communities

    Official report

  • TriSummit Utilities
    Conducting outreach and advocacy to the federal government on natural gas utilities policy and their impact on northern, commercial and rural communities

    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.