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Lobbying by National Airlines Council of 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

National Airlines Council of Canada

Meetings this Parliament
8
With MPs
5
Since Nov 2021
40
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Aug 19, 2026.

Registrations in effect

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

Filed by Jeff Morrison, President and CEO

Lobbyists

  • Jim Ferrier · Director, Public Policy
  • Shannon Saunders · Director, Operations and Regulatory Affairs Former public office holder

    Formerly Program Manager, Technical and Regulatory Coordination, Standards Branch, Transport Canada (2022–2024)

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), 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), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)

What they're lobbying on (8)
  • Labour related policies and issues as pertains to federally regulated employers, particularly those impacting the aviation sector.
  • Advocacy related to the renewal and continued federal funding of the International Convention Attraction Fund, including a request for a commitment of $10 million annually over 4 years.
  • Security and facilitation issues including those related to border controls and quarantines, the electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) program and system outages
  • Regulatory provisions under the Canadian Aviation Regulations that govern the day to day operations of airlines
  • Regulatory modernization initiatives as they may impact the aviation industry in areas such as clean technology, digitalization and technology neutral regulations, and international standards
  • Environmental issues including action plans and other measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  • Competitiveness of the sector with respect to reducing level of federal fees and taxes applied to the aviation industry including the excise tax on jet fuel, airport ground rent payments, navigational fees, security charges
  • Adaptation of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations (APPR) and the Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations (ATPDR)

Registration 706898-296745-39. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Jeff Morrison (29), Suzanne Acton-Gervais (9), Mike McNaney (2).

  • Reported by Jeff Morrison · In-house (organization)

    EnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Morrison · In-house (organization)

    TourismTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Morrison · In-house (organization)

    • Donna Dasko · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Paula Simons · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Bernadette Clement · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Transportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Morrison · In-house (organization)

    TourismTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Suzanne Acton-Gervais · In-house (organization)

    • Jean-Sebastien Bock · Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)
    • Sandenga Yeba · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)

    Consumer IssuesHealthIndustryTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Suzanne Acton-Gervais · In-house (organization)

    Consumer IssuesHealthIndustryTourismTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Suzanne Acton-Gervais · In-house (organization)

    Consumer IssuesHealthIndustryTourismTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Suzanne Acton-Gervais · In-house (organization)

    • Kathy Thompson · Executive Vice-President, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
    • Jennifer Lutfallah · A/Vice-President, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

    Consumer IssuesHealthIndustryTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Suzanne Acton-Gervais · In-house (organization)

    Consumer IssuesHealthIndustryTourismTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Suzanne Acton-Gervais · In-house (organization)

    • Sandra Hassan · Deputy Minister of Labour and Associate Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Gary Robertson · Assistant Deputy Minister for Employment and Social Development Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    LabourTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Suzanne Acton-Gervais · In-house (organization)

    • Serge Bijimine · Assistant Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)

    EnvironmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Suzanne Acton-Gervais · In-house (organization)

    • Randy Boissonnault · Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    TourismTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Suzanne Acton-Gervais · In-house (organization)

    • Francesco Sorbara · Member of Parliment, House of Commons

    Transportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Mike McNaney · In-house (organization)

    • Taylor Bachrach · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Transportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Mike McNaney · In-house (organization)

    Transportation

    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.