Organization
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- Meetings this Parliament
- 319
- With MPs
- 74
- Since Nov 2021
- 979
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.
Lobbying by Canadian Chamber of Commerce: 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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Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.
In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 29, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Candace Laing, President & Chief Executive Officer
Formerly Director of Issues Management and Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Canada (2015–2015)
Formerly Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Issues Management, Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Canada (2012–2015)
Formerly Special Assistant, Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Canada (2012–2012)
Formerly Director of Issues Manager, Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Canada (2012–2012)
Formerly Communications Assistant, House of Commons, Parliament of Canada (2018–2018)
Formerly Legislative Asistant, House of Commons, Parliament of Canada (2018–2018)
Formerly Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons, Parliament of Canada (2017–2018)
Formerly Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (2013–2015)
Formerly Executive Assistant and Policy Analyst (social affairs), Prime Ministers Office, Prime Minister's Office (2006–2008)
Formerly Special Advisor, Office of the Usher of the Black Rod, Senate of Canada (2019–2021)
Formerly Special Assistant, Office of Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, Senate of Canada (2018–2018)
Formerly Special Assistant, Office of the Usher of the Black Rod, Senate of Canada (2015–2017)
Formerly Administrative Assistant, House of Commons, House of Commons (2014–2015)
Formerly Communications Advisor, Office of the Clerk, House of Commons Administration (2010–2013)
Formerly Research Analyst, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), Department of National Defence (2021–2022)
Formerly Policy Analyst, Social Policy, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada (2001–2003)
Formerly Parliamentary Intern, Office of the Assistant Deputy Speaker & Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole, House of Commons (2022–2022)
Formerly Administrative Assistant, Corporate Services, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (2010–2016)
Formerly Special Assistant, House of Commons, Parliament of Canada (2004–2004)
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), Bank of Canada, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada Post Corporation (CPC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Competition Tribunal (CT), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), 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), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Halifax Port Authority, Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), Leaders’ Debates Commission, Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Marine Atlantic Inc., National Defence (DND), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Port Alberni Port Authority, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Shared Services Canada (SSC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), VIA Rail Canada, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (Port Metro Vancouver), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Registration 958977-15787-152. Look it up in the official Registry
Filed by Perrin Beatty (530), Candace Laing (449).
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Negotiating bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements and promoting them to Canadian businesses.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
NATIONAL SECURITY/ECONOMIC SECURITY - Advancing policies related to enhancing Canada’s economic and national security. Key priorities include strengthening economic resilience, prudently navigating geopolitical challenges to trade and international relations, safeguarding business operations against new and emerging threats, and fostering conditions for economic growth.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Improving federal laws and regulations pertaining to responsible business conduct rules for Canadian companies.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
TAXATION AND FINANCE – With regard to undertaking a comprehensive and independent tax system review.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.
LABOUR - Ensuring that any changes to the Canada Labour Code are implemented in response to defined and demonstrated issues and not to increase regulatory burdens for employers; minimizing labour disruption impacts on Canadian businesses and workers.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
TAXATION AND FINANCE – With regard to undertaking a comprehensive and independent tax system review.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
LABOUR - Ensuring that any changes to the Canada Labour Code are implemented in response to defined and demonstrated issues and not to increase regulatory burdens for employers; minimizing labour disruption impacts on Canadian businesses and workers.
INDUSTRY - Encouraging the government to strengthen regulatory cooperation and alignment through bodies like the Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); modernizing and streamlining regulatory frameworks to reduce red tape for businesses; supporting innovation by fostering regulatory flexibility that accommodates emerging technologies and industries; and enhancing the competitiveness of Canadian businesses by promoting harmonized standards across borders, facilitating smoother trade and market access.
SMALL BUSINESS – Legislation, regulations and support programs that give Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the tools to grow in Canada and internationally, including reducing their red tape and compliance burden.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
NATIONAL SECURITY/ECONOMIC SECURITY - Advancing policies related to enhancing Canada’s economic and national security. Key priorities include strengthening economic resilience, prudently navigating geopolitical challenges to trade and international relations, safeguarding business operations against new and emerging threats, and fostering conditions for economic growth.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
DEFENCE - Creating industrial opportunities for Canadian businesses through increased defence procurement and related defence policies.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT - Ensuring fair and open procurement practices to drive innovation and technology adoption in Canada.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
INDUSTRY - Encouraging the government to strengthen regulatory cooperation and alignment through bodies like the Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); modernizing and streamlining regulatory frameworks to reduce red tape for businesses; supporting innovation by fostering regulatory flexibility that accommodates emerging technologies and industries; and enhancing the competitiveness of Canadian businesses by promoting harmonized standards across borders, facilitating smoother trade and market access.
DEFENCE - Creating industrial opportunities for Canadian businesses through increased defence procurement and related defence policies.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Advocate for policies and strategic investment that make education and talent development a national priority, support research and innovation, and champion science driven solutions, while strengthening commercialization and growing the capacity of businesses to adopt new technologies and to succeed at digital transformation.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
INFRASTRUCTURE - In regard to the development of a national infrastructure plan, priority infrastructure projects, border infrastructure, public private partnerships, funding models and government consultations.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Negotiating bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements and promoting them to Canadian businesses.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
INFRASTRUCTURE - In regard to the development of a national infrastructure plan, priority infrastructure projects, border infrastructure, public private partnerships, funding models and government consultations.
LABOUR - Ensuring that any changes to the Canada Labour Code are implemented in response to defined and demonstrated issues and not to increase regulatory burdens for employers; minimizing labour disruption impacts on Canadian businesses and workers.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Negotiating bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements and promoting them to Canadian businesses.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.
HOUSING - Advocate for policies and legislation that enable the creation of more housing supply, incentivize investment in residential construction and housing – enabling infrastructure, and support the development of skilled labour we need, whether domestically or through immigration, to restore housing affordability to Canadian families.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
IMMIGRATION - Reducing regulatory burdens for employers; promoting immigration to small, rural and northern communities; supporting regional and local community immigration strategies; maintaining and modernizing the Temporary Foreign Worker Program; Facilitating pathways to permanent residency for temporary residents (international students and TFWs; expediting and simplifying foreign credential recognition, calling for an international student and global talent strategy; improving language training as well as settlement and employment supports to newcomers, aligning immigration programs with labour market needs, improving the Start-Up Visa process, improving client services to potential immigrants and newcomers.
HOUSING - Advocate for policies and legislation that enable the creation of more housing supply, incentivize investment in residential construction and housing – enabling infrastructure, and support the development of skilled labour we need, whether domestically or through immigration, to restore housing affordability to Canadian families.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
INFRASTRUCTURE - In regard to the development of a national infrastructure plan, priority infrastructure projects, border infrastructure, public private partnerships, funding models and government consultations.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Negotiating bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements and promoting them to Canadian businesses.
Reported by Candace Laing · In-house (organization)
INDUSTRY - Encouraging the government to strengthen regulatory cooperation and alignment through bodies like the Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); modernizing and streamlining regulatory frameworks to reduce red tape for businesses; supporting innovation by fostering regulatory flexibility that accommodates emerging technologies and industries; and enhancing the competitiveness of Canadian businesses by promoting harmonized standards across borders, facilitating smoother trade and market access.
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.