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.
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.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (corporation) In effect since Sep 1, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Carolyn