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Lobbying by Environmental Defence Canada: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.

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Organization

Environmental Defence Canada

Meetings this Parliament
140
With MPs
67
Since Nov 2021
796
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.

Bills they've lobbied on

Named in their own descriptions of meetings or of their registration. Their words are quoted below each bill.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • House of Commons79
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)44
  • Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)4
  • Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)3
  • Health Canada (HC)3
  • Finance Canada (FIN)3
  • Prime Minister's Office (PMO)2
  • Senate of Canada1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Oct 2, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Tim Gray, Executive Director

Lobbyists

  • Aaron O'Quinn · Project Manager, Government Relations
  • Alex Walker · Program Manager, Climate Finance
  • Aly Hyder Ali · Program Manager, Oil and Gas
  • Ashley Wallis · Senior Program Manager
  • Cassie Barker · Program Manager
  • Emilia Belliveau · Program Manager
  • Emily Hunter · Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate
  • Julia Levin · Associate Director, National Climate
  • Karen Wirsig · Program Manager
  • Keith Brooks · Campaigns Director
  • Michael Adamson · Program Manager, Clean Steel
  • Mike Marcolongo · Associate Director
  • Norm Di Pasquale · Program Manager, NoJets
  • Philip Pothen · Program Manager - Ontario Environment
  • Rebecca Kolarich · Program Manager, Ontario Environment
  • Stephen Legault · Sr Manager, Alberta Energy Transition
  • Suzanne Apelian · Managing Director
  • Tim Gray · Executive Director

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Emission Reduction Incentives Agency, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Northern Pipeline Agency, Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Toronto Port Authority, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (31)
  • Seeking amendments to the fall 2026 Bill C-39 Building Canada Strong Act which proposes to amend the IAA, Fisheries Act, Navigable Waters Act, and SARA to fast track industrial projects, weaken environmental protection measures and reduce public transparency and access to the courts.
  • Seeking the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations to address plastic pollution.
  • Seeking to reverse recent amendments to Pest Control Products Act included in Bill C-30 and C-31 that would end mandatory post-market re-evaluation of health and environmental risks, and allow Cabinet to override Minister's science-based risk assessment restrictions.
  • Seeking to stop proposal changes to Impact Assessment Act, Fisheries Act and Species at Risk Act that the federal government released a spring 2026 discussion paper concerning proposed changes to the IAA, Fisheries Act and SARA that would significantly weaken protection of environment and human health
  • Supporting, under the auspices of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Fisheries Act enforcement actions with regard to pollution being emitted from the oil sands, and implementation of the Chemicals Management Plan; ensuring assessment and regulation of priority chemicals of concern.
  • Supporting the coalition of organizations that are advocating for all 9,300 acres of the remaining former Pickering Airport Lands to be transferred to the Rouge Urban National Park. Currently advocating for this priority to be transferred from Transport Canada to Parks
  • Ensure the federal government provides financial support for decarbonized steel production in Canada
  • Engaging with amendments to support the development, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of Clean Electricity Regulations to mitigate climate change and build a low carbon future.
  • Continued advocacy to ensure that that DFO uses SARA protections to their fullest possible extent to delay or stop Highway 413 especially in regards to the Endangered Redside Dace
  • Advising on the environmental impacts of projects enabled by Building Canada Act and seeking to block the designation of fossil fuel infrastructure and advance clean economy projects.
  • Advising on the climate, environmental, and economic risks of new bitumen pipelines and related fossil fuel industry expansion, and seeking to mitigate harms.
  • Seeking that the federal government deny changes to the Tripartite Agreement, and therefore not enable a process toward expanding the Toronto Island Airport to accommodate jets.
  • Seeking Cabinet Emergency Order to protect the critical habitat of piping plover at Wasaga Beach
  • Supporting the federal government in its negotiation of a strong international treaty on plastic pollution.
  • Advising on the climate impacts of existing or proposed LNG projects, as well as the global business environment for LNG, and seeking to mitigate harms.
  • Environmental and industrial strategy approaches to reducing waste and material inputs
  • Seeking a strengthening of the Output-based pricing system intended to make polluters pay
  • Supporting investment in systems for reuse and refill as an alternative to single-use packaging.
  • Supporting a Climate-Aligned Finance Act, that would include enforcing science-based targets and holding financial institutions accountable to them.
  • Federal Budget - providing resources for environmental initiatives, including climate change, public transit, renewable energy, climate finance accountability, investment in water and wastewater infrastructure, pollution abatement and enforcement, economic transition, sustainable jobs, aligning federal spending with climate objectives and restricting resources for fossil fuels.
  • Supporting the strengthening of current and future federal government emission reduction targets.
  • Ensure a green investments Taxonomy does not include fossil fuels.
  • Advancing climate transition plans across the economy, requiring federally regulated financial institutions and large companies to develop and implement plans that align their business with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
  • Supporting the establishment of the Canada Public Transit Fund and negotiated infrastructure funding agreements with provinces, territories, and cities, where the federal government would establish land-use standards near federally funded transit stations, establish zero-emission bus procurement requirements and expand operations funding to increase transit service levels.
  • Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations on the manufacture, use, sale and import of products containing CEPA-toxic and potentially toxic substances.
  • Supporting the commitment made by the federal government to end fossil fuel subsidies and public financing of the oil and gas sector, and ensure the Polluter Pays principle is upheld.
  • Supporting federal action to reduce plastic waste in grocery stores through reductions in packaging and overwrap, increases in the use of reusable packaging, and greater transparency with regard to the effectiveness of recycling and waste diversion approaches across Canada.
  • Supporting Canada meeting its international commitments and obligations under the Paris Agreement.
  • Supporting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice under the National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act.
  • Supporting, under the Income Tax Act, federal investment in clean economic development that excludes carbon capture and storage and fossil-fuel derived hydrogen.
  • Seeking stronger rules, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, for light, medium and heavy-duty vehicle fuel economy regulations and zero-emission vehicle standards to reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

Registration 878333-13022-111. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Adrianna Garcia-Burgos · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
    Seeking the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations to address plastic pollution. Read more

    Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations on the manufacture, use, sale and import of products containing CEPA-toxic and potentially toxic substances.

