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Lobbying by Rick Hansen Foundation: 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

Rick Hansen Foundation

Meetings this Parliament
77
With MPs
18
Since Nov 2021
204
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 25, 2026.

Registrations in effect

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

Filed by Doramy Ehling, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Amanda Basi · Senior Director, Programs
  • Doramy Ehling · Chief Executive Officer
  • Mike Reid · Vice President, Resource Development

Institutions they may lobby: Accessibility Standards Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada Post Corporation (CPC), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), National Capital Commission (NCC), National Defence (DND), Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG), Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), Parks Canada (PC), 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), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), VIA Rail Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

What they're lobbying on (6)
  • Work with the various government programs that support accessibility, inclusion, and a world without barriers, particularly in the built environment around an accessibility Certification Program which will assess and rate the built environment of Canada against a common standard (example Canadian Standards Association).
  • Work with the Government of Canada to seek funding and support for RHF national initiatives designed to educate and engage Canadians about the importance of promoting accessibility, in coordination with National AccessAbility Week.
  • Work with the Government of Canada to provide leadership in salmon and sturgeon conservation and related initiatives and research.
  • Work with the Government of Canada to promote the Rick Hansen School Program to promote the adoption of this already existing program in every school in Canada.
  • Work with Government of Canada to endorse and support the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification Program Program as the national standard to assess and certify the built environment.
  • Communication with the Government of Canada, to keep them informed of the use and outcomes of their investment in spinal cord injury research, as well as the outcomes of any projects around which we collaborate in order to maintain funding and to seek future funding.

Registration 834912-15817-64. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Yvette-Monique Gray · Regional Director General, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Dylan Jones · Deputy Minister/President, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Kevin Murphy · Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Youmy Han · Regional Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Arianne Reza · Executive Vice President of Shared Services Canada and Associate Deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Michael Mills · Assistant Deputy Minister of Procurement Branch, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Amanda Assi · Senior Advisor to the ADM, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Amanda Nassrallah · Chief of Staff to Associate Deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Collinda Joseph · Accessibility Task Team, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Krista Wilcox · Director General, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Rupa Bhawal-Montmorency · Director General, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    Economic DevelopmentFisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Liam Olsen · BC Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Economic DevelopmentFisheriesInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Fiona Simons · Regional Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Economic DevelopmentFisheriesInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Alexander Craney · Exempt Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Economic DevelopmentFisheriesInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Joyce Murray · Minister of Fisheries, Ocean, and Coast Guard, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Economic DevelopmentFisheriesInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Catherine Blewett · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    FisheriesInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Alexis Conrad · Assistant Secretary, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    FisheriesInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Chantal Petitclerc · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Esther Yang · Senior Advisor, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
    • Robin Howell-Jones · Acting Director of HR and Corporate Admin Services, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Sandy Mitchell · Chief of Staff to the ADM, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Sarah Green · Senior Project Manager, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Madeleine Chabot · Director, Partnership Relations, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Jennifer Garrett · Director General, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    and 1 more
    • Anya Lisowski · Regional Director, Client Service Team, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

    Infrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Stephanie Cadieux · Chief Accessibility Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Chantal Petitclerc · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Stephanie Cadieux · Chief Accessibility Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Dylan Jones · Deputy Minister/President, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
    • Naina Sloan · Vice President, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
    • Michelle Brownlee · Vice President, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)

    Economic DevelopmentFisheriesInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Philip Rizcallah · Chief Executive Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Infrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Doramy Ehling · In-house (organization)

    • Greg Hornby · Resource Manager, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    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.