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Lobbying by WaterPower Canada: 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

WaterPower Canada

Meetings this Parliament
68
With MPs
9
Since Nov 2021
114
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 16, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Aug 25, 2026

Filed by Lorena Patterson, President and CEO

Lobbyists

  • Caroline Lavoie · Directrice principale, Relations avec le gouvernement fédéral
  • Gilbert Bennet · Senior Advisor
  • Lorena Patterson · President and CEO

Institutions they may lobby: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Emission Reduction Incentives Agency, Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (13)
  • Discussions on proposed legislative, regulatory and policy reforms as they relate to building major projects and existing hydropower installations.
  • Structure and application of Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits for the hydropower industry.
  • Discussions on the proposed National Electricity Strategy
  • Conversations regarding the role of the Major Projects Office and its potential impact for hydropower's projects and regulatory framework.
  • Discuss potential U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports of electricity and manufactured components and their impact on the hydropower sector.
  • Implementation of the Impact Assessment Act, Canadian Navigable Waters Act, and Canada Water Act, and regulations and policies there under, as they relate to the operation, refurbishment and redevelopment of existing hydropower generation stations, and development of new hydropower generation stations.
  • Conversations regarding financing available for hydropower projects.
  • Legislation, regulation, and policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions including the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, Clean Fuel Standard, and/or Clean Electricity Regulations as they relate to the operation, refurbishment and redevelopment of existing hydropower generation stations, and development of new hydropower generation stations.
  • Legislation, regulation, policy and fiscal measures that promote the production and use of green hydrogen within Canada
  • Legislation, regulation, policy, and fiscal measures that promote the production and use of green hydrogen within Canada including but not limited to the Clean Hydrogen Investment Tax Credit, Clean Fuel Regulations Hydrogen Quantification Methodology, and Hydrogen Roundtables
  • Implementation of the modernized Fisheries Act, and regulations and policies thereunder, as they relate to the operation, refurbishment, and redevelopment of existing hydropower generation stations, and development of new hydropower generation stations.
  • Implementation of environmental legislation such as the Species at Risk Act, and Migratory Birds Act, and regulations and policies thereunder, as they relate tot he operation, refurbishment and redevelopment of existing hydropower generation stations, and development of new hydropower generation stations.
  • Conversations regarding the interpretation of certain clauses of The Fisheries Act that potentially impact the development and operations of some hydropower facilities.

Registration 958566-268603-37. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Lorena Patterson (94), Patrick Bateman (12), Carolina Rinfret (8).

  • Reported by Carolina Rinfret · In-house (organization)

    • Richard Cannings · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    ClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnergyEnvironmentFisheriesIndustryInfrastructureNatural ResourcesTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolina Rinfret · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Brewster · Director of Policy (Nature and Biodiversity), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnergyEnvironmentNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • John Aldag · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Jesse Martin · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • Charlie Angus · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Chris Mockler · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • Julie Dabrusin · Member of Parliament
    • Sandy Schembri · Senior Policy and Regional Affairs Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Vincent Desmarais-Adam · Parliamentary and Regional Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • Morgan McCullough · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    EnergyEnvironmentFisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Brewster · Director of Policy (Nature and Biodiversity), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • Tony Maas · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    BudgetClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • Nina Lothian · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • Clare Demerse · Senior Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • Marjory Loveys · Director of Policy and Indigenous Relations, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Eamonn McGuinty · Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • Fiona Simon · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Sandy Schembri · Senior Policy and Regional Affairs Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Bateman · In-house (organization)

    • Richard Cannings · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    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.