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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 Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Elizabeth May · Member of Parliament
    • Mike Morrice · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Paul Halucha · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Tara Shannon · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Kelly Bryant · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Marie-Claude Bibeau · Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Abed Harb · Senior Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Paul Samson · Associate Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Chrystia Freeland · Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Bud Sambasivam · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

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

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Nathalie G. Drouin · Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council & Associate Secretary, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Justin Munyaneza · Senior Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Shawn Tupper · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Jason Rondeau · Director of Policy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Tara Shannon · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Brewster · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Kurtis Layden · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Joshua Swift · Special Assistant, Ontario Desk, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Isabelle Hurley · Special Assistant, ATL Desk, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · 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)
    • Michael Brewster · Senior Special Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Elena Mitchell · Senior Operations Manager, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 5 more
    • Connor MacNeil · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Kurtis Layden · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Hilary Geller · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Darlene Upton · Vice-President Protected Area Establishment and Conservation, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Christine Hogan · Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Randi Anderson · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Kaylie Strathopulos · Special Assistant, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Blake Oliver · Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Kyle Harrietha · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Lawrence Hanson · Associate Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Niall O'Dea · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Joanna Dafoe · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Marjory Loveys · Director of Policy and Indigenous Relations, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Jamie MacDonald · Director of Nature Conservation, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Conor MacNeil · Advisor, Policy & Regional Affairs (Atlantic), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 1 more
    • Michael Brewster · Directory of Parliamentary Affairs, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Chris Forbes · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Larry Kaumeyer · In-house (organization)

    • Jean-Francois Tremblay · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Frank Des Rosiers · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Jeff Labonté · Assistant Deputy minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Mollie Johnson · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    and 1 more
    • Drew Leyburne · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    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.