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Lobbying by International Union of Operating Engineers: 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

International Union of Operating Engineers

Meetings this Parliament
52
With MPs
16
Since Nov 2021
298
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 1, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 21, 2026

Filed by John Downey, General President

Lobbyists

  • Patrick Campbell · Canadian Director
  • Steven Schumann · Canadian Government Affairs Director

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Elections Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), 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), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), National Defence (DND), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (24)
  • Bill C-39 - An Act respecting certain measures to strengthen the economy
  • Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding national major projects and infrastructure projects and the need to use unionized construction (building trades)
  • Advocate for support of ALTO high speed railway and the use of a unionized labour force
  • Advocate for support of Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project being and the use of unionized labour
  • Spring Economic Update - labour mobility tax credit, apprenticeship grants and new and continued financial support for union training centres.
  • Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the creation of the various Workforce Alliances
  • Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the Sustainable Jobs Action Plan and the Sustainable Jobs Partnership Council
  • Advocate for support of Enbridge's Sunrise Expansion Program (T-South).
  • Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers
  • Clean electricity regulations and emissions cap
  • Addressing the high cost of living and investing affordable housing
  • Discuss the impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian jobs and the economy
  • Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the use of Temporary Foreign Workers
  • Advocate for support the future and livelihood of oil and gas workers and their communities as Canada moves to a low-carbon economy.
  • Advocating for federal support and policies to develop and deploy Small Modular Rectors and promote the nuclear industry to meet Canada's Climate change goals within Canada and assist Canada in its transition to a low carbon economy
  • Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.
  • Discussions on the Employment Insurance system and positive changes that can be made to better protect workers.
  • Conversations with Government around their framework on the Oil and Gas emmissions cap and the impact it may have on workers and the idea of using some of the funds from the cap to go to training for existing and emerging new energy sectors
  • Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) review of possible expansion and future viability of the Baffinland Mine and the impact these matters have on the workers (our members) at the mine.
  • Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification
  • Advocating that Elections Canada amend or clarify rules around unions ability to communicate with their members during a Federal Election
  • Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)
  • Advocating for Implementation of a national, universal pharmacare program
  • Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.

Registration 960105-231321-43. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by James Callahan (244), John Downey (54).

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Milled Hill · Senior Policy Director, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP) Read more

    Advocate for support the future and livelihood of oil and gas workers and their communities as Canada moves to a low-carbon economy.

    Discuss the impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian jobs and the economy

    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the use of Temporary Foreign Workers

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Chelsea Kusnick · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages. Read more

    Discussions on the Employment Insurance system and positive changes that can be made to better protect workers.

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Advocate for support the future and livelihood of oil and gas workers and their communities as Canada moves to a low-carbon economy.

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • John Zerucelli · Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Noemie Fiset-Tremblay · Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    C-5

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act. Read more

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Patty Hadju · Minister of Jobs and Families, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Chelsea Kusnick · Acting Chief of Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Tyler Freeman · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages. Read more

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification

    Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers

    Discussions on the Employment Insurance system and positive changes that can be made to better protect workers.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Miled Hill · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP) Read more

    Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Andrew Cardozo · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the use of Temporary Foreign Workers Read more

    Advocating for Implementation of a national, universal pharmacare program

    Discuss the impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian jobs and the economy

    Addressing the high cost of living and investing affordable housing

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the use of Temporary Foreign Workers Read more

    Advocating for Implementation of a national, universal pharmacare program

    Discuss the impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian jobs and the economy

    Addressing the high cost of living and investing affordable housing

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Pierrette Ringuette · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Addressing the high cost of living and investing affordable housing Read more

    Discuss the impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian jobs and the economy

    Advocating for Implementation of a national, universal pharmacare program

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    Advocating for Implementation of a national, universal pharmacare program Read more

    Advocate for support the future and livelihood of oil and gas workers and their communities as Canada moves to a low-carbon economy.

    Discuss the impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian jobs and the economy

    Addressing the high cost of living and investing affordable housing

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for support the future and livelihood of oil and gas workers and their communities as Canada moves to a low-carbon economy. Read more

    Addressing the high cost of living and investing affordable housing

    Discuss the impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian jobs and the economy

    Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the use of Temporary Foreign Workers

    Advocating for Implementation of a national, universal pharmacare program

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Sandra Pupatello · Senator, Senate of Canada

    C-5

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act. Read more

    Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the use of Temporary Foreign Workers at Stellantis plant in Ontario

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    C-5

    Advocating that Elections Canada amend or clarify rules around unions ability to communicate with their members during a Federal Election Read more

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.

    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    C-5

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act. Read more

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Noemie Fiset-Tremblay · Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP) Read more

    Advocate for legislation to support the future and livelihood of oil and gas workers and their communities for a Just Transition as Canada moves to a low-carbon economy.

    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.

    Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Sebastian Clarke · Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Miles Wu · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP) Read more

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Farah Mohamed · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP) Read more

    Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers

    Advocate for legislation to support the future and livelihood of oil and gas workers and their communities for a Just Transition as Canada moves to a low-carbon economy.

    Discussions on the Employment Insurance system and positive changes that can be made to better protect workers.

    Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification

    Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the use of Temporary Foreign Workers at Stellantis plant in Ontario

    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Chelsea Kusnick · Acting Chief of Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification Read more

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Sebastian Clarke · Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    C-5

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act. Read more

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification

    Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Discussions on the Employment Insurance system and positive changes that can be made to better protect workers.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • John Zerucelli · Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Noemie Fiset-Tremblay · Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    C-5

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP) Read more

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Noemie Fiset-Tremblay · Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    C-5

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act. Read more

    Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Noemie Fiset-Tremblay · Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    C-5

    Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification Read more

    Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers

    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Miles Wu · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification Read more

    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding, tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.

    Discussions on the Employment Insurance system and positive changes that can be made to better protect workers.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Jeannine Ritchot · Assistant Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Mario Beaulieu · Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    C-5

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Joshua Swift · Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    C-5

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act. Read more

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) review of possible expansion and future viability of the Baffinland Mine and the impact these matters have on the workers (our members) at the mine.

    Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification

    Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers

    Official report

  • Reported by John Downey · In-house (organization)

    • Patty Hajdu · Minister of Jobs and Families, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Tyler Freeman · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    C-5

    Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification Read more

    C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.

    Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.

    Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)

    Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers

    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.