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Lobbying by Volunteer 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

Volunteer Canada

Meetings this Parliament
12
With MPs
5
Since Nov 2021
28
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 4, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 1, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Megan Conway, President & Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Megan Conway · President & Chief Executive Officer

Institutions they may lobby: Canadian Heritage (PCH), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

What they're lobbying on (4)
  • To ensure that a National volunteer strategy, as outlined in the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector, is implemented.
  • To ensure that frameworks that support service and volunteering are considered in policies and investments in ways that reflect the holistic needs of communities.
  • To identify how National Volunteer Week and the International Year of the Volunteer are important policy initiatives that strengthen the Canadian identity.
  • Seeking funding to strengthen volunteering in Canada and the development of a Volunteer Screening Centre.

Registration 950744-15636-30. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Ratna Omidvar · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Paul Faucette · Advisor, Senate of Canada

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Karina Gould · Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Ellen Galupo · Policy Advisory, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Jibril Hussein · Policy Advisory, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Megan Conway · In-house (organization)

    • Samantha Smitiuch · Director of Operations, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Javin Amessinclair · Scheduler, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    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.