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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)

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

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructure

    Official report

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

    • Carla Qualtrough · Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Kevin Murphy · Director Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Kristina Molloy · Director Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructure

    Official report

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

    • Kristina Molloy · Director Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Economic DevelopmentInfrastructure

    Official report

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

    • Joyce Murray · Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Rebecca Reid · Regional Director General, Pacific Region, 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.