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Lobbying by Vale Canada Limited: 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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Corporation

Vale Canada Limited

Meetings this Parliament
84
With MPs
17
Since Nov 2021
285
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 28, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (corporation) In effect since Apr 27, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Shaun Usmar, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Aaron McCarthy · Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Alfredo Santana · Chief Operating Officer
  • Chris McCleave · Chief Technical Officer
  • Jeff Gaulin · Director, Corporate Affairs
  • Murilo Muller · Chief Financial Officer
  • Nils Engelstad · Chief Legal, Sustainability, and Corporate Affairs Officer
  • Shaun Usmar · Chief Executive Officer
  • Tina Gauthier · Chief Commercial Officer

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), 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 Northern Ontario, 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), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Invest in Canada Hub, National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (1)
  • Federal funding programs, investment tax credits, policy and regulatory improvements aimed at supporting research & development, innovation, decarbonization, productivity, and expansion of mining activities within the mining sector under various Government programs and frameworks.

Registration 959637-224822-52. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Deshnee Naidoo (145), Shaun Usmar (96), Alfredo Santana (37), Mark Travers (7).

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Jonathan Wilkinson · Minister of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Raphaël Beauchamp · Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Economic DevelopmentMiningResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Pat Duncan · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Economic DevelopmentEnvironmentMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

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

    ClimateEnvironmentMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Glenn Campbell · Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

    BudgetInfrastructureMiningRegional DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    Economic DevelopmentEnvironmentInfrastructureMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Bud Sambasivam · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Leslie Church · Chief of Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Economic DevelopmentMiningTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Eric Costen · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentMiningResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

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

    Economic DevelopmentEnvironmentMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Alex Corbeil · Deputy Chief of Staff, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International RelationsInternational TradeMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Samir Kassam · Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Economic DevelopmentInternational RelationsInternational TradeMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Aaron Fowler · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Internal TradeInternational RelationsMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Jeff Labonté · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Economic DevelopmentMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Viviane Lapointe · Member of Parliament
    • Marc Serre · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Economic DevelopmentMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Samir Kassam · Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Economic DevelopmentInternational RelationsInternational TradeMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Raphaël Beauchamp · Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Randi Anderson · Director of Policy (Sustainable Resource Development), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Internal TradeInternational RelationsMiningResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentMiningResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Bud Sambasivam · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Economic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesRegional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Viviane Lapointe · Member of Parliament
    • Marc Serre · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Economic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Jeff Labonté · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Economic DevelopmentMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Kevin Deagle · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    MiningNatural ResourcesResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Seamus O'Regan · Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Yvonne Jones · Parliamentary Secretary, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Mark Duggan · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Aboriginal AffairsMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Yvonne Jones · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    MiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Jonathan Wilkinson · Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Economic DevelopmentMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Francesco Sorbara · Member of Parliment, House of Commons

    MiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Deshnee Naidoo · In-house (corporation)

    • Harry Orbach-Miller · Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    MiningNatural Resources

    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.