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Lobbying by Mennonite Central Committee 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

Mennonite Central Committee Canada

Meetings this Parliament
51
With MPs
30
Since Nov 2021
144
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 21, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Apr 1, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Ken Kim, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Lobbyists

  • Anna Vogt · Director of Advocacy and Public Policy
  • Annalee Giesbrecht · Advocacy Engagement Animator and Coordinator
  • Brian Dyck · Migration & Resettlement Program Coordinator
  • Bruce Guenther · Co-Director of Planning, Learning and Disaster Response
  • Kaylee Perez · Operations Coordinator, National Migration and Resettlement Program
  • Ken Kim · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • Laura VanderGriendt · External Grants Coordinator
  • Mackenzie Graham · Advocacy and Networking Specialist (Domestic)
  • Rick Cober Bauman · Executive Director (ret.)
  • Samantha Coelho · Advocacy and Networking Specialist (International)

Institutions they may lobby: Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Justice Canada (JC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (14)
  • Encouraging support for peacebuilding and civic space in Canada.
  • Monitoring Canadian policies relating to environmental justice and encouraging Canada to take concrete steps to rectify past environmental injustices and prevent future environmental harms.
  • Monitoring Canadian restorative justice programming and policies related to Public Safety and the Justice Department and encouraging more Canadian support for restorative justice programming.
  • Monitoring Canadian policies related to grassroots peacebuilding and encouraging more Canadian support for peacebuilding programming especially to address the root causes of forced displacement.
  • Monitoring Canada's international assistance policy and programs as they relate to the countries of focus; overall budget numbers; women, peace and security agenda; and support for small-scale farmers in developing countries.
  • Monitoring Canada's foreign and defence programs and policies as they relate to the signing of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), peacebuilding, and conflict prevention initiatives.
  • Monitoring and encouraging implementation of Canada's Paris Agreement commitments around climate change.
  • MCC advocates around Canada's sanctions policies, as they impact our ability to do our work and impact vulnerable communities.
  • International development initiatives as they relate to Global Affairs Canada's grant proposals program.
  • Immigration and refugee protection policies and regulations relating to the sponsorship and settlement of refugees--in particular, with respect to Canada's Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program.
  • Expressing concern around Canada's military response to global conflict, with encouragement for investing instead in diplomacy, more development aid, support for peacebuilding efforts, and humanitarian assistance for displaced peoples.
  • Encouraging strengthened, nation-to-nation relations with Indigenous peoples through the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission final recommendations (i.e. a public inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women, implementing the UNDRIP, etc.).
  • Encouraging more support for peacebuilding initiatives in Palestine Israel. Support for Canadian policies in Palestine and Israel that uphold human rights and promote a just peace for all in the region, including Palestinian refugees.
  • Encouraging continued human rights oversight and accountability for Canadian extractive industries operating outside of Canada.

Registration 951198-145-56. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Rick Cober Bauman (88), Ken Kim (56).

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.