Organization
FEDERATION OF CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES
- Meetings this Parliament
- 253
- With MPs
- 112
- Since Nov 2021
- 795
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 28, 2026.
Lobbying by FEDERATION OF CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 28, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Carole Saab, Chief Executive Officer
Lobbyists
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Michael Aubie · Manager, Advocacy
Former designated public office holder
Formerly Special Assistant – Strategic Communications, Justice Canada, Office of the Minister of Justice (2010–2011)
Formerly Special Assistant – Issues Management, Health Canada, Office of the Minister of Health (2008–2010)
Formerly Special Assistant – Issues Management, Transport Canada, Office of the Minister of Transport (2008–2008)
Formerly Senior Communications Officer, Office of the Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister (2006–2008)
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Anders Rasmusson · Manager, Policy and Research
Former public office holder
Formerly Policy and Stakeholder Relations Officers, Office of the Leader of the Opposition, House of Commons (2013–2015)
- Brandon Vieira · Government Relations Advisor
- Carole Saab · CEO
- Gaby Senay · Director, International Programs
- Iman Mohamed · Director of Policy
- Jennifer Arntfield · Senior Manager, Policy and Research
- Justin Farrell · Manager, Policy and Research
- Lauri Lidstone · Manager, Policy & Research
- Leslie Muñoz · Director Advocacy
- Matt Gemmel · Executive Director, Policy and Public Affairs
- Megan Stanley · Senior Director, Government Relations and Member Engagement
- Yi Liu · Director, Community Efficiency and Green Municipal Fund
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), CUSMA Secretariat, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), 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), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
What they're lobbying on (15)Hide details
- Discussions with government officials concerning carbon emissions from fertilizer as it relates to municipalities and efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
- Rail, Airports and Ports: Federal policies and programs with regard to access to national and international markets for trade, intra-city movement of people and goods and sustainability of small and rural communities. Municipal role in the G-7 &G-20 and trade negotiations with foreign countries surrounding tarrifs.
- Support for farmer-centric policies and strategies that improve resiliency in the face of extreme weather, mitigate against rising costs and inflation, support food security, improve access to new markets while partnering to share the costs of reaching Canada's climate targets; Carbon emission-reduction targets related to fertilizer
- Federal policies and programs with regard to improving accesses to affordable housing, reducing homelessness, increasing social infrastructure required for immigration and refugee settlement and integration support. Homelessness; Encampments; redevelopment of public lands required to support communities that support the Canadian Armed Forces and its members. Affordable housing; Housing supply; Refugee and asylum seeker settlement; Housing Accelerator Fund; Rapid Housing Initiative; Housing-enabling infrastructure; Redevelopment of public lands;
- Environmental and sustainable development policies and programs with regard to local climate change mitigation and adaptation; Disaster mitigation and adaptation; Capacity building for sustainable community planning; Greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions; Water management, watershed planning, wastewater, and stormwater policy; Urban forest management and stewardship; Brownfield redevelopment; National Adaptation Strategy; Greener Homes Grant; Green Building Strategy; Green Municipal Fund.
- Community safety and crime prevention. National/contract policing; Community-based mental health and substance use care; Opioids and harm reduction; Auto thefts; Crime prevention through social development; Community corrections; Federal and municipal roles and responsibilities regarding policing duties and funding
- Telecommunications and Technology: Telecommunications policies with regard to universal broadband access throughout Canadian communities, antenna tower and municipal rights-of-ways.
- Rural, remote and northern municipal issues: Federal policies and programs with regard to delivering infrastructure funding in rural, remote and northern communities, trade irritants effecting rural, remote and northern communities, the development and implementation of the northern strategy in the three territories and the development of a rural champion at the federal cabinet level.
- Municipal Finance and Intergovernmental Arrangements Revenue sharing with the federal and provincial governments: Federal policies and programs with regard to the payments in lieu of taxes (PILTs) system, intergovernmental partnerships, recognition of municipal governments contributions to economic growth, the fiscal imbalance between each order of governments revenues options and their responsibilities to provide services and programs to Canadians. Municipal Growth Framework.
- Municipal-aboriginal relations issues: Federal policies and programs with regard to municipal-aboriginal relations, resources to meet the needs of the aboriginal population living in municipalities, municipal consultation and communication regarding land management and additions to reserve. Urban and Rural Indigenous Housing; Municipal-aboriginal relations
- International municipal development; Canadian foreign policy with regard to Global Affairs Canada (GAC) funded programs overseas in various countries
- Guidelines for urban transit, intra and extra urban transit systems: Infrastructure and Transportation policy with regard to the development of guidelines, policy and dedicated funding for urban, intra and extra urban transit systems; Intercommunity bus; Aerodromes and airports; Intra and extra urban transit systems; Municipal/railway proximity issues; Trade corridors; Shipping routes and sea ports;
- Federal policies and programs with regard to improving accesses to affordable housing, reducing homelessness, increasing social infrastructure required for immigration and refugee settlement and integration support. Homelessness; Encampments; Affordable housing; Housing supply; Refugee and asylum seeker settlement; Housing Accelerator Fund; Reaching Home; Rapid Housing Initiative; Housing-enabling infrastructure;
- Federal infrastructure program funding, including (but not limited to) Infrastructure Canada Canada Community Building Fund; Infrastructure programs and funding; Permanent Public Transit Fund; Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) financing; Investing in Canada infrastructure Plan; Universal Broadband; Rural, remote and northern infrastructure;
- Emergency preparedness and security measures: Emergency preparedness policies and programs with regard to the cost and implementation of emergency equipment and first responder support; Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund; Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA); Wildfire response; Flood mapping;
Registration 946339-15901-101. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Matthew Paisley · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
InfrastructureMunicipalities
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Yash Nanda · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
InfrastructureMunicipalities
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Alexandre Boulerice · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Taylor Bachrach · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Jenny Kwan · MP
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Lindsay Mathyssen · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Rachel Blaney · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Ya'ara Saks · Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Health Canada (HC)
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Majid Jowhari · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Stéphane Lauzon · MP
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Darrell Samson · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Jenica Atwin · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Brendan Hanley · MP
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Salma Zahid · MP
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Arielle Kayabaga · MP
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Sean Fraser · Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Sean Fraser · Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalities
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Dominic LeBlanc · Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs, Public Safety Canada (PS)
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Harjit Sajjan · Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Public Safety Canada (PS)
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Francesco Sorbara · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Chris Bittle · MP - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Robert Kitchen · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Gérard Deltell · MP
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Richard Lehoux · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Carole Saab · In-house (organization)
- Stephen Ellis · MP, House of Commons
HousingInfrastructureMunicipalitiesTaxation and Finance
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.