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Lobbying by Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance: 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 Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Meetings this Parliament
32
With MPs
8
Since Nov 2021
157
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 25, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 25, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Timothy Kennedy, President & CEO

Lobbyists

  • Timothy Kennedy · President & CEO

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

What they're lobbying on (10)
  • Reporting requirements administered by Corporations Canada, including corporate filing obligations, reporting procedures, and related regulatory or policy changes.
  • Funding for sector and members company, new technologies and operational developments.
  • Ensure modern and efficient transport regulations for the aquaculture sector.
  • To ensure economic activities are considered in the development of Marine Protected Areas and National Marine Conservation Areas in Canada.
  • Seek renewal of Sustainable Aquaculture Program within Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Advocate for a new aquaculture development strategy for Canada.
  • Advocate for a reasonable and responsible "BC Salmon Farming Transition" plan
  • Modernization of federal shellfish management regime
  • Seek inclusion for aquaculture in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Growing Forward 2 framework
  • Advocate for reforms to current regulations under the Fisheries Act that impact aquaculture sector

Registration 931537-29-46. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Morgan McCullough · Director of Operations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Advocate for a new aquaculture development strategy for Canada. Read more

    Advocate for a reasonable and responsible "BC Salmon Farming Transition" plan

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Morgan McCullough · Director of Operations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Advocate for reforms to current regulations under the Fisheries Act that impact aquaculture sector

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    Seek inclusion for aquaculture in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Growing Forward 2 framework

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for a new aquaculture development strategy for Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Kaili Levesque · Associate Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Aaran McPherson · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Advocate for reforms to current regulations under the Fisheries Act that impact aquaculture sector

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Wayne Long · Secretary of State for Revenue and Canadian Financials Institutions
    Advocate for a new aquaculture development strategy for Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Neil MacIsaac · Chief of Staff, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Joshua Lindneer · Senior Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Advocate for reforms to current regulations under the Fisheries Act that impact aquaculture sector

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Annette Gibbons · Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Modernization of federal shellfish management regime

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Mark Choi · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
    Advocate for a new aquaculture development strategy for Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Morgan McCullough · Director of Policy, House of Commons
    Advocate for a reasonable and responsible "BC Salmon Farming Transition" plan

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Morgan Mccullough · Special Advisor to Ryan Turnbull, House of Commons
    Advocate for reforms to current regulations under the Fisheries Act that impact aquaculture sector

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    and 16 more
    • Mark Strahl · Member of Parliament
    • Francois Rivest · Director General, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Ed Fast · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Mary Robinson · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Marian Campbell Jarvis · Senior ADM, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Alex Kondakov · Regional Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Nick Penner · Operations Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Selena McCuaig · Parliamentary Secretary Assistant, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Paul Carrigan · Special Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Kevin McHarg · Director of Operations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Francois Rivest · Director General, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Samuel Millar · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Robert Ianiro · Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Jeremy Keats · Policy and Regulatory Affairs Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Jeremy Keats · Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Michael Ferguson · Senior Special Assistant, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Advocate for a new aquaculture development strategy for Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Tom Rosser · ADM, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Shannon Nix · Assistant Deputy Minister Strategic Policy Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Advocate for a new aquaculture development strategy for Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Kaili Levesque · Associate Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Advocate for a reasonable and responsible "BC Salmon Farming Transition" plan

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Mel Arnold · Member of Parliament
    • Clifford Small · Member of Parliament
    • Joel Taguchi · Member's Assistant, House of Commons
    • Jordan Angus · Member's Assistant, House of Commons
    Advocate for reforms to current regulations under the Fisheries Act that impact aquaculture sector Read more

    Advocate for a reasonable and responsible "BC Salmon Farming Transition" plan

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Joshua Lindner · Senior policy advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Economic DevelopmentFederal-Provincial RelationsFisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Faizel Gulamhussein · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Kaili Levesque · Deputy Secretary to Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    Fisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Ken Hardie · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Fisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Alexandra Dostal · Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Joshua Linder · Special Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Morgan McCullough · Director of Operations, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Fisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Emma Drake · Office of the Minister of Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Fisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Kennedy · In-house (organization)

    • Niall O'Dea · Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    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.