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Lobbying by Toronto Region Board of Trade: 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

Toronto Region Board of Trade

Meetings this Parliament
0
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
34
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Nov 22, 2024.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Mar 31, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Giles Gherson, President and CEO

Lobbyists

  • Dominic Roszak · Senior Director, Government and External Relations Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Deputy Chief of Staff, Minister's Office, Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship (2015–2015)

    Formerly Deputy Chief of Staff, Minister's Office, Minister of Employment and Social Development (2013–2015)

    Formerly Director, Multiculturalism, Minister's Office, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism (2008–2013)

  • Alex Beheshti · Director, Housing and Land Use Policy
  • Amy Hope · Vice President, Policy and Advocacy
  • Brenda Gardiner · Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
  • Giles Gherson · President & CEO Former public office holder

    Formerly Principal Secretary for Social Security Reform, Office of the Minister, Human Resources Development Canada (1994–1996)

  • Jacqueline Feuiltault · Director, Innovation and Industrial Policy
  • Jon Worren · Vice President, World Trade Center Toronto
  • Miran Markovic · Director, Policy & Committee Relations
  • Roselle Martino · Executive Vice President, Policy and Strategic Affairs
  • Saad Usmani · Senior Director, Workforce Development & Economic Research
  • Trevor Dauphinee · Chief Commercial Officer
  • Tyler Brough · Director, Transportation & Infrastructure Policy

Institutions they may lobby: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Post Corporation (CPC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), 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), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Hamilton Port Authority, Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Toronto Port Authority, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (10)
  • Economic Development: Measures impacting economic development and prosperity of Toronto, surrounding region, and other large Canadian cities including taxation/tax reform, municipal fees and budgeting, urban policies, enhanced government services and technology adoption, enhancing business competitiveness and red tape reduction.
  • Digital Adaptation: Seeking funding for delivery of programs helping small to medium size businesses digitally transform their end-to end operations.
  • Canada's Innovation Agenda: Unlocking potential in the Toronto Region – encouraging key innovation drivers and cultivating support for embracing technology as a critical business and economic enabler.
  • Immigration: Advancing an Employer Sponsorship model for skilled international workers.
  • Canada's Infrastructure Plan: 1) Reducing traffic gridlock through improving regional transportation infrastructure and governance; 2) Promoting connected and globally competitive airports; 3) Providing input on public-private partnerships; 4) Advancing project though Canada's Infrastructure Bank; 5) Intergovernmental partnership for growth funding.
  • Climate Policy: Introducing balanced policy solutions that support industrial growth while advancing climate goals.
  • Budget: 1) Increasing Canadian businesses competitiveness and driving productivity growth; 2) Maximizing job creation; 3) Maintaining fiscal discipline and reducing the Government's GDP to debt ratio; 4) Promoting investment in innovation.
  • International Trade: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) & Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA): 1) Promote adoption of free trade agreements.
  • Internal Trade: Duplicative rules and fragmented standards still limit the ability of businesses and workers to move freely across provinces. Removing these frictions would unlock immediate economic value.
  • Global Market Action Plan: 1) Helping GTA SMEs overcome barriers to exporting; 2) Involving Global Affairs Canada, EDC, BDC, etc. in the Board's trade accelerator program (TAP); 3) Helping grow regional business clusters.

Registration 956405-15291-46. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Janet De Silva (33), Giles Gherson (1).

  • Reported by Janet De Silva · In-house (organization)

    • Brandan Rowe · Director of Policy (Intergovernmental Affairs and and Infrastructure), Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Meredith Caplan Jamieson · Senior Advisor - Ontario, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Nathan Bessner · Policy Advisor and Ontario Regional Advisor (Infrastructure), Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureRegional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet De Silva · In-house (organization)

    • Lawrence Zhang · Policy Advisor, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
    • Frank Tersigni · Senior Advisor (Ontario Region), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet De Silva · In-house (organization)

    • Mary Ng · Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Zachary Nixon · Senior Special Assistant Stakeholder Relations and Regional Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Alice Hansen · Senior Special Assistant - Communications and Media Relations, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Economic DevelopmentInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet De Silva · In-house (organization)

    • Zachary Nixon · Senior Special Assistant, Stakeholder Relations & Regional Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Meghan Pritchard · Senior Special Assistant, Executive Operations and Tour, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet De Silva · In-house (organization)

    • Zachary Nixon · Senior Special Assistant, Stakeholder Relations & Regional Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet De Silva · In-house (organization)

    • Zachary Nixon · Senior Special Assistant, Stakeholder Relations & Regional Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet De Silva · In-house (organization)

    • Zachary Nixon · Senior Special Assistant, Stakeholder Relations & Regional Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Meghan Pritchard · Senior Special Assistant, Executive Operations and Tour, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet De Silva · In-house (organization)

    • Zachary Nixon · Senior Special Assistant, Stakeholder Relations & Regional Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet De Silva · In-house (organization)

    • Angad Dhillon · Director of Operations, Transport Canada (TC)

    International TradeTransportation

    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.