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Lobbying by Equal Voice: 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

Equal Voice

Meetings this Parliament
24
With MPs
14
Since Nov 2021
53
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 23, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Aug 10, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Laurel Gillespie, Executive Director

Lobbyists

  • Laurel Gillespie · Executive Director

Institutions they may lobby: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Museum of History, Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Elections Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Telefilm Canada, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (4)
  • Research and share information from Equal Voice's election tracker and other research projects and initiatives (e.g. national polling).
  • Modernization of legislatures are more gender-inclusive, family-friendly and a workplace free from harassment
  • Addressing the barriers faced by women and gender diverse people seeking, and serving in elected office, such as financial, harassment, gender bias.
  • Obtain funding from the Department of Women and Gender Equality for leadership programming to increase the participation of women and gender diverse people in Canada's political life.

Registration 948155-237941-23. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Chi Nguyen (25), Lindsay Brumwell (14), Laurel Gillespie (10), Eleanor Fast (4).

  • Reported by Eleanor Fast · In-house (organization)

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Eleanor Fast · In-house (organization)

    • Christopher Evelyn · Director of Operations, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Emily Hartman · Director of Policy, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Reem Al Almeri · Operations Assistant, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Eleanor Fast · In-house (organization)

    • Karen Vecchio · MP, House of Commons

    Labour

    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.