Organization
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY
- Meetings this Parliament
- 162
- With MPs
- 92
- Since Nov 2021
- 511
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.
Lobbying by CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY: 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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Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.
In-house (organization) In effect since Jun 12, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Andrea Seale, Chief Executive Officer
Formerly Legislative Assistant, Office of Anita Vandenbeld, MP for Ottawa West-Nepean, House of Commons (2015–2016)
Formerly Vice President & Director General, Housing Policy & Partnerships, Housing Policy & Partnerships, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation & Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (2022–2024)
Formerly Executive Director & acting Director General - Federal Labour Program, Labour Program, Employment and Social Development Canada (2017–2022)
Formerly Director, Business and Client Service Policy, Business & Client Service Policy, Public Works and Government Services Canada (2015–2017)
Formerly Correspondence Assistant (summer student), Office of the Leader of the Opposition, House of Commons (1986–1986)
Formerly Correspondence Assistant (summer student), Office of the Leader of the Opposition, House of Commons (1985–1985)
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), 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), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Parks Canada (PC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Registration 932742-243-96. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Canada Health Transfer - health system funding transfer and agreements intended for provinces/territories to support the delivery of healthcare services, including cancer care services and palliative care.
Federal Budget: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy; alcohol policy; getting cancer patients the information and support they need; the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to palliative care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to cancer.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Federal Budget: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy; alcohol policy; getting cancer patients the information and support they need; the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to palliative care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to cancer.
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
Federal Budget: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy; alcohol policy; getting cancer patients the information and support they need; the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to palliative care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to cancer.
Canada Health Transfer - health system funding transfer and agreements intended for provinces/territories to support the delivery of healthcare services, including cancer care services and palliative care.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication. This includes a national pharmaceutical strategy.
Canada Health Transfer - health system funding transfer and agreements intended for provinces/territories to support the delivery of healthcare services, including cancer care services and palliative care.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Federal Budget: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy; alcohol policy; getting cancer patients the information and support they need; the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to palliative care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to cancer.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.
Measures and funding for the charitable sector generally.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects.
Health Canada's tobacco control program and policies related to tobacco and vaping products, including sustaining government funding levels, and implementation of effective programs and policies.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to nicotine replacement products
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.
Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects.
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
National Caregiving Strategy
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to alcohol warning labels
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Measures and funding for the charitable sector generally.
Food and Drugs Act and regulations, as it relates to restricting the advertising to children of foods high in sodium, sugars and saturated fat.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Legislation/regulation of electronic cigarettes including use, marketing and all other aspects.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Non-Smokers' Health Act, including implementation and enforcement.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Federal Budget: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy; alcohol policy; getting cancer patients the information and support they need; the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to palliative care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to cancer.
First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and regulations, as it relates to the taxation of tobacco products.
National Caregiving Strategy
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication. This includes a national pharmaceutical strategy.
Aging at Home Benefit.
Safe Long-Term Care Act.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Non-Smokers' Health Act, including implementation and enforcement.
Controlled Products Regulations, as it relates to implementing the Globally Harmonized System in Canada.
Federal Budget: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy; alcohol policy; getting cancer patients the information and support they need; the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to palliative care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to cancer.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
National Caregiving Strategy
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication. This includes a national pharmaceutical strategy.
Safe Long-Term Care Act.
Aging at Home Benefit.
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication. This includes a national pharmaceutical strategy.
National Caregiving Strategy
Aging at Home Benefit.
Safe Long-Term Care Act.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication. This includes a national pharmaceutical strategy.
Federal Budget: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy; alcohol policy; getting cancer patients the information and support they need; the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to palliative care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to cancer.
Safe Long-Term Care Act.
Patent Act, as it relates to the use of patents for international humanitarian purposes to address public health problems.
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research through Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Health Canada's tobacco control program and policies related to tobacco and vaping products, including sustaining government funding levels, and implementation of effective programs and policies.
Non-Smokers' Health Act, including implementation and enforcement.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Canada Health Transfer - health system funding transfer and agreements intended for provinces/territories to support the delivery of healthcare services, including cancer care services and palliative care.
Federal Budget: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy; alcohol policy; getting cancer patients the information and support they need; the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to palliative care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to cancer.
Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication. This includes a national pharmaceutical strategy.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research.
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
National Caregiving Strategy
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research through Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Aging at Home Benefit.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
Safe Long-Term Care Act.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication. This includes a national pharmaceutical strategy.
Canada Health Transfer - health system funding transfer and agreements intended for provinces/territories to support the delivery of healthcare services, including cancer care services and palliative care.
Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.
Aging at Home Benefit.
Employment Insurance special benefit programs, asking the federal government to improve these benefits by expanding eligibility.
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, as it relates to continued federal funding & long term investment in health research through Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Safe Long-Term Care Act.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Health Canada's tobacco control program and policies related to tobacco and vaping products, including sustaining government funding levels, and implementation of effective programs and policies.
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including protocols, guidelines and implementation.
Excise Act, 2001 and regulations, as it relates to contraband and the taxation of tobacco and vaping products.
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act and regulations, including ingredients, promotion, packaging/labelling, product regulation, reporting and enforcement and any other aspect.
Reported by Andrea Seale · In-house (organization)
Data as it relates to all health and cancer data policy, planning and outcomes.
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.