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Lobbying by ELECTRICITY 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

ELECTRICITY CANADA

Meetings this Parliament
110
With MPs
33
Since Nov 2021
367
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 23, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 8, 2026

Filed by Josée Guibord, President and CEO

Lobbyists

  • Boris Kyrychenko · Federal Policy Officer
  • Brittany Botting · Director of Generation
  • Channa Perera · Vice-President, Regulatory and Indigenous Affairs Former public office holder

    Formerly Policy Analyst, Environmental Affairs Branch, Department of Industry Canada (1999–2000)

  • Daniel Gent · Director, Transmission & Reliability Former public office holder

    Formerly Corporal (Reservist), Governor Generals Footguards, Canadian Armed Forces (1990–1993)

  • Diana Dominique · Senior Director, Customer, Sustainability and Member Services Former public office holder

    Formerly Program Manager, Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada (2010–2013)

    Formerly Strategic Planning Advisor, Communications and Marketing, Transport Canada (2009–2009)

    Formerly Policy Analyst, Innovation Directorate, Transport Canada (2008–2009)

    Formerly Technology Officer, Investments, Office of Energy Research and Development, Natural Resources Canada (2007–2008)

  • Eric Jacques · Manager, Security and Infrastructure Protection Former public office holder

    Formerly Operations Officer, Emergency Watch and Response Center, Global Affairs Canada (2018–2019)

    Formerly Junior Analyst, Arctic Strategies and Engagement, Canadian Coast Guard (2019–2019)

    Formerly Negotiation Intern, Specific Claims Branch, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (2018–2018)

    Formerly Co-op/FSWEP Student, Health Division, Statistics Canada (2017–2017)

  • Graeme Burk · Director of Communications
  • Gustave Pinault-Masson · Manager, Government Relations
  • Jay Wilson · Director, Distribution and Supply Chain Former public office holder

    Formerly Senior Science Specialist, River Road Labs, Environment Canada (2013–2014)

    Formerly Senior Project Officer, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada (2010–2013)

  • Josée Guibord · President and CEO
  • Julia Muggeridge · Vice President, Corporate Affairs Former public office holder

    Formerly Legislative Advisor, MP Stephen Woodworth’s Office, Hose of Commons (2013–2015)

    Formerly Communications Officer, Communications, National Capital Region, Environment Canada (2009–2010)

    Formerly Intern, Minister of the Environment’s Office, Minister of the Environment’s Office (2009–2009)

    Formerly Intern, Prime Minister’s Office, Prime Minister’s Office (2008–2008)

  • Julie Neelin · Manager, Finance Program Former public office holder

    Formerly Student Researcher, Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada (2019–2019)

    Formerly Project Support Officer, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (2017–2018)

  • Kerri Fournier · Manager, Safety and HR Program
  • Michael Powell · Vice President, Government Relations
  • Robin Yee · Manager, US Affairs Former public office holder

    Formerly Constituency Assistant, Constituency Office of Hon. Patricia (Paddy) Torsney, MP, House of Commons (2005–2006)

    Formerly Constituency Assistant, Constituency Office of Hon. Patricia (Paddy) Torsney, MP, House of Commons (2005–2005)

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), 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), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), 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), 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), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (Port Metro Vancouver), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

