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.
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.
← LobbyingRegistrations 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)Hide details
- 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.
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Reported meetings
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Hawa Mire · Legislative 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
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Hedy Fry · Member of Parliament
Advising on the environmental impacts of projects enabled by Bill C-5 and seeking to mitigate harms. Read more
Advising on the climate, environmental, and economic risks of new bitumen pipelines and related fossil fuel industry expansion, and seeking to mitigate harms.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Steven Guilbeault · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
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
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Shannon Miedema · Member of the House of Commons
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
Supporting a Climate-Aligned Finance Act, that would include enforcing science-based targets and holding financial institutions accountable to them.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Eric St-Pierre · Member of Parliament
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
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Chi Nguyen · Member of Parliament
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
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Nathaniel Erskine-Smith · Member of Parliament, 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
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Shannon Miedema · Member of the House of Commons
Advising on the environmental impacts of projects enabled by Bill C-5 and seeking to mitigate harms. Read more
Supporting the strengthening of current and future federal government emission reduction targets.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Fares Al Soud · Member of Parliament
Advising on the environmental impacts of projects enabled by Bill C-5 and seeking to mitigate harms. Read more
Supporting the strengthening of current and future federal government emission reduction targets.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Tony Maas · Senior Policy Advsior, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Matthew Paisley · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Isabelle Hurley · Special Assistant - ATL Desk, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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. Read more
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Jared Forman · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Supporting the implementation, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of Clean Electricity Regulations to mitigate climate change and build a low carbon future. Read more
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Corey Hogan · Member of Parliament
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
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.
Advising on the environmental impacts of projects enabled by Bill C-5 and seeking to mitigate harms.
Supporting the strengthening of current and future federal government emission reduction targets.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Zoe Royer · Member of Parliament
Advising on the climate, environmental, and economic risks of new bitumen pipelines and related fossil fuel industry expansion, and seeking to mitigate harms. Read more
Advising on the environmental impacts of projects enabled by Bill C-5 and seeking to mitigate harms.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Elizabeth May · Member of Parliament
Ensure a green investments Taxonomy does not include fossil fuels. Read more
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 a Climate-Aligned Finance Act, that would include enforcing science-based targets and holding financial institutions accountable to them.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Jared Forman · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Seeking a strengthening of the Output-based pricing system intended to make polluters pay
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Isabelle Hurley · Special Assistant - ATL Desk, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Nicole Ellement · Senior Regional Advisor - BC, AB, and SK, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Environmental and industrial strategy approaches to reducing waste and material inputs Read more
Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations to address plastic pollution.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Karim Bardeesy · Member of Parliament
Supporting the strengthening of current and future federal government emission reduction targets.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Will Greaves · Member of Parliament
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
Ensure a green investments Taxonomy does not include fossil fuels.
Supporting a Climate-Aligned Finance Act, that would include enforcing science-based targets and holding financial institutions accountable to them.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Will Greaves · Member of Parliament
Advising on the environmental impacts of projects enabled by Bill C-5 and seeking to mitigate harms.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Heather McPherson · Member of Parliament
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
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Heather McPherson · Member of Parliament
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
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Julien Brazeau · Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Robert Sample · Director General, Financial Stability and Capital Markets, Finance Canada (FIN)
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
Ensure a green investments Taxonomy does not include fossil fuels.
Supporting a Climate-Aligned Finance Act, that would include enforcing science-based targets and holding financial institutions accountable to them.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Patrick Bonin · Member of Parliament
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
Ensure a green investments Taxonomy does not include fossil fuels.
Supporting a Climate-Aligned Finance Act, that would include enforcing science-based targets and holding financial institutions accountable to them.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Ryan Turnbull · Member of Parliament
Ensure a green investments Taxonomy does not include fossil fuels. Read more
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 a Climate-Aligned Finance Act, that would include enforcing science-based targets and holding financial institutions accountable to them.
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Reported by Tim Gray · In-house (organization)
- Patrick Weiler · Member of Parliament
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
Ensure a green investments Taxonomy does not include fossil fuels.
Supporting a Climate-Aligned Finance Act, that would include enforcing science-based targets and holding financial institutions accountable to them.
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.