Organization
Canola Council of Canada
- Meetings this Parliament
- 305
- With MPs
- 70
- Since Nov 2021
- 926
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 30, 2026.
Lobbying by Canola Council of Canada: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingWho they meet
Since the current Parliament opened.
MPs
- Kody Blois Liberal 19
- Heath MacDonald Liberal 15
- Maninder Sidhu Liberal 6
- Terry Duguid Liberal 4
- Buckley Belanger Liberal 3
- Adam Chambers Conservative 3
- John Barlow Conservative 3
- Corey Hogan Liberal 2
- Steven Bonk Conservative 2
- Yasir Naqvi Liberal 2
- Branden Leslie Conservative 2
- Anita Anand Liberal 2
Institutions
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)93
- Global Affairs Canada (GAC)62
- House of Commons55
- Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)25
- Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)22
- Finance Canada (FIN)21
- Prime Minister's Office (PMO)16
- Privy Council Office (PCO)10
Registrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Jul 6, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Chris Davison, President and Chief Executive Officer
Lobbyists
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Mark Walker · Executive Director
Former designated public office holder
Formerly Intern, Office of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (2009–2009)
- Chris Davison · President and Chief Executive Officer
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Curtis Rempel · Vice President, Crop Production
Former public office holder
Formerly Research Scientist, Cropping Systems Pathologist, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1997–1997)
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Jasen Aussant · Market Access Manager
Former public office holder
Formerly Economist, Strategic Policy Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (2022–2023)
- Troy Sherman · Senior Director, Government & Industry Relations
- Will Holowaychuk · Manager, Canola Utilization
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
What they're lobbying on (12)Hide details
- Advancing biofuels policy and the benefits of biofuels for canola farmers, processors, and rural communities.
- Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
- Working on sustainability and biodiversity policy as it relates to the Canadian canola industry and agriculture sector.
- Working on rail and labour policy as it relates to the movement and export of canola and canola products.
- Working on innovation policy to drive growth and investment in the Canadian canola industry.
- Supporting multi-lateral and bi-lateral trade negotiations and the implementation of existing agreements to reduce tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers on canola and its products.
- Implementing a national water monitoring program that supports the environmental safety of plan protection products.
- Ensuring that the regulation of crop protection products and seed innovations are made using the best available science.
- Encouraging the development of an Agriculture Policy Framework that supports the competitiveness and growth of the canola sector, including support for the federal and shared funded programs through the Agricultural Policy Framework.
- Encouraging health/safety/environment approval framework for Plants with Novel Traits and plant breeding innovations that support innovation.
- Continue obtaining support to resolve market access issues and enhance canola utilization from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's "Agri-Marketing" Program.
- Continue obtaining support for federal and jointly funded research programs though the Agricultural Policy Framework such as the AgriScience Cluster. The Cluster is a partnership between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the canola industry to produce research that reduces production risk, improves yield, increases market demand and enhances focus on sustainability.
Registration 955468-16567-53. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
SpreadsheetFiled by Chris Davison (633), Jim Everson (293).
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Andrew Parkes · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Supporting multi-lateral and bi-lateral trade negotiations and the implementation of existing agreements to reduce tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers on canola and its products. Read more
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Chris Moran · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products Read more
Supporting multi-lateral and bi-lateral trade negotiations and the implementation of existing agreements to reduce tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers on canola and its products.
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Felipe Alfaro · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Chris Moran · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products Read more
Supporting multi-lateral and bi-lateral trade negotiations and the implementation of existing agreements to reduce tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers on canola and its products.
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Kevin Lemkay · Chief of Staff, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Guy Gallant · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Heath MacDonald · Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Miled Hill · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Erin O'Brien · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Aaron Fowler · Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Negotiator, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Chris Moran · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Advancing biofuels policy and the benefits of biofuels for canola farmers, processors, and rural communities. Read more
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Chris Moran · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products Read more
Supporting multi-lateral and bi-lateral trade negotiations and the implementation of existing agreements to reduce tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers on canola and its products.
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Aaron Fowler · Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Negotiator, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Robert Brookfield · Canada's Ambassador-designate to Russia, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Kody Blois · Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
- Heath MacDonald · Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Guy Gallant · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Serena Smith · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Working on innovation policy to drive growth and investment in the Canadian canola industry. Read more
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Paul MacKinnon · Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Tara Shannon · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Liz Foster · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Lawrence Hanson · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Advancing biofuels policy and the benefits of biofuels for canola farmers, processors, and rural communities.
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Yuen Pau Woo · Senator, Senate of Canada
Supporting multi-lateral and bi-lateral trade negotiations and the implementation of existing agreements to reduce tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers on canola and its products. Read more
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Liz Foster · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Continue obtaining support for federal and jointly funded research programs though the Agricultural Policy Framework such as the AgriScience Cluster. The Cluster is a partnership between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the canola industry to produce research that reduces production risk, improves yield, increases market demand and enhances focus on sustainability. Read more
Encouraging the development of an Agriculture Policy Framework that supports the competitiveness and growth of the canola sector, including support for the federal and shared funded programs through the Agricultural Policy Framework.
Continue obtaining support to resolve market access issues and enhance canola utilization from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's "Agri-Marketing" Program.
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Galen Richardson · Director of Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Miled Hill · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Lawrence Hanson · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Maninder Sidhu · Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Heath MacDonald · Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Kevin Lemkay · Chief of Staff, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Jessica Fullerton · Director Of Policy, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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- Felipe Alfaro · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Anjie Hamel · Digital Communications Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Guy Gallant · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Lawrence Hanson · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Glenn Purves · Deputy Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Philip Jennings · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Charles Vincent · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Taras Zalusky · Chief of Staff, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Isabelle Buchanan · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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Reported by Chris Davison · In-house (organization)
- Niloo Boroun · Director of International Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Jean-Philippe Arseneau · Chief of Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Varun Srivatsan · Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
Working to secure market access for Canadian canola products
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.