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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)

    • Samuel Millar · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural Resources

    Official report

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

    • Kevin Coon · Chief of Staff to the Minister of International Trade, House of Commons

    EnvironmentIndustryInternal TradeNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    EnvironmentIndustryInternal TradeNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and Development

    Official report

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

    • Hannah WIlson · Senior Regional Desk, Prairies & North, Finance Canada (FIN)

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentIndustryInfrastructureMiningTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentIndustryInfrastructureMiningTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Jean-François Tremblay · Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • John Moffet · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Megan Nichols · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Tara Shannon · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentIndustryInfrastructureMiningTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Nicole Folliet · Acting Executive Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentIndustryInfrastructureMiningTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Alexis Conrad · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Radha Subramani · Director of Operations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Rob Lindsay · Senior Policy Analyst, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentIndustryInfrastructureMiningTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Charles Vincent · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    EnvironmentIndustryInfrastructureNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    EnvironmentIndustryInternal TradeNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Francesco Sorbara · Member of Parliment, House of Commons

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Randi Anderson · Director of Policy (Sustainable Resource Development), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Boyan Gerasimov · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Alain Gingras · Head, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Lisa Mallin · Directrice Adjointe, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Andrew McCracken · Executive Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Zachary Archambault · Directeur, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    and 8 more
    • Andrew Chouinard · Senior advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Charles Vincent · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Sheryl Groeneweg · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Paul O'Keefe · Senior Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Adam Zohrri · Analyst, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Aidan Ditchburn-Trout · Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Paul Halucha · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Laura Bourns · Senior Economist, Finance Canada (FIN)

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Alexander Craney · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Charles Vincent · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Mitch Davies · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Jamie Kippen · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Nina Lothian · Director of Climate and Energy Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    EnvironmentIndustryNatural ResourcesResearch and DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Gudie Hutchings · Minister of Rural Economic Development of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Harry Burton · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Dave Boland · Vice-President, Newfoundland and Labrador Region, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

    Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingEnergyHousingInfrastructureLabourMiningRegional DevelopmentScience and TechnologyTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Yvonne Jones · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Megan McGrath · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons
    • Michael Clarke · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons

    Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingEnergyHousingInfrastructureLabourMiningRegional DevelopmentScience and TechnologyTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Maude Lavoie · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Natural ResourcesScience and TechnologyTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Christophe Cinqmars-Viau · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Samuel Millar · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Natural ResourcesScience and TechnologyTaxation and Finance

    Official report

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

    • Tania Belisle-Leclerc · Director of Policy, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    IndustryMiningResearch and Development

    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.