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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 Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Elan Harper · Policy Advisor, House of Commons
    • Jwane Izzetpanah · Stakeholder Relations Advisor, House of Commons

    MiningNational Security/SecurityNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Mark Allen · Director General, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Mira Karshan · Senior Trade Policy Officer, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Jennifer Loten · Executive Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Lynn McDonald · Director General, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    and 2 more
    • Sadia Saeed · Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Caroline Vanderloo · Deputy Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International TradeMiningNational Security/SecurityNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Paul Moen · Chief of Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Caroline Babin · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingIndustryLabourTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Ryan Williams · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International TradeMiningNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Rob Stewart · Deputy Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Sara Wilshaw · Chief Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Economic DevelopmentForeign AffairsInternal TradeMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

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

    International RelationsInternational TradeMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

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

    Economic DevelopmentEnvironmentIndustryMiningNatural ResourcesResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

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

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Andrew Bevan · Chief of Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Rob Stewart · Deputy Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Sara Wilshaw · Chief Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    IndustryInternational RelationsInternational TradeMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Charles Vincent · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Stephanie Tanton · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesRegional DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Peter Wilkinson · Chief of Staff, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentInternational RelationsInternational TradeMiningNational Security/SecurityNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Paul Halucha · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Clean Growth), Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Chris Padfield · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Clean Growth, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentMiningNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Isabella Chan · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Samir Kassam · Director of Policy, Substainable Resource Development, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Marnie McBean · Senator, Senate of Canada

    BudgetClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Claude Carignan · Senator, Senate of Canada

    BudgetClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Joshua Swift · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    International TradeMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Carlos Pena · Special Assistant of Policy, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

    BudgetMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • James Bezan · Member of Parliament
    • Dan Mazier · Member of Parliament
    • Ted Falk · Member of Parliament
    • Larry Maguire · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentLabourMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Alfredo Santana · In-house (corporation)

    • Andrew Bevan · Chief of Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetInternational RelationsInternational TradeMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    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.