Client of a consultant lobbyist
Independent Broadcast Group
- Meetings this Parliament
- 0
- With MPs
- 0
- Since Nov 2021
- 10
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Feb 23, 2023.
Lobbying by Independent Broadcast Group: 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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Consultant In effect since Aug 31, 2026
Consultant Joel Fortune of Joel R Fortune Professional Corporation
Consultant lobbyists
- Joel Fortune
Institutions they may lobby: Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Finance Canada (FIN), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Senate of Canada
What they're lobbying on (7)Hide details
- Treatment of cultural industries in trade negotiations with United States.
- Broadcasting Distribution Regulations and conditions of service, with respect to the distribution of independent broadcasting services.
- Revenue sharing for news and information programming online.
- Income Tax Act, with respect to tax credits relating to the production of Canadian programming and advertising expenditures.
- Including broadcast media in tax credit program for news production under Income Tax Act.
- Excise Tax Act, with respect to non-Canadian services.
- Broadcasting Act, with respect to policies towards ownership diversity in the broadcasting system.
Registration 787396-274586-23. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by Joel Fortune · Consultant
- Pablo Rodriguez · Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Genevieve Hinse · Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Reported by Joel Fortune · Consultant
- Matthew Gray · Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Reported by Joel Fortune · Consultant
- Matthew Gray · Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Owen Ripley · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Reported by Joel Fortune · Consultant
- Sarah Thomas · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
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Reported by Joel Fortune · Consultant
- Matthew Gray · Director of Policy, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Owen Ripley · Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Reported by Joel Fortune · Consultant
- Matthew Gray · Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Reported by Joel Fortune · Consultant
- Matthew Gray · Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Reported by Joel Fortune · Consultant
- Martin Champoux · Member of Parliament
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Reported by Joel Fortune · Consultant
- Maxence Bernier · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- David Hurl · Director of Policy, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Matthew Gray · Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Brian McKay · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Reported by Joel Fortune · Consultant
- Maxence Bernier · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- David Hurl · Director of policy, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Matthew Gray · Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Simon Ross · Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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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.