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Lobbying by Telesat Corporation: 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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Corporation

Telesat Corporation

Meetings this Parliament
190
With MPs
49
Since Nov 2021
676
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 28, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (corporation) In effect since Apr 27, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Daniel Goldberg, President and Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Andrew Lockhart · Director, Government and Public Affairs Former public office holder

    Formerly Legislative Assistant, Senate, Parliament of Canada (2012–2014)

    Formerly Student, Senate, Parliament of Canada (2011–2012)

    Formerly Student, Senate, Parliament of Canada (2011–2011)

    Formerly Student, Senate, Parliament of Canada (2010–2010)

  • Daniel Goldberg · CEO
  • Donald Tremblay · CFO
  • Glenn Katz · Chief Commercial Officer
  • Michael Schwartz · Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development
  • Michel Forest · Chief Technology Officer
  • Michele Beck · Vice President, North American Sales
  • Mike Adamson · Senior Director, Defense Strategy and Business Development Former public office holder

    Formerly Brigadier-General, Commander 3 Canadian Space Division, Canadian Armed Forces, Royal Canadian Air Force (2023–2024)

    Formerly Brigadier-General, DG Space, Canadian Armed Forces, Royal Canadian Air Force (2020–2022)

    Formerly Colonel, selected for National Security Program , Canadian Forces College, Canadian Armed Forces, Royal Canadian Air Force (2019–2019)

    Formerly Colonel, Commander 14 Wing Greenwood, Canadian Armed Forces, Royal Canadian Air Force (2017–2018)

  • Stephen Hampton · Head, Public Policy and Government Affairs Former public office holder

    Formerly Legislative Assistant, House of Commons, Parliament of Canada (2013–2013)

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV), Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Shared Services Canada (SSC), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (13)
  • Work with the Government of Canada on international engagements as it relates to the digital economy and Internet connectivity.
  • Work with government to promote and support Canada's digital economy, specifically in regards to advancing rural broadband.
  • Work with Government of Canada to promote and support Canada's space economy
  • Providing input to discussions or proceedings regarding support for expansion of broadband service to rural areas.
  • Providing industry input to the Government on the Canadian Space Agency regarding the future of the Agency.
  • Provide input to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada regarding spectrum and orbital slot allocation procedures, as well as spectrum fees.
  • Engage with the Strategic Innovation Fund regarding communication technologies.
  • Engage with the government of Canada on funding programs aimed at advancing the deployment of rural broadband
  • Engage with the government of Canada on federal funding programs aimed at supporting communication technologies.
  • Engage in discussions with the Government of Canada on the creation of a National Space Council
  • Encourage the Government of Canada to fulfill unique communications, scientific or military requirements through new satellite programs
  • Discussions with the Government of Canada on immigration as it relates to attracting and retaining a highly skilled workforce
  • Changes to the regulatory fees charged by government for spectrum and orbital slots

Registration 781371-14407-67. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Laurel Chester · Sr. Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Duncan Tooley · Director of Operations, National Defence (DND)

    DefenceEconomic DevelopmentGovernment ProcurementInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Laurel Chester · Sr. Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Laurel Chester · Sr. Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Audrey Milette · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Shristi Radhakrishnan · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    DefenceEconomic DevelopmentGovernment ProcurementInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • John McKay · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    DefenceEconomic DevelopmentGovernment ProcurementInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Samuel Saint-Vincent · Sr. Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Mélanie Joly · Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Tania Belisle-Leclerc · Director of Policy, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Dominic LeBlanc · Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Rob Jamieson · Sr. Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Ashton Ross · Legislative Assistant, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    DefenceEconomic DevelopmentGovernment ProcurementInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Harjit Sajjan · Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Matthew Stenson · Director of Policy, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Damien C. Kurek · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Darrell Samson · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Jean-Michel Tweed · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Bill Blair · Minister, National Defence (DND)
    • Larysa Lubka-Lewyckyj · Senior Policy Advisor, National Defence (DND)
    • Hilary Hendriks · Policy Advisor, National Defence (DND)

    DefenceEconomic DevelopmentGovernment ProcurementInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Eric Dagenais · Sr. Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Eric Dagenais · Sr. Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Ian Foucher · Chief of Staff, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Ian Foucher · Chief of Staff, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Eric Dagenais · Sr. Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Eric Dagenais · Sr. Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel Goldberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Laurel Chester · Sr. Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureTelecommunications

    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.