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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).

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Celine Heinbecker · Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Michel Normand-Marleau · Senior Development Officer, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    ClimateEnvironmentInternational Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Heather Patterson · Deputy Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Weldon Epp · Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Graham Dattels · Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Marie-Louise Hannan · Director General, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Kerry Robinson · Executive Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    and 2 more
    • Michael McCulloch · Deputy Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Jean-Bernard Parenteau · Director General, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Dave Epp · Member of Parliament for Chatham-Kent—Leamington
    • Anita Vandenbeld · Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister for International Development
    • Heather McPherson · Member of Parliament for Edmonton Strathcona

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Donald Neil Plett · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Mary Jane McCallum · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    International DevelopmentMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Laveza Khan · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons

    International Relations

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Mike Morrice · Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre, House of Commons

    Climate

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Mike Lake · Member of Parliament for Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

    Climate

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Dave Epp · Member of Parliament for Chatham-Kent-Leamington

    Climate

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Eddy Perez · Senior International Affairs Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Climate

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Rosa Galvez · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Climate

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Philip Lawrence · Member of Parliament for Northumberland-Peterborough South
    • Bev Busson · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Eddy Perez · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Rosa Galvez · Senator, Senate of Canada

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Anita Vandenbeld · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Development
    • Harjit Sajjan · Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Kim Pate · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Aboriginal AffairsJustice and Law Enforcement

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Ed Fast · Member of Parliament for Abbotsford, House of Commons

    Foreign AffairsInternational DevelopmentInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Dave Epp · Member of Parliament for Chatham-Kent-Leamington

    Foreign AffairsInternational Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Garnett Genuis · Member of Parliament for Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan

    Foreign AffairsInternational DevelopmentInternational TradeMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Garnett Genuis · Member of Parliament for Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan

    Foreign AffairsInternational Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Karen Vecchio · Member of Parliament for Elgin-Middlesex-London, House of Commons

    Foreign AffairsInternational Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Robert Oliphant · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

    Foreign AffairsMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Laura Gamez · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International DevelopmentMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick Cober Bauman · In-house (organization)

    • Bob Paquin · Chargé d’affaires and Head of Office, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Development

    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.