Roy Karam · Advisor, Economic and Health System Policy, Health Canada (HC)
Guillaume Bertrand · Director Of Communications, Health Canada (HC)
HEALTH – Ensuring we improve access to necessary medicines by building on rather than displacing the important role of private insurers and respecting provincial and territorial jurisdiction.Read more
Sebastien Clark · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
IMMIGRATION - Reducing regulatory burdens for employers; promoting immigration to small, rural and northern communities; supporting regional and local community immigration strategies; maintaining and modernizing the Temporary Foreign Worker Program; Facilitating pathways to permanent residency for temporary residents (international students and TFWs; expediting and simplifying foreign credential recognition, calling for an international student and global talent strategy; improving language training as well as settlement and employment supports to newcomers, aligning immigration programs with labour market needs, improving the Start-Up Visa process, improving client services to potential immigrants and newcomers.Read more
Runa Angus · Senior Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Jill Paterson · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Barbara Dourley · Senior Policy Analyst, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Samir Chhabra · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
PRIVACY AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION - Ensure that the modernization of Canada’s privacy legislation strikes the right balance between protecting consumers and promoting the ability of firms to innovate and compete by responsibly and securely using data.Read more
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Anushka Kurian · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Simon Wood · Senior Parliamentary Affairs Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
PRIVACY AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION - Ensure that the modernization of Canada’s privacy legislation strikes the right balance between protecting consumers and promoting the ability of firms to innovate and compete by responsibly and securely using data.Read more
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Yasir Naqvi · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and to the Secretary of State (International Development), Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Negotiating bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements and promoting them to Canadian businesses.Read more
SMALL BUSINESS – Legislation, regulations and support programs that give Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the tools to grow in Canada and internationally, including reducing their red tape and compliance burden.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Neeraj Bhalla · Director of Community Outreach, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.Read more
SMALL BUSINESS – Legislation, regulations and support programs that give Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the tools to grow in Canada and internationally, including reducing their red tape and compliance burden.
IMMIGRATION - Reducing regulatory burdens for employers; promoting immigration to small, rural and northern communities; supporting regional and local community immigration strategies; maintaining and modernizing the Temporary Foreign Worker Program; Facilitating pathways to permanent residency for temporary residents (international students and TFWs; expediting and simplifying foreign credential recognition, calling for an international student and global talent strategy; improving language training as well as settlement and employment supports to newcomers, aligning immigration programs with labour market needs, improving the Start-Up Visa process, improving client services to potential immigrants and newcomers.Read more
Alice Zheng · Deputy Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
SMALL BUSINESS – Legislation, regulations and support programs that give Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the tools to grow in Canada and internationally, including reducing their red tape and compliance burden.Read more
Samir Kassam · Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Tony Maas · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Matthew Paisley · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
CLIMATE - Regulations and programs related to zero emission vehicles, their sale, and deployment of necessary infrastructure.Read more
ENVIRONMENT – Promoting the harmonization of regulations with provinces; impacts of the federal carbon pricing legislation on businesses; implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework for Clean Growth and Climate Change; review of Canada's environmental assessment process, and the Canadian Energy Regulator; carbon pricing regimes; carbon border adjustments; offset markets; and other policy measures towards Net Zero 2050 goals.
NATURAL RESOURCES - Support for the adoption of policy recommendations to strengthen Canada’s world-leading position in the mining industry, oil and gas, and forestry products.
Alice Zheng · Deputy Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
SMALL BUSINESS – Legislation, regulations and support programs that give Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the tools to grow in Canada and internationally, including reducing their red tape and compliance burden.Read more
INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.
Owen Crawford-Lem · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
TRANSPORTATION - Regarding the consistent funding of trade-enabling infrastructure projects; the development of a competitive and efficient transportation network including all modes of transportation; the fluidity and stability of supply chain operations, minimizing disruptions.Read more
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
LABOUR - Ensuring that any changes to the Canada Labour Code are implemented in response to defined and demonstrated issues and not to increase regulatory burdens for employers; minimizing labour disruption impacts on Canadian businesses and workers.
IMMIGRATION - Reducing regulatory burdens for employers; promoting immigration to small, rural and northern communities; supporting regional and local community immigration strategies; maintaining and modernizing the Temporary Foreign Worker Program; Facilitating pathways to permanent residency for temporary residents (international students and TFWs; expediting and simplifying foreign credential recognition, calling for an international student and global talent strategy; improving language training as well as settlement and employment supports to newcomers, aligning immigration programs with labour market needs, improving the Start-Up Visa process, improving client services to potential immigrants and newcomers.Read more
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Lisa Xie · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
HEALTH – Ensuring we improve access to necessary medicines by building on rather than displacing the important role of private insurers and respecting provincial and territorial jurisdiction.Read more
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
AGRICULTURE - Promoting policies to enhance the domestic and international competitiveness of Canada's agriculture sector.
Owen Crawford-Lem · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
LABOUR - Ensuring that any changes to the Canada Labour Code are implemented in response to defined and demonstrated issues and not to increase regulatory burdens for employers; minimizing labour disruption impacts on Canadian businesses and workers.Read more
TRANSPORTATION - Regarding the consistent funding of trade-enabling infrastructure projects; the development of a competitive and efficient transportation network including all modes of transportation; the fluidity and stability of supply chain operations, minimizing disruptions.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
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.
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