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Lobbying by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW 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

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW Canada)

Meetings this Parliament
1
With MPs
1
Since Nov 2021
49
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Jul 24, 2025.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jul 1, 2026

Filed by Barry Sawyer, National President

Lobbyists

  • Anouk Collet · Executive Assistant to the National President
  • Derek Johnstone · Special Assistant to the National President
  • Georgette Morris · National Representative
  • Mark Hennessy · Special Assistant to the National President

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (15)
  • With respect to the energy sector, a just-transition program that includes all workers affected by changes including training and upskilling workers into new jobs.
  • With respect to making housing costs more affordable, rent support and national rent control standards.
  • Universal Childcare with respect to the creation of a publicly funded and publicly administered National Childcare program.
  • Temporary Foreign Worker Program - requesting a more robust immigration program and greater access to permanent residency for workers, particularly where there is a genuine labour market shortage; ensuring that Canadians and permanent residents are more efficiently engaged in the labour market to substantially decrease unemployment in Canada
  • National Food Policy with respect to the establishment of a national food policy council inclusive of tripartite involvement and representation.
  • Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls with respect to implementing the calls to justice recommended by the final report of the National Inquiry of the MMIWG.
  • Indigenous Rights with respect to appropriate funding and resources to support the development of necessary publicly delivered water infrastructure to indigenous communities across Canada.
  • Formerly known as M 444: A motion to establish a coordinated National Action Plan to Address Violence Against Women with respect to prevention measures, Service, legal and social policy responses.
  • Federal Pay Equity Act, with respect to implementing the recommendations of the 2004 Pay Equity task force and to begin closing the Gender Wage Gap.
  • Equity for First Nations Children in Canada with respect to the adoption of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society's Spirit Bear plan.
  • Employment Labour Shortage in First Nations Communities with respect to education to employment barriers on and off reserve.
  • Employment Insurance with respect to lowering the accumulated hours needed to access E.I. sick benefits to 360 hours of work in the 52 week period. Extending E.I. sickness benefits from 15 to 50 weeks and eliminating the 1 week waiting period to access benefits.
  • Digital platform work with respect to app-based workers Rights, Benefits, Earning standards and Occupational Health and Safety protections.
  • Canadian, US and Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA) with respect to protection of Canadian Supply Management and strengthening the Labour Chapter.
  • Automation with respect to the creation of an advisory council and study.

Registration 963122-293385-33. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Paul Meinema (47), Shawn Haggerty (2).

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Korey McKinnon · Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Marieke O'Neil · Senior Policy Analyst, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Dami Fakolujo · Policy Analyst, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Christine Sarafian · Assistant Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • James McNamee · Senior Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Youn-Young Park · Policy Analyst, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Nicole Brouwer · Policy Analyst, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Daniel Blaikie · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Employment and TrainingLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew Green · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Emily Silk · Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Samantha Thompson · Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureImmigrationLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Lisa Marie Barron · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    FisheriesLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Tony Van Bynen · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Employment and TrainingEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    Employment and TrainingEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Nicholson · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Miles Wu · Minister Exempt Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and TrainingLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Mona Nandy · Director General, ESDC, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Steven Cote · Executive Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Catherine Demers · Senior Learning Consultant, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Thomas Ryan · Senior Policy Analyst, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    and 3 more
    • Rachel Salamena · Senior Policy Analyst, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Thomas Clarke · Junior Policy Analyst, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Cristian Lorenzoni · Executive Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and TrainingLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Nicholson · Director, Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Francois Soucy · Director of Research and Policy, House of Commons

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Lisa Setlakwe · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Nathalie Gahimbare · Senior policy advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Alexandre Boulerice · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Iseult L'Heureux-Hubert · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Gary Robertson · ADM, House of Commons

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Hassan Yussuff · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Joel Bowen · Member's Assistant, Senate of Canada

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Seamus O'Regan · Minister of Labour, House of Commons
    • Julia Van Drie · Minister Exempt Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and TrainingLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Jagmeet Singh · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Alexandre Boulerice · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Jonathan Gauvin · Director of Policy and Research, House of Commons

    Labour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Ben Chin · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Nathalie Gahimbare · Senior policy advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Employment and TrainingLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Paul Meinema · In-house (organization)

    • Lisa Setlakwe · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Robyne MacGowan · Senior Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Jeff Waring · Director General, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Allison Davis · Policy Analyst, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Employment and TrainingLabour

    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.