Organization
RAILWAY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (THE) (RAC)
- Meetings this Parliament
- 42
- With MPs
- 8
- Since Nov 2021
- 185
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 3, 2026.
Lobbying by RAILWAY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (THE) (RAC): 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 Aug 20, 2026
Filed by Eric Harvey, President and CEO
Lobbyists
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Eric Harvey · President and CEO
Former public office holder
Formerly Legals Counsel, Legal Services, Transport Canada (2002–2006)
Formerly Legal Counsel, Legal Services, Canadian Transportation Agency (2000–2002)
Formerly Counsel, Trade Law Division (JLT), Foreign Affairs and International Trade (1999–2000)
Formerly Legal Counsel, Legal Services, Canadian Transportation Agency (1998–1999)
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Olivia Russo · Advocacy & Policy Specialist
Former public office holder
Formerly Legislative Assistant, Member of Parliament for Ottawa-West Nepean, House of Commons (2024–2024)
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Competition Tribunal (CT), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
What they're lobbying on (12)Hide details
- Seek to strengthen and accelerate transportation-focused government research investment by creating or adapting programs encouraging technology development for security, emissions reduction, and other rail technologies including for safety.
- Seek to develop infrastructure support program for shortline railways.
- Provide an essential link between federal regulators and RAC members, and work collaboratively with departments and agencies to provide government with input on the feasibility and impact of regulatory policies.
- Legislative changes pertaining to the Canada Transportation Act, Railway Safety Act, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, and other railway-related proposals, bills, or resolutions.
- Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments.
- Encourage trade-enabling, safety-related, and other railway funding support through existing and/or new programs or policies.
- Discussions related to passenger bill of rights.
- Discussions related to Enhanced Train Control.
- Discussions related to broadband communications for critical infrastructure operators.
- Critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity.
- Canada-U.S. policy and regulatory alignment.
- Anti-replacement workers legislation and other labour matters affecting railways.
Registration 960141-14798-61. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
SpreadsheetFiled by Marc Brazeau (137), Eric Harvey (48).
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Serge Bijimine · Assistant Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
- Louisa Pang · Director, Rail Policy Analysis and Legislative Initiatives, Transport Canada (TC)
Encourage trade-enabling, safety-related, and other railway funding support through existing and/or new programs or policies. Read more
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Brian Botting · Director of Defence Industrial Strategy (Sr Advisor, Defence Industrial Strategy), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Encourage trade-enabling, safety-related, and other railway funding support through existing and/or new programs or policies. Read more
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Varun Srivatsan · Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Galen Richardson · Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Nasser Haidar · Senior Policy Advisor, Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments. Read more
Encourage trade-enabling, safety-related, and other railway funding support through existing and/or new programs or policies.
Canada-U.S. policy and regulatory alignment.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Lawrence Hanson · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Legislative changes pertaining to the Canada Transportation Act, Railway Safety Act, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, and other railway-related proposals, bills, or resolutions. Read more
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
- Serge Bijimine · Assistant Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments. Read more
Legislative changes pertaining to the Canada Transportation Act, Railway Safety Act, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, and other railway-related proposals, bills, or resolutions.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Philip Jennings · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Seek to develop infrastructure support program for shortline railways.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Varun Srivatsan · Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
Seek to develop infrastructure support program for shortline railways.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Luhan Yao · Policy Advisor, House of Commons
- Ayla Dumais · Stakeholder Relations Advisor, House of Commons
Seek to develop infrastructure support program for shortline railways.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Alexis Conrad · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Mathew Sajkunovic · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Liaison Secretariat for Macroeconomic Policy, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Seek to develop infrastructure support program for shortline railways.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Christian Dea · D.G. Transportation & Economic Analysis and Chief Economist Transport Canada, Transport Canada (TC)
Seek to develop infrastructure support program for shortline railways.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Galen Richardson · Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Seek to develop infrastructure support program for shortline railways.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Jeremy Keats · Senior Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Seek to develop infrastructure support program for shortline railways.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Dan Albas · Member of Parliament
Seek to develop infrastructure support program for shortline railways.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Brigitte Diogo · Associate Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
Seek to develop infrastructure support program for shortline railways. Read more
Encourage trade-enabling, safety-related, and other railway funding support through existing and/or new programs or policies.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Sarah Jackson · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Jed Graham · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments. Read more
Legislative changes pertaining to the Canada Transportation Act, Railway Safety Act, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, and other railway-related proposals, bills, or resolutions.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Stéphanie Hébert · Assistant Deputy Minister, Programs, Transport Canada (TC)
Encourage trade-enabling, safety-related, and other railway funding support through existing and/or new programs or policies.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
Encourage trade-enabling, safety-related, and other railway funding support through existing and/or new programs or policies. Read more
Canada-U.S. policy and regulatory alignment.
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments.
Provide an essential link between federal regulators and RAC members, and work collaboratively with departments and agencies to provide government with input on the feasibility and impact of regulatory policies.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Clement Gignac · Senator, Senate of Canada
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments. Read more
Encourage trade-enabling, safety-related, and other railway funding support through existing and/or new programs or policies.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Duncan Wilson · Senator, Senate of Canada
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Mike Kelloway · Member of Parliament; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
Provide an essential link between federal regulators and RAC members, and work collaboratively with departments and agencies to provide government with input on the feasibility and impact of regulatory policies. Read more
Encourage trade-enabling, safety-related, and other railway funding support through existing and/or new programs or policies.
Canada-U.S. policy and regulatory alignment.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Todd Lewis · Senator, Senate of Canada
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments. Read more
Anti-replacement workers legislation and other labour matters affecting railways.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Mike Kelloway · Member of Parliament; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments. Read more
Encourage trade-enabling, safety-related, and other railway funding support through existing and/or new programs or policies.
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Reported by Eric Harvey · In-house (organization)
- Jed Graham · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
Legislative changes pertaining to the Canada Transportation Act, Railway Safety Act, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, and other railway-related proposals, bills, or resolutions. Read more
Issues affecting railway safety, operations, and investments.
Provide an essential link between federal regulators and RAC members, and work collaboratively with departments and agencies to provide government with input on the feasibility and impact of regulatory policies.
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.