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew Jones · Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
    • Todd Cain · Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
    Seeking to reverse recent amendments to Pest Control Products Act included in Bill C-30 and C-31 that would end mandatory post-market re-evaluation of health and environmental risks, and allow Cabinet to override Minister's science-based risk assessment restrictions. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Hurley · Deputy Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Nicole Ellement · Senior Regional Advisor - BC, AB, and SK, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Federal Budget - providing resources for environmental initiatives, including climate change, public transit, renewable energy, climate finance accountability, investment in water and wastewater infrastructure, pollution abatement and enforcement, economic transition, sustainable jobs, aligning federal spending with climate objectives and restricting resources for fossil fuels. Read more

    Seeking the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations to address plastic pollution.

    Environmental and industrial strategy approaches to reducing waste and material inputs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew Paisley · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Brenna Walsh · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Nicole Ellement · Senior Regional Advisor - BC, AB, and SK, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Isabelle Hurley · Deputy Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 2 more
    • Natalie Woodland · nature Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Claire Rochon · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Seeking a strengthening of the Output-based pricing system intended to make polluters pay Read more

    Seeking stronger rules, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, for light, medium and heavy-duty vehicle fuel economy regulations and zero-emission vehicle standards to reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    Rouge National Urban Park expansion involving the former Pickering Airport lands.

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    Advising on the climate impacts of existing or proposed LNG projects, as well as the global business environment for LNG, and seeking to mitigate harms.

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Mario Simard · Member of Parliament
    • Ariane Francoeur · Constituency Assistant, House of Commons
    Supporting the commitment made by the federal government to end fossil fuel subsidies and public financing of the oil and gas sector, and ensure the Polluter Pays principle is upheld. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    Advising on the climate impacts of existing or proposed LNG projects, as well as the global business environment for LNG, and seeking to mitigate harms.

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Garrard · Director General, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Read Guernsey · Advisor/Economist, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Jeremy Weil · Director General - Corporate Finance and Asset Management, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Supporting the commitment made by the federal government to end fossil fuel subsidies and public financing of the oil and gas sector, and ensure the Polluter Pays principle is upheld. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Patrick Bonin · Member of Parliament
    • Rosalie Thibault · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
    Supporting the commitment made by the federal government to end fossil fuel subsidies and public financing of the oil and gas sector, and ensure the Polluter Pays principle is upheld. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Claire Rochon · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Brenna Walsh · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Jared Forman · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Natalie Woodland · Policy and North Regional Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 1 more
    • Kieran Steede · Operations Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Supporting the commitment made by the federal government to end fossil fuel subsidies and public financing of the oil and gas sector, and ensure the Polluter Pays principle is upheld. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Aruna Rajulu · Director of Policy, Decarbonization Secretariat, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Jeff Labonté · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    Supporting the commitment made by the federal government to end fossil fuel subsidies and public financing of the oil and gas sector, and ensure the Polluter Pays principle is upheld. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    Supporting the commitment made by the federal government to end fossil fuel subsidies and public financing of the oil and gas sector, and ensure the Polluter Pays principle is upheld. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    Advancing climate transition plans across the economy, requiring federally regulated financial institutions and large companies to develop and implement plans that align their business with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Simran Arulraj · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Supporting the commitment made by the federal government to end fossil fuel subsidies and public financing of the oil and gas sector, and ensure the Polluter Pays principle is upheld. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Varun Srivatsan · Director of Policy to the Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Supporting the commitment made by the federal government to end fossil fuel subsidies and public financing of the oil and gas sector, and ensure the Polluter Pays principle is upheld. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Natalie Woodland · Policy and North Regional Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Claire Rochon · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Supporting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice under the National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Nicole Ellement · Senior Regional Advisor - BC, AB, and SK, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Natalie Woodland · Policy and North Regional Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations on the manufacture, use, sale and import of products containing CEPA-toxic and potentially toxic substances. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Hurley · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Nicole Ellement · Senior Regional Advisor - BC, AB, and SK, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations to address plastic pollution. Read more

    Supporting federal action to reduce plastic waste in grocery stores through reductions in packaging and overwrap, increases in the use of reusable packaging, and greater transparency with regard to the effectiveness of recycling and waste diversion approaches across Canada.

    Supporting the federal government in its negotiation of a strong international treaty on plastic pollution.

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Lawvin Hadisi · Constituency Assistant, House of Commons
    Seeking that the federal government deny changes to the Tripartite Agreement, and therefore not enable a process toward expanding the Toronto Island Airport to accommodate jets. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    Advising on the climate impacts of existing or proposed LNG projects, as well as the global business environment for LNG, and seeking to mitigate harms.

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    Seeking stronger rules, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, for light, medium and heavy-duty vehicle fuel economy regulations and zero-emission vehicle standards to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    Seeking stronger rules, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, for light, medium and heavy-duty vehicle fuel economy regulations and zero-emission vehicle standards to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    Advising on the climate impacts of existing or proposed LNG projects, as well as the global business environment for LNG, and seeking to mitigate harms. Read more

    Seeking stronger rules, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, for light, medium and heavy-duty vehicle fuel economy regulations and zero-emission vehicle standards to reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

    Official report

  • Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)

    Seeking stronger rules, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, for light, medium and heavy-duty vehicle fuel economy regulations and zero-emission vehicle standards to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Read more

    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.