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Lobbying by DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA: 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

DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA

Meetings this Parliament
37
With MPs
5
Since Nov 2021
142
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 1, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Apr 1, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Patrick Kehoe, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Erin Brown · National Policy Analyst Former public office holder

    Formerly Audit Professional, Performance Audit, Office of the Auditor General of Canada (2019–2022)

  • Gia Paola · National Policy Analyst Former public office holder

    Formerly Species at Risk Program and Policy Officer, Conservation Strategy, Parks Canada (2020–2021)

    Formerly Species Conservation Support Officer, Conservation Strategy, Parks Canada (2019–2020)

    Formerly Citizen's Science and Communications Support Officer, Conservation Strategy, Parks Canada (2017–2019)

  • Patrick Kehoe · Chief Executive Officer

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), 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), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (9)
  • Support the renewal of federal freshwater programs and modernize legislation.
  • Invest in habitat inventories, geospatial data, and research, and public engagement to support evidence-based conservation decisions.
  • Modernize habitat offsetting policies to improve ecological outcomes and transparency.
  • Modernize and expand federal funding for habitat restoration, habitat management infrastructure renewal, and conservation project reconstruction.
  • Support indigenous-led land conservation, stewardship initiatives, and indigenous leadership in conservation.
  • Advocate for integration and alignment of international biodiversity and climate commitments with domestic policy, planning and funding frameworks.
  • Advocate for the inclusion, use, and advancement of wetlands and uplands as nature-based solutions and natural infrastructure in land use planning, funding, and research.
  • Advance policies and programs that recognize the value of natural assets and ecosystems by promoting ecosystem service valuation, effective environmental data frameworks, and incentive-based conservation approaches.
  • Advance policies and programs that incentivize the adoption of agri-environmental best management practices and programs.

Registration 962321-16987-46. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Michael Nadler (66), Patrick Kehoe (30), Brian Gray (25), Larry Kaumeyer (21).

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Hilary Geller · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Vincent Ngan · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Megan Nichols · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

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

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Frank Des Rosiers · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Drew Leyburne · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Niall O'Dea · Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Jennifer Buie · Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Ron Hallman · Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada (PC)
    • Darlene Upton · Vice President, Parks Canada (PC)
    • Andrew Campbell · Senior Vice President of Operations, Parks Canada (PC)
    • Christine Loth-Bown · Vice President of External Relations and Visitor Experience, Parks Canada (PC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Alexandre Boulerice · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Connor MacDonald · Policy Advisor, House of Commons
    • John Sinclair · Deputy Chief of Staff, House of Commons

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Geoff Trueman · Assistant Commissioner, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Ben Chin · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Astrid Krizus · Climate Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Chris Rodgers · Director of Policy, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Ayesha Khaira · Policy Advisor, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Jessica Fullerton · Senior Policy Advisor, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Mike Kelloway · Parliamentary Secretary, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Andrew Cooper · Special Assistant, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Francis Drouin · Parliamentary Secretary, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Alison Porter · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Dominic Cormier · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Isabelle Hurley · Special Assistant - ATL Desk, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Christa Bishop · Special Advisor, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Quinn Ferris · Regional Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Bud Sambasivam · Deputy Director, Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Samuel Millar · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Alexis Conrad · Assistant Secretary, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Matt de Vlieger · Acting Associate Assistant Secretary, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Sunny Uppal · Director of Operations, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Annette Gibbons · Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Kevin Brosseau · Associate Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Niall O'Dea · Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Adam Burns · Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Nadler · In-house (organization)

    • Laura Gamez · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Brian Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Steven Guilbeault · Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Joanna Dafoe · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Eamonn McGuinty · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Michael Brewster · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 3 more
    • Isabelle Hurley · Special Assistant - ATL Desk, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Paul Halucha · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Lawrence Hanson · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Brian Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Tony Maas · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Astrid Krizus · Climate Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Brian Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Jonathan Wilkinson · Minister of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Raphaël Beauchamp · Senior Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Maheep Sandhu · Communications Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Clean Energy & Innovtion, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    and 3 more
    • Claire Seaborn · Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Laura Mitchell · Director of Operations, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Yasmine Atassi · Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Brian Gray · In-house (organization)

    • Kelley Blanchette · Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Environment

    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.