Organization
Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI)
- Meetings this Parliament
- 35
- With MPs
- 7
- Since Nov 2021
- 86
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Aug 31, 2026.
Lobbying by Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI): 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 Mar 10, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Christyn Cianfarani, President and CEO
Lobbyists
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Mindy Pearce · Policy Advisor
Former designated public office holder
Formerly Director of Policy, Minister's Office, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada (2010–2015)
Formerly Manager, Personnel and Administration, Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (2009–2010)
Formerly Policy Advisor, Minister's Office, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada (2008–2009)
Formerly Policy Advisor, President's Office, Treasury Board of Canada (2007–2008)
- Christyn Cianfarani · President
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Ingrid Ravary-Konopka · Senior Policy Advisor
Former public office holder
Formerly Special Assistant, Justin Trudeau-MP, House of Commons (2008–2013)
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Nicolas Todd · Vice President, Government Relations and Communications
Former public office holder
Formerly Senior Policy Advisor (Internal Trade & National Defence), Associate Minister of National Defence, Office of the Minister for Internal Trade, Officials Languages Democratic Reform and Associate Minister of National Defence (2005–2006)
Formerly Policy Analyst, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (2002–2003)
Formerly Political Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (2000–2002)
Formerly Media Analyst, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (2000–2000)
Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Defence Construction Canada (DCC), 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), Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
What they're lobbying on (4)Hide details
- •Improve timeliness and predictability of Canada's export control regime and improve coordination with and implementation of defence trade promotion measures.
- •Raise awareness of the economic and national security contributions by the Canadian defence and innovative industry, including dual use, and the national security and economic value of having a robust, sustainable Canadian domestic defence industrial base.
- •Modernize Canada's procurement process for defence, security, cyber, ICT, and related emerging technologies with the goal of streamlining and increasing effectiveness for Canadian companies and enabling sovereign defence, cyber and digital capabilities.
- •Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D.
Registration 901179-15125-37. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Greg Orencsak · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Christiane Fox · Deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)
•Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Matthew Hall · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
•Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Brian Botting · Director of Defence Industrial Strategy (Sr Advisor, Defence Industrial Strategy), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
•Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Pavan Sapra · Director of Policy and Operations, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
•Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- David J. McGuinty · Minister of National Defence, National Defence (DND)
- Radey Barrack · Director Of Policy, National Defence (DND)
- Doug Guzman · Chief Executive Officer, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
- Christiane Fox · Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
•Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D. Read more
•Raise awareness of the economic and national security contributions by the Canadian defence and innovative industry, including dual use, and the national security and economic value of having a robust, sustainable Canadian domestic defence industrial base.
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Stephen Fuhr · Secretary of State, Defence Procurement
•Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Dominic Laporte · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
•Modernize Canada's procurement process for defence, security, cyber, ICT, and related emerging technologies with the goal of streamlining and increasing effectiveness for Canadian companies and enabling sovereign defence, cyber and digital capabilities. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- John Hannaford · Personal Representative of the Prime Minister to the European Union, Privy Council Office (PCO)
•Raise awareness of the economic and national security contributions by the Canadian defence and innovative industry, including dual use, and the national security and economic value of having a robust, sustainable Canadian domestic defence industrial base. Read more
•Improve timeliness and predictability of Canada's export control regime and improve coordination with and implementation of defence trade promotion measures.
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Stephen Fuhr · Secretary of State, Defence Procurement
•Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Heather Sheehy · ADM Materiel, National Defence (DND)
•Raise awareness of the economic and national security contributions by the Canadian defence and innovative industry, including dual use, and the national security and economic value of having a robust, sustainable Canadian domestic defence industrial base. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Brian Botting · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Laurent Blanchard · Senior Policy Advisor, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
- Pavan Sapra · Director of Policy, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
•Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Bill Matthews · Deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)
- Christiane Fox · Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
•Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Jaspinder Komal · Assistant Deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)
•Encourage the government to implement of the priorities, policies and programs laid out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the proper functioning of enabling programs and policies like industrial security, Industrial and Technological Benefits, financing, and innovation/R&D. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Matthew Hall · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
•Raise awareness of the economic and national security contributions by the Canadian defence and innovative industry, including dual use, and the national security and economic value of having a robust, sustainable Canadian domestic defence industrial base. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Doug Guzman · CEO, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
•Modernize Canada's procurement process for defence, security, cyber, ICT, and related emerging technologies with the goal of streamlining and increasing effectiveness for Canadian companies and enabling sovereign defence, cyber and digital capabilities. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- David McFarlane · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
To monitor and improve the Industrial Technological Benefit/Value Proposition policy so that the Government of Canada leverages defence procurements to maximum economic, trade and industrial value, including further developing Key Industrial Capabilities. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Brian Botting · Director of Defence Industrial Strategy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
To monitor and improve the Industrial Technological Benefit/Value Proposition policy so that the Government of Canada leverages defence procurements to maximum economic, trade and industrial value, including further developing Key Industrial Capabilities. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Gregory Smith · Canadian Military Representative to NATO, National Defence (DND)
Encourage the Government of Canada to take the steps necessary to meet Canada's international defence obligations, including developing a plan for how Canada will meet its NATO burden sharing commitments. This may also include developing a strategy, policies and programs to promote, enhance, and acquire sovereign Canadian defence production to better defence itself and allies, as Canada committed to in the NATO Defence Production Action Plan and NATO Industrial Capacity Expansion Pledge. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Nicholas Brousseau · Ambassador of Canada to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Encourage the Government of Canada to take the steps necessary to meet Canada's international defence obligations, including developing a plan for how Canada will meet its NATO burden sharing commitments. This may also include developing a strategy, policies and programs to promote, enhance, and acquire sovereign Canadian defence production to better defence itself and allies, as Canada committed to in the NATO Defence Production Action Plan and NATO Industrial Capacity Expansion Pledge. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Nancy Healey · Commissioner for Employers, Canada Employment Insurance Commission
To raise awareness of the economic and national security contributions by the Canadian defence industry and the national security and economic value of having a robust, sustainable domestic defence industrial base. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Dominic Laporte · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Modernizing Canada's defence and security procurement process with respect to the full spectrum of policies and procedures in Department of National Defence (DND), Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) and Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC) with a goal of streamlining and increasing effectiveness. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Heather Sheehy · ADM Materiel, National Defence (DND)
Improve timeliness and predictability of Canada's export control regime so that they do not place Canadian exporters at a competitive disadvantage compared to NATO allies. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Isabelle Hudon · President and CEO, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Improve timeliness and predictability of Canada's export control regime so that they do not place Canadian exporters at a competitive disadvantage compared to NATO allies. Read more
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Ajay Nandalall · Senior Special Assistant, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
To convince government officials to maintain and/or improve global market access for Canadian firms in a way that respects Canada's export controls.
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Reported by Christyn Cianfarani · In-house (organization)
- Jenna Sudds · Member of Parliament
Improve timeliness and predictability of Canada's export control regime so that they do not place Canadian exporters at a competitive disadvantage compared to NATO allies. Read more
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.