Recognize that the transition to zero-emissions transportation, including battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric transit, coach and rail systems, will require an energy “systems overhaul of entire fleets and infrastructural systems, meaning that incentives and funding programs designed and launched by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Environment, Climate Change Canada and/or Transport Canada will need to support coordinated energy systems integration efforts (i.e. both vehicle and fuelling ends of the equation) with consortia of partners to be effective, immediate and long-term from an economic sustainability standpoint. 1) Recognize that fleet adoption – specifically heavy duty vehicle fleet adoption in the public sector, including bus, coach and rail systems – offers more immediate and substantial emissions reductions opportunities for taxpayers compared to individual passenger car incentives over the next four year period.Read more
Support CUTRIC’s application to ensure the federal government invests $10M in start-up seed financing for the development of a cutting edge (and publicly-controlled) ACES Big Data Trust (“Autonomous, Connected, Electric & Shared” Big Data Trust), which would ensure standardized data collection, aggregation, sharing and use for optimized decision-making for fleet procurements of electric, hydrogen electric, and autonomous, i.e. “smart”, transportation fleets across Canada. The ACES Big Data Trust will help to reduce taxpayer losses due to inefficient and unempirical procurement decision-making across Canada’s public fleets, by ensuring public fleet procurement bodies and agencies have access to the real-time, accurate, precise and immediately accessible performance data they need to hold manufacturers to account and assess performance of vehicles procured once in fleet. The ACES Big Data Trust will optimize the use of tax dollars invested in public fleets across the heavy-duty sector of vehicles, including buses, rail, coaches and municipal heavy-duty service vehicles.
Simran Arulraj · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Support CUTRIC’s application to ensure the federal government invests $10M in start-up seed financing for the development of a cutting edge (and publicly-controlled) ACES Big Data Trust (“Autonomous, Connected, Electric & Shared” Big Data Trust), which would ensure standardized data collection, aggregation, sharing and use for optimized decision-making for fleet procurements of electric, hydrogen electric, and autonomous, i.e. “smart”, transportation fleets across Canada. The ACES Big Data Trust will help to reduce taxpayer losses due to inefficient and unempirical procurement decision-making across Canada’s public fleets, by ensuring public fleet procurement bodies and agencies have access to the real-time, accurate, precise and immediately accessible performance data they need to hold manufacturers to account and assess performance of vehicles procured once in fleet. The ACES Big Data Trust will optimize the use of tax dollars invested in public fleets across the heavy-duty sector of vehicles, including buses, rail, coaches and municipal heavy-duty service vehicles.Read more
Varun Srivatsan · Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
Advancing procurement opportunities with the Government of Canada for aircraft related services.Read more
We request federal support to strengthen and stabilize the domestic production base for critical aviation technologies.
Engaging public office officials to clarify and explore federal procurement opportunities that facilitate accelerated integration and access to cutting-edge technological solutions.
To brief officials on the strategic national economic benefits associated with next-generation platform development, specifically detailing how the OEM platform development and the large-scale procurement initiatives.
Jeffery Smyth · Major General, National Defence (DND)
Seeking dialogue regarding policy frameworks that best support the transition of Canadian-led aerospace R&D from prototype to full-scale industrial application.Read more
Engaging public office officials to clarify and explore federal procurement opportunities that facilitate accelerated integration and access to cutting-edge technological solutions.
Discussing partnership models that maximize the retention of advanced intellectual property and technological leadership within Canada.
To brief officials on the strategic national economic benefits associated with next-generation platform development, specifically detailing how the OEM platform development and the large-scale procurement initiatives.
Advancing procurement opportunities with the Government of Canada for aircraft related services.
Kendal Hembroff · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Alex Thompson · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Seeking dialogue regarding policy frameworks that best support the transition of Canadian-led aerospace R&D from prototype to full-scale industrial application.Read more
Engaging public office officials to clarify and explore federal procurement opportunities that facilitate accelerated integration and access to cutting-edge technological solutions.
To brief officials on the strategic national economic benefits associated with next-generation platform development, specifically detailing how the OEM platform development and the large-scale procurement initiatives.
