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Lobbying by Canadian Canola Growers Association: 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

Canadian Canola Growers Association

Meetings this Parliament
131
With MPs
48
Since Nov 2021
670
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 23, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jul 27, 2026

Filed by Rick White, President and CEO

Lobbyists

  • Dustin Pike · Vice President, Government and Industry Relations Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Minister's policy advisor and Director, Minister's Office, AAFC (2008–2015)

  • Gayle McLaughlin · Senior Manager, Government and Industry Relations Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Parliamentary Assistant, Office of Leon Benoit, Member of Parliament for Vegreville-Wainright, House of Commons (2014–2014)

    Formerly Parliamentary Assistant, Office of Chungsen Leung, Member of Parliament for Willowdale, House of Commons (2014–2014)

    Formerly Summer Student (Intern), Office of the Minister of State for Finance, Office of the Minister of State for Finance (2012–2012)

  • Brittany Wood · Senior Manager, Transportation and Trade Policy
  • Cheryl Mayer · Vice-President, Policy Development
  • Emily Townsend · Policy Analyst
  • Julia Ilashchuk · Manager, Government Relations and Parliamentary Affairs Former public office holder

    Formerly Parliamentary Assistant, Office of Member of Parliament, House of Commons (2019–2020)

  • Justine Raftis · Manager, Environment and Sustainability Policy
  • Michael Vadnais · Manager, Business Risk Management Policy Former public office holder

    Formerly Senior Economist, BRM Strategic Analysis and Program Development, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (2003–2015)

  • Pierre Killeen · Senior Manager, Government and Industry Relations
  • Rick White · President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Warren Seib · Policy Analyst
  • Yelizaveta Vasylyshyna · Coordinator, Government Relations and Parliamentary Affairs Former public office holder

    Formerly Communications Assistant, Office of MP Terry Dowdall, House of Commons (2025–2025)

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), 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, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), National Research Council (NRC), 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, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (21)
  • Agricultural trade: multi and bi-lateral trade negotiations to maintain and expand opportunities for canola farmers through reduction in tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers. Provide farmers necessary support through trade disruptions. Support the modernization of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a mechanism to promote rules-based trade. Support additional government resources to help solve technical trade barriers. Inter-provincial regulations support canola production, market access, and growth.
  • Agriculture Policy Framework: ensure that business risk management programs and strategic initiatives are suitable for canola farmers. Federal research programming and initiatives support production needs on farm.
  • Support right to repair and interoperability programs, policies, laws, and regulations that support farmer's choice and right to repair.
  • Canada Transportation Act and regulations as it relates to the transportation of grain. Support development of transportation and trade infrastructure that facilities market demand and growth for canola.
  • Ensure governments recognize the benefits that farmers provide to the environment, including in relation to offset protocols, ecological goods and services, and rebates. Support on-farm exemptions for carbon pricing. Climate change laws, policies, programs, research, and regulations related to agriculture promote competitiveness and production on farms.
  • Environment and international trade: to advance the good management practices that are implemented on canola farms that contribute to environmental stewardship and competitive markets for farmers and to advance the canola biodiesel market domestically and abroad. Canada's Clean Fuel Regulations incentivizes the use of canola-based biofuels.
  • Transportation: to advocate for a fair and efficient railway transportation system that serves the needs of grain producers.
  • The creation and implementation of the Canada Water Agency and adoption of a pan-Canadian water monitoring framework have positive impacts for canola farmers.
  • Support enhanced resources for federal regulatory bodies to make science-based decisions on crop protection products and seed varieties.
  • Seeds Act and regulations as it pertains to seed variety registrations.
  • Plant Breeders Rights Act and regulations as it relates to intellectual property rights.
  • Patent Act and regulations as it pertains to intellectual property rights specific to seed technologies.
  • Income Tax Act and other financial regulations, policies or programs: To promote the fair treatment of farmers in any proposed changes to the Income Tax Act or other financial mechanism that may impact farmers financially.
  • Fisheries Act regulations and polices as it relates to fish habitats on farmland.
  • Ensure Government recognizes and works with the agriculture sector to ensure farmers have access to skilled, competitive on-farm labour.
  • Discussions concerning railway and port strikes as it relates to economic development and trade labour disruptions.
  • Canadian Food Inspection Act and regulations as it relates to canola production and trade.
  • Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Pest Control Products Act and regulations as it relates to agricultural pest control products.
  • Canada Grain Act and Canada Grain Act Regulations as it relates to grain handling and transportation.
  • Broadband: Expedite and support efforts to bring affordable, reliable high-speed internet and mobile coverage to rural and remote communities.
  • Agricultural Marketing Programs Act and regulations as it pertains to the Advance Payments Program.

Registration 782793-17195-59. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Kathleen Donohue · Assistant Deputy Minister, International Affairs Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Manon Bombardier · Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)
    • Frédéric Bissonnette · Executive Director, Health Canada (HC)

    AgricultureEnvironmentInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Jane MacAdam · Senator, Senate of Canada

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Brent Cotter · Senator, Senate of Canada

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Blake Oliver · Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Jeremy Keats · Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Ana Bodnar · Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Prairies Economic Development, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    • Nikki Hipkin · Director of Operations, Office of the Minister of Prairies Economic Development, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentInternational TradeTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Karen Sorensen · Senator, Senate of Canada

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEnvironmentInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Craig Docksteader · Director of Policy, Office of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senate of Canada

    AgricultureEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Arun Thangaraj · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)

    AgricultureTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Neil MacIsaac · Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Gudie Hutchings · Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Carlos Pena · Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the President of the Treasury Board of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Robert Kitchen · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Rechie Valdez · Minister of Small Business, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Zachary Nixon · Director of Operations, Ofice of the Minister of Small Business, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentIndustryTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Elliott Lockington · Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    • Wilson Miao · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentIndustryTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Rick White · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentTransportation

    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.