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Lobbying by CANADIAN HEALTH FOOD ASSOCIATION: 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

CANADIAN HEALTH FOOD ASSOCIATION

Meetings this Parliament
52
With MPs
38
Since Nov 2021
137
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • House of Commons47
  • Finance Canada (FIN)2
  • Senate of Canada1
  • Privy Council Office (PCO)1
  • Health Canada (HC)1
  • Global Affairs Canada (GAC)1
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Feb 21, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Aaron Skelton, President and CEO

Lobbyists

  • Aaron Skelton · President and CEO

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), National Research Council (NRC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (7)
  • Trade and Export Promotion Programs, including the AgriMarketing Program and Global Affairs Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service, with respect to increasing export opportunities for Canadian natural health and wellness products
  • Safe Food for Canadians Regulations –Impact on Organic Product Regulations. Impact on GMO labelling for foods. Impact on small businesses.
  • Regulations affiliated with the Cannabis Act regarding the legalization of cannabis; regulatory amendments related to phytocannabinoids
  • Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products.
  • Food Directorate and Canadian Food Inspection Agency – draft guidance on foods/supplemented foods/nutrition facts/food labelling and label modernization. GMO mandated labelling for food.
  • Food & Drug Regulation - ensure appropriate interpretation of regulations. Impact on GMO labelling for food.
  • Amendments to the Food and Drugs Act – Ensure sensible rules for natural health products. Address prohibition on sampling of natural health products directly to the consumer. Implication of Health Canada’s proposed Consumer Health Products Framework. Consideration of the 53 recommendations made in 1998 by the Standing Committee on Health.

Registration 947026-15463-40. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    • Justine Frame · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    • Debbie Beresford-Green · Vice-President, Food Safety and Science, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    Food Directorate and Canadian Food Inspection Agency – draft guidance on foods/supplemented foods/nutrition facts/food labelling and label modernization. GMO mandated labelling for food. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    • Samantha Jerome · Policy Analyst, House of Commons
    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    • Desmond Mills · Policy Analyst, House of Commons
    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    • Galen Richardson · Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Aaron Skelton · In-house (organization)

    Natural Health Products Regulations – fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework. Personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    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.