Tanya Nancarrow · Senior Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Russell Vallee · Manager, Health Canada (HC)
Advocacy in support of Nihtat Gwich'in Council around the construction of major projects in the North West Territories including the Polar Over the Horizon Radar and potentially related development.Read more
Derrick Cheung · President and Chief Executive Officer, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Nicolas Forget · Vice-President, Operations–Procurement, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Grant Sayers · Vice?President, Operations–Business Management, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Advocacy in support of Nihtat Gwich'in Council around the construction of major projects in the North West Territories including the Polar Over the Horizon Radar and potentially related development.Read more
Alexander Natale · Colonel, National Defence (DND)
Chris Shannon · Lieutenant Commander, National Defence (DND)
Christine Harmston · Director General, Health Canada (HC)
Luke Carter · Executive Director, Health Canada (HC)
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Tanya Nancarrow · Senior Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Russell Vallee · Manager, Health Canada (HC)
Sara Bowdridge · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Isabelle Gagnon-Arpin · Senior Economic and Socio-Economic Analyst, Health Canada (HC)
Advocacy in support of Nihtat Gwich'in Council around the construction of major projects in the North West Territories including the Polar Over the Horizon Radar and potentially related development.Read more
Simaloi Sikar · Senior Regional Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Advocacy in support of Nihtat Gwich'in Council around the construction of major projects in the North West Territories including the Polar Over the Horizon Radar and potentially related development.Read more
Zachary Zach Trynacity-Popowich · Parliamentary Secretary Assistant and Issues and Appointments Manager Office of the Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and the Canadian Northern, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Jose Villagra · Policy Advisor, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Advocacy in support of Nihtat Gwich'in Council around the construction of major projects in the North West Territories including the Polar Over the Horizon Radar and potentially related development.Read more
Advocacy in support of Nihtat Gwich'in Council around the construction of major projects in the North West Territories including the Polar Over the Horizon Radar and potentially related development.Read more
Jennifer Brown · Director, Modern Treaty Management Central, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Advocacy in support of Nihtat Gwich'in Council around the construction of major projects in the North West Territories including the Polar Over the Horizon Radar and potentially related development.Read more
Alexander MacKenzie · EA to Parm Bains, House of Commons
We request federal support to strengthen and stabilize the domestic production base for critical aviation technologies.Read more
To brief officials on the strategic national economic benefits associated with next-generation platform development, specifically detailing how the OEM platform development and the large-scale procurement initiatives.
Advancing procurement opportunities with the Government of Canada for aircraft related services.
Caroline Belbin · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
David McFarlane · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Recognize that the transition to zero-emissions transportation, including battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric transit, coach and rail systems, will require an energy “systems overhaul of entire fleets and infrastructural systems, meaning that incentives and funding programs designed and launched by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Environment, Climate Change Canada and/or Transport Canada will need to support coordinated energy systems integration efforts (i.e. both vehicle and fuelling ends of the equation) with consortia of partners to be effective, immediate and long-term from an economic sustainability standpoint. 1) Recognize that fleet adoption – specifically heavy duty vehicle fleet adoption in the public sector, including bus, coach and rail systems – offers more immediate and substantial emissions reductions opportunities for taxpayers compared to individual passenger car incentives over the next four year period.Read more
Secure funding for a Return to Transit research and innovation program which supports the research on the safe return of ridership to transit as well as supports low carbon smart mobility focused projects.
Within Canadian Transportation Innovation & Industrial Development Strategy, Canada needs to identify a clear mandate for Alternative Propulsion & Smart Mobility Innovation focusing on mechanisms that create IP and new jobs in the low-carbon transportation innovation industry, building globally relevant large scale integration trials and industry-academic collaborations through innovation consortia for alternative propulsion and smart vehicle technologies in shared mobility systems applications (e.g. public transit and shared private fleets). This Strategy must include battery electric propulsion and charging systems (heavy-duty and light-duty; vehicular and rail-based), hydrogen fuel cell electric propulsion systems and fuelling systems (heavy-duty and light-duty; vehicular and rail-based), renewable natural gas propulsion and fuelling systems (heavy-duty and light-duty; vehicular and rail-based), and automated and connected vehicle systems for public fleet systems applied to heavy- and light-duty vehicles, including bus, coach, and rail.
Jennifer McLean · Senior Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
David Vickers · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Jonathan Miller · Senior Analyst, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Andrew Maffre · Manager, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Within Canadian Transportation Innovation & Industrial Development Strategy, Canada needs to identify a clear mandate for Alternative Propulsion & Smart Mobility Innovation focusing on mechanisms that create IP and new jobs in the low-carbon transportation innovation industry, building globally relevant large scale integration trials and industry-academic collaborations through innovation consortia for alternative propulsion and smart vehicle technologies in shared mobility systems applications (e.g. public transit and shared private fleets). This Strategy must include battery electric propulsion and charging systems (heavy-duty and light-duty; vehicular and rail-based), hydrogen fuel cell electric propulsion systems and fuelling systems (heavy-duty and light-duty; vehicular and rail-based), renewable natural gas propulsion and fuelling systems (heavy-duty and light-duty; vehicular and rail-based), and automated and connected vehicle systems for public fleet systems applied to heavy- and light-duty vehicles, including bus, coach, and rail.Read more
Secure funding for a Return to Transit research and innovation program which supports the research on the safe return of ridership to transit as well as supports low carbon smart mobility focused projects.
To present the Foreign Affairs, Commerce & Trade (FACT) Task Force, a multi-stakeholder working group established by the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC). Its purpose is to support Canada's transit manufacturing sector in navigating international trade challenges, particularly in light of recently imposed U.S. tariffs and anticipated Canadian countermeasures. The Task Force serves as a forum for manufacturers, suppliers, transit agencies, labour representatives, and academic experts to share insights, assess risks, and collaboratively develop policy recommendations. Its objective is to mitigate negative impacts on Canadian jobs, production capacity, and public mobility outcomes. The FACT Task Force advocates for tariff exemptions on transit-related goods and services, and for policy supports that protect domestic supply chains and sustain Canada's zero-emission transit goals.