What they're lobbying on (30)
  • Wildfires, in respect to the increasing threat of wildfires and measures to protect critical electricity infrastructure and to mitigate and prevent damage to it.
  • Pest Management Regulatory Agency decisions on pentachlorophenol, in respect to the continued installation of previously treated utility poles and cross-arms and the availability of alternative wood preservatives, to reduce risks to grid reliability and the environment.
  • Telecommunications Act and federal spectrum policy, in respect to access to spectrum for electricity utilities, spectrum licensing and fee frameworks, private and commercial wireless networks, broadband and telecommunications infrastructure, and reliable and resilient communications required for electricity grid operations and emergency response.
  • Strategic Response Fund (formerly the Strategic Innovation Fund), in respect to the application process and the scope of the fund for electricity sector projects.
  • Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) and regulations under it, including those on air pollutants, GHG emissions, and the management of chemicals and substances.
  • Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), in respect to mitigating risks posed by RPAS to critical infrastructure, including Transport Canada’s proposal for a Designated RPAS Airspace, and expanding beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations under the amended Canadian Aviation Regulations for inspecting transmission lines and other linear infrastructure.
  • Powering Canada Strong: A National Strategy for an Electrified Canadian Economy, in respect to its implementation, including federal support for new generation, interprovincial and intraprovincial transmission, electrification, and affordable and reliable electricity.
  • National AI strategy and the Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Strategy, in respect to electricity supply for AI data centres, grid planning and interconnection, and the use of artificial intelligence in electricity system operations, reliability and security.
  • Investment tax credits, including the Clean Electricity, Clean Technology, Clean Hydrogen and Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) investment tax credits, in respect to eligibility for electricity projects such as energy storage and small modular reactors (SMRs), and the proposed expansion of the Clean Electricity credit to intraprovincial transmission; and capital cost allowance rates for electricity assets.
  • International trade, with respect to trade in electrical energy and in goods necessary for electricity infrastructure (electrical equipment supply chains), foreign and domestic tariffs affecting the Canadian electricity industry, and policies that support access to critical electrical equipment, including increased domestic production, assured supplies from outside Canada, and strategic stockpiling of critical equipment.
  • Impact Assessment Act, Building Canada Act and Canadian Energy Regulator Act, including amendments proposed in Bill C-39 (45-1), the Building Canada Strong Act, in respect to timely and efficient federal review and permitting of electricity generation and transmission projects, the Physical Activities Regulations, projects of national interest and the role of the Major Projects Office.
  • GHG reduction measures, in respect to industrial carbon pricing under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, including the Output-Based Pricing System, the Clean Fuel Regulations, and other GHG reduction policies and regulations.
  • Fisheries Act, Species at Risk Act and Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, and their regulations, including amendments to the Fisheries Act and Species at Risk Act proposed in Bill C-39 (45-1), in respect to the management of fish and fish habitat, species at risk and migratory birds in relation to the construction, operation and maintenance of electricity generation and transmission infrastructure, and efforts to streamline and clarify regulatory processes.
  • Canadian Energy Regulator Act, in respect to the cost recovery rules and levies that electricity sector users pay to the Canada Energy Regulator, and policies to overcome barriers to timely investment in electricity infrastructure, including siting, rates of return, community acceptance and public understanding of need.
  • Income Tax Act, excessive interest and financing expenses limitation (EIFEL) rules, in respect to the exemption for regulated energy utility businesses.
  • Energy Efficiency Act and its regulations, in respect to minimum energy-performance standards and labelling for energy-using products, and managing emissions by reducing electricity demand.
  • Emission reduction initiatives, in respect to emerging and nascent technologies, such as intelligent grids, utility-scale storage, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), hydroelectricity, SMRs, hydrogen (including the Hydrogen Strategy for Canada) and other technologies, and in respect to research, development and deployment of those advanced technologies, their financing and adoption in electricity systems.
  • Emergency Management Act, in respect to emergency planning, preparedness and response for the electricity sector, including exercises and drills.
  • Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and its regulations, in respect to legislative amendments to the Act, to measurement and metering of electricity, to seal periods and the testing of electricity meters installed in customer premises.
  • Electricity distribution and grid modernization, in respect to federal policies, programs and investments, including the Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program (SREPs), that support grid capacity, visibility, automation and digitalization, advanced distribution technologies, distributed energy resources, energy storage, electrification and electricity system resilience.
  • Clean Electricity Regulations, in respect to the overall development of the regulations, proposed amendments and revisions, implementation, provincial equivalency agreements, and compliance mechanisms.
  • Critical infrastructure protection and national security policy, in respect to threat and risk assessments, security clearances, exercises and drills, safeguards, reliability and security standards and national plans to address the physical and cyber security of electricity infrastructure.
  • Canada Labour Code, in respect to occupational health and safety, worker safety and workplace hazardous materials applicable to electricity generation, transmission and distribution facilities, the transportation of dangerous goods by electricity sector companies, and the health effects of electric and magnetic fields (EMF).
  • Federal skills, apprenticeship and workforce development policies and programs, in respect to school-to-work transitions for the skilled trades, workforce planning, and sector and career awareness for the electricity industry.
  • Canada's Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Action Plan and the federal Nuclear Energy Strategy, in respect to new nuclear generation, including SMRs, and its integration into Canada’s electricity systems.
  • Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act (enacted by Bill C-8 (45-1)), in respect to its coming into force and the development of regulations setting cybersecurity requirements for designated electricity operators.
  • United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, in respect to infrastructure development.
  • Radiation Emitting Devices Act, in respect to the potential health effects of electric and magnetic fields (EMF).
  • National benefits-sharing framework, with respect to major electricity resource projects.
  • Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, in respect to the role the electricity sector can play in reducing emissions in Canada.

Registration 952433-17181-86. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Francis Bradley (360), Josée Guibord (7).

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Rajiv Gupta · Associate Head, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)

    EnergyNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Caroline Xavier · Chief, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
    • Mollie Johnson · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Rajiv Gupta · Associate Head, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
    • Shawn Tupper · Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    and 1 more
    • Stefanie Beck · Associate Deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)

    EnergyNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

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

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Soren Halverson · Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Steven Guilbeault · Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Eamonn McGuinty · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Leslie Church · Chief of Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • David Hurl · Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Bud Sambasivam · Deputy Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)

    ClimateEnergyTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironmentNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Eamonn McGuinty · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnergyTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnergyTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnergyTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Soren Halverson · Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Soren Halverson · Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Eamonn McGuinty · Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Soren Halverson · Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Laurie Sargent · Assistant Deputy Minister, Justice Canada (JC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Sami Khoury · Head, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)

    EnergyNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnergyNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Rob Jamieson · Senior Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    EnergyNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnergyTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnergyScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Soren Halverson · Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Eamonn McGuinty · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Jonathan Wilkinson · Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    ClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnergyScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Francis Bradley · In-house (organization)

    • Martin Loken · Deputy Head of Mission, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    ClimateEnergyInternational Trade

    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.