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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)

    • Mel Arnold · Member of Parliament
    • Rick Perkins · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Timothy Sargent · Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Morgan McCullough · Special Assistant, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Morgan McCullough · Special Assistant, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Timothy Sargent · Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Youmy Han · Regional Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Lawrence MacAulay · Member of Parliament, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Jessica Laforge · Special Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Reeha Karpal · Special Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Gurjiven Sandhu · Director of Policy, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Jessica Fullerton · Special Advisor, Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Mike Kelloway · Member of Parliament
    • Morgan McCullough · Special Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Guy Gallant · Chief of Staff, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Jeremy Gauthier · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Bob Zimmer · Member of Parliament
    • Cyndi Larmondon · Special Assistant, House of Commons

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Anson Duran · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Timothy Sargent · Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Bud Samvasian · Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

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

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

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

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Harry Burton · Special Advisor, Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
    • Kendra Cox · Director of Policy, Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Paul Moen · Chief of Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Miles Hopper · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

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

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Timothy Srgent · Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

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

    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.