Adrianna Garcia-Burgo · Junior Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
To brief officials on the strategic national economic benefits associated with next-generation platform development, specifically detailing how the OEM platform development and the large-scale procurement initiatives.Read more
We request federal support to strengthen and stabilize the domestic production base for critical aviation technologies.
Discussing partnership models that maximize the retention of advanced intellectual property and technological leadership within Canada.
Advancing procurement opportunities with the Government of Canada for aircraft related services.
Frank DesRosiers · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Advocating for funding for the Pan-Canadian Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Bus Demonstration & Integration Trial as Ontario recently cancelled the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Account Fund.Read more
Recognize that the transition to zero-emissions transportation, including battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric transit, coach and rail systems, will require an energy “systems overhaul of entire fleets and infrastructural systems, meaning that incentives and funding programs designed and launched by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Environment, Climate Change Canada and/or Transport Canada will need to support coordinated energy systems integration efforts (i.e. both vehicle and fuelling ends of the equation) with consortia of partners to be effective, immediate and long-term from an economic sustainability standpoint. 1) Recognize that fleet adoption – specifically heavy duty vehicle fleet adoption in the public sector, including bus, coach and rail systems – offers more immediate and substantial emissions reductions opportunities for taxpayers compared to individual passenger car incentives over the next four year period.
Kyle Leonard · Director of Stakeholder Relations to the Minister of Public Safety, Public Safety Canada (PS)
Reeha Korpal · Director of PacifiCan & Executive Operations for Minister Gregor Robertson, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
Lucia Liang · Advisor, West and North, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Engaging public office officials to clarify and explore federal procurement opportunities that facilitate accelerated integration and access to cutting-edge technological solutions.Read more
We request federal support to strengthen and stabilize the domestic production base for critical aviation technologies.
Seeking dialogue regarding policy frameworks that best support the transition of Canadian-led aerospace R&D from prototype to full-scale industrial application.
Discussing partnership models that maximize the retention of advanced intellectual property and technological leadership within Canada.
Advancing procurement opportunities with the Government of Canada for aircraft related services.
We request federal support to strengthen and stabilize the domestic production base for critical aviation technologies.Read more
Engaging public office officials to clarify and explore federal procurement opportunities that facilitate accelerated integration and access to cutting-edge technological solutions.
Advancing procurement opportunities with the Government of Canada for aircraft related services.
Seeking dialogue regarding policy frameworks that best support the transition of Canadian-led aerospace R&D from prototype to full-scale industrial application.
To brief officials on the strategic national economic benefits associated with next-generation platform development, specifically detailing how the OEM platform development and the large-scale procurement initiatives.
Conor Lewis · Policy Advisor, National Defence (DND)
Within Canadian Transportation Innovation & Industrial Development Strategy, Canada needs to identify a clear mandate for Alternative Propulsion & Smart Mobility Innovation focusing on mechanisms that create IP and new jobs in the low-carbon transportation innovation industry, building globally relevant large scale integration trials and industry-academic collaborations through innovation consortia for alternative propulsion and smart vehicle technologies in shared mobility systems applications (e.g. public transit and shared private fleets). This Strategy must include battery electric propulsion and charging systems (heavy-duty and light-duty; vehicular and rail-based), hydrogen fuel cell electric propulsion systems and fuelling systems (heavy-duty and light-duty; vehicular and rail-based), renewable natural gas propulsion and fuelling systems (heavy-duty and light-duty; vehicular and rail-based), and automated and connected vehicle systems for public fleet systems applied to heavy- and light-duty vehicles, including bus, coach, and rail.Read more
Juanita Nathan · Member of Parliament for Pickering—Brooklin
Abirrami Thevarajah · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
To have discussions with respect to Canadian manufacturing capacity for products under Canada’s Food and Drug regulations destined exclusively for export to international markets.Read more
Discussions regarding national trade corridor initiatives, supply chain resiliency policies, and federal infrastructure funding programsRead more
Support for the Gateway's integration with federal trade and transportation strategies to ensure corridor alignment and mitigate tariff risks.
Seeking funding to align the Gateway with federal trade and transportation priorities.
Support for the project's inclusion within broader federal strategies to ensure systemic optimization and mitigating disruptions across critical economic pathways in the country.
Myles Fischer · Trade Policy Analyst, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Daniel Holton · Executive Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Ryerson Neal · Deputy Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Seeking funding to align the Gateway with federal trade and transportation priorities.Read more
Discussions regarding national trade corridor initiatives, supply chain resiliency policies, and federal infrastructure funding programs
Support for the project's inclusion within broader federal strategies to ensure systemic optimization and mitigating disruptions across critical economic pathways in the country.
Owen Crawford-Lem · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
Raj Gill · Regional Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
Sarah Jackson · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
Conducting review of available programs to develop a financing approach that maximizes leverage from investments.Read more
Seeking funding to align the Gateway with federal trade and transportation priorities.
Support for the project's inclusion within broader federal strategies to ensure systemic optimization and mitigating disruptions across critical economic pathways in the country.
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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