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Lobbying by Canadian Union of Public Employees: 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

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Meetings this Parliament
19
With MPs
13
Since Nov 2021
75
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 29, 2026.

Bills they've lobbied on

Named in their own descriptions of meetings or of their registration. Their words are quoted below each bill.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • House of Commons12
  • Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)6
  • Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)3
  • Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)2
  • Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)1
  • Senate of Canada1
  • Finance Canada (FIN)1
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Oct 7, 2026

Filed by Mark Hancock, National President

Lobbyists

  • Aditya Rao · Senior Officer - Anti-Racism, Disability Rights and Employment Equity
  • Angella MacEwen · Executive Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer
  • Annick Desjardins · Executive Assistant, NPO
  • Bill McKinnon · National Staff, New Brunswick
  • Candace Rennick · National Secretary-Treasurer
  • Chantale Grenon-Nyenhuis · Assistant Director, Organizing
  • Emily Turk · Assistant Director, National Services
  • Karen Ranalletta · President- CUPE British Columbia
  • Kelti Cameron · Senior Officer, International Solidarity
  • Marc Janson · Senior Research Officer
  • Mark Hancock · National President
  • Morgan Carl · Senior Officer
  • Nathalie Blais · Senior Research Officer
  • Sarah Ryan · Senior Research Officer
  • Steven Beasley · National Representative
  • Sylvia Sioufi · Managing Director, National Services
  • Tara Paterson · Senior Political Action Officer

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Pilotage Authority (APA), Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), Bank of Canada, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canada School of Public Service (CSPS), Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Competition Tribunal (CT), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Elections Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Justice Canada (JC), National Capital Commission (NCC), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG), Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (CIEC), Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner (PSIC), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI), Pacific Pilotage Authority Canada (PPA), 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), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Standards Council of Canada (SCC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (13)
  • Artificial Intelligence, online privacy, and workers' digital safety.
  • Canada Labour Code - Section 107 and the right to strike
  • Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care program
  • Communications with Members of Parliament regarding federal policies, programs, and funding related to post-secondary education in British Columbia. Advocacy will focus on increased federal investment in trades and vocational education and training: professional, technical, information technology, and emerging-sector programs; and research and innovation at public universities.
  • Implications of outsourcing telecommunications work to international vendors in the context of Bill C-8.
  • Mandatory unpaid work in the Airline industry.
  • Rights of people with disabilities and associated social support programs.
  • Labour Mobility and Agreement on Internal Trade with respect to the impact on collective agreements, qualifications standards in trades.
  • GAC and ESDC - Negotiation and implementation of labor rights in trade and investment agreements
  • ESDC - Labour Program - International Labour Activities and Canada's Positions at International Labour Organisation to facilitate trade Union involvement at the International Labour Organisation.
  • Current lack of affordable housing in Canada and policy approaches to address market shortcomings.
  • Canada Labour Code Part I - Industrial Relations and appointments of the Canadian Industrial Relations Board members.
  • Anti-scab legislation (i.e. prohibitions on the use of replacement workers during strikes and lockouts).

Registration 920942-262582-54. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    Artificial Intelligence, online privacy, and workers' digital safety.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Anushka Kurian · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Simon Wood · Senior Parliamentary Affairs Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Artificial Intelligence, online privacy, and workers' digital safety.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Patty Hadju · Minister of Jobs and Families, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Mandatory unpaid work in the Airline industry. Read more

    Canada Labour Code - Section 107 and the right to strike

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    Communications with Members of Parliament regarding federal policies, programs, and funding related to post-secondary education in British Columbia. Advocacy will focus on increased federal investment in trades and vocational education and training: professional, technical, information technology, and emerging-sector programs; and research and innovation at public universities. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    and 9 more
    • Tamara Kronis · Member of Parliament
    • Heather McPherson · Member of Parliament
    • Patty Hadju · Minister of Jobs and Families, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Paul Moen · Staff- Melanie Joly, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Ian Foucher · Ministry staff, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Hassan Yussuff · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Soha Samii · Regional Advisor for Western Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Kyle Fox · Deputy Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Fahim Khan · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Communications with Members of Parliament regarding federal policies, programs, and funding related to post-secondary education in British Columbia. Advocacy will focus on increased federal investment in trades and vocational education and training: professional, technical, information technology, and emerging-sector programs; and research and innovation at public universities. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Nathalie Théberge · Vice-President, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    • Stéphanie Paquette · Commissioner, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    • Scott Shortliffe · Vice President, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

    C-8

    Implications of outsourcing telecommunications work to international vendors in the context of Bill C-8.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    C-8

    Implications of outsourcing telecommunications work to international vendors in the context of Bill C-8.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Mel Arnold · Member of Parliament
    • Sukhman Gill · Member of Parliament
    • Jonathan Wilkinson · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Communications with Members of Parliament regarding federal policies, programs, and funding related to post-secondary education in British Columbia. Advocacy will focus on increased federal investment in trades and vocational education and training: professional, technical, information technology, and emerging-sector programs; and research and innovation at public universities. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Fares Al Soud · Member of Parliament
    • Roble Osoble · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons
    • Tim Logan · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    C-8

    Implications of outsourcing telecommunications work to international vendors in the context of Bill C-8.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    Communications with Members of Parliament regarding federal policies, programs, and funding related to post-secondary education in British Columbia. Advocacy will focus on increased federal investment in trades and vocational education and training: professional, technical, information technology, and emerging-sector programs; and research and innovation at public universities. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    C-8

    Implications of outsourcing telecommunications work to international vendors in the context of Bill C-8.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    and 3 more
    • Zoe Royer · Member of Parliament
    • Jordan Barrett-Choy · Parliamentary Affairs Advisor, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
    • Nick Sushko · West and North Regional Advisor, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
    Communications with Members of Parliament regarding federal policies, programs, and funding related to post-secondary education in British Columbia. Advocacy will focus on increased federal investment in trades and vocational education and training: professional, technical, information technology, and emerging-sector programs; and research and innovation at public universities. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Bram Abramson · Commissioner, Ontario Region, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    • Nathalie Theberge · Vice-Chairperson, Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
    • Stéphanie Paquette · Commissionner, Quebec, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

    C-8

    Implications of outsourcing telecommunications work to international vendors in the context of Bill C-8.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Jacques Ramsay · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety

    C-8

    Implications of outsourcing telecommunications work to international vendors in the context of Bill C-8.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Anna Gainey · Secretary of State (Children and Youth), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Patty Hadju · Minister of Jobs and Families, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    C-2744-1

    BIll C-27 Related to the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    Mandatory unpaid work in the Airline industry.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Seeback · Member of Parliament
    • Patty Hadju · Minister of Jobs and Families, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Mandatory unpaid work in the Airline industry.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Patty Hadju · Minister of Jobs and Families, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Mandatory unpaid work in the Airline industry.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Niomi Trembley · Chief of Staff to J. Zerucelli, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Mandatory unpaid work in the Airline industry.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Bonita Zarrillo · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Llori Webster · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Bonita Zarrillo · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Taylor Bachrach · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Matthew Green · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Julie Harb · Senior Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew Green · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Taylor Bachrach · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Mark Hancock · In-house (organization)

    • Jagmeet Singh · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Bonita Zarrillo · Member of Parliament, 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.