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Lobbying by Rio Tinto Canada Management Inc: 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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Corporation

Rio Tinto Canada Management Inc

Meetings this Parliament
170
With MPs
21
Since Nov 2021
550
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (corporation) In effect since Sep 1, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Carolyn Chisholm, General Manager, External Affairs Canada

Lobbyists

  • Brendan Marshall · Director Government Relations Canada Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Executive Assistant, Minister's Office, Heritage and Official Languages (2009–2011)

    Formerly Lead Advance House of Commons, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (2008–2008)

    Formerly Research and Administrative Assistant Senate, Office of the Speaker of the Senate, Senate of Canada (2006–2008)

  • Carolyn Chisholm · Head of Government Relations Canada Former public office holder

    Formerly Senior Policy Advisor, Leader of the Government, Senate of Canada (1997–1999)

    Formerly Policy Analyst, Liberal Reserach Bureau, House of Commons (1994–1996)

    Formerly Contract Worker, N/A, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1994–1994)

    Formerly Co-Op Student, Specific Claims Division, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (1992–1992)

  • Didier Arseguel · Vice President, Technology at Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium
  • Elisabeth Rousseau · General Manager, Sales & Marketing - Metallics
  • Jean Quenneville · Director, External Affairs
  • Jean-Eric Laurin · Leader Scandium
  • Johanne Brouillard · General Manager Taxation Canada & South America
  • Luis Gonzalez Mejia Reyes · Senior Advisor Government Relations Canada
  • Sophie Bergeron · Managing Director, Rio Tinto Iron, Titanium & Diamonds

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Saguenay Port Authority, Senate of Canada, Sept-Iles Port Authority, St. John's Port Authority, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (Port Metro Vancouver)

What they're lobbying on (9)
  • Discussions on policies, programs and regulations related to the energy efficiency, decarbonization, and competitiveness of the mining and metal industry.
  • Discussions on mining and regional economic development, including mine closures, as well as policies on conservation, nature-based solutions, and marine protected areas.
  • Discussions on enhancing Canada’s Mining and Metals sector competitiveness through fiscal and tax policies, supporting new technologies, innovation, and advanced manufacturing and national security.
  • Discussions on existing policies and regulations that impact efficient operations of port, rail, and transportation and trade corridors; and development of enabling infrastructure to support competitiveness of mining projects in remote regions of Canada.
  • Discussions on policies and programs aimed at enhancing access to energy to support project development.
  • Discussions on regulatory reforms for major projects and their effects on the mining and metal industry.
  • Discussions on labour measures, skilled labour access, supply chain challenges, and the implementation of legislation and regulations related to this topic.
  • Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
  • Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements.

Registration 776665-306985-58. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Amitpal Singh · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Mining

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Robert Fry · Deputy High Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    IndustryInternational RelationsMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Amitpal Singh · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    IndustryNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    IndustryMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Chris Padfield · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Clean Growth, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Charles Vincent · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Sara Wilshaw · Chief Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Megan Nichols · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 2 more
    • Julie Vanderschot · Senior Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Dave Boland · Vice-President, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

    EnvironmentMiningResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Jeff Labonté · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Suzy McDonald · Associate Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Aboriginal AffairsTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Ian Foucher · Chief of Staff, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Amitpal Singh · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    EnergyEnvironmentMiningResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Chris Forbes · Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)

    EnergyEnvironmentMiningResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Paul Halucha · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    EnergyEnvironmentMiningResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Philip Proulx · Director Executive Office - Strategic Advisor Québec, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    MiningNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Marc Serré · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Rinaldo Jeanty · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    MiningNatural ResourcesResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Samir Kassam · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    ClimateIndustryMiningResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Robert Dick · Assistant deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)

    MiningNatural ResourcesTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Chrystia Freeland · Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)

    International RelationsMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Paul Halucha · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    IndustryMiningResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Patricia Sibal · Senior Policy Advisor, Minister's Office, Transport Canada (TC)

    Economic DevelopmentIndustryTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Amitpal Singh · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    ClimateIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Paul Halucha · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    LabourMiningNatural ResourcesTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironmentMiningNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Lisa Setlakwe · Assistant Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Nicholas Robinson · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)

    IndustryMiningNatural ResourcesTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Amitpal Singh · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    IndustryNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Patricia Sibal · Senior Policy Advisor, Minister's Office, Transport Canada (TC)

    IndustryMiningNatural ResourcesTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Randi Anderson · Director of Policy (Sustainable Resource Development), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Kaylie Stathopulos · Senior Policy and Regional Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    IndustryNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Samuel Millar · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Maude Lavoie · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Miodrag Jovanovic · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)

    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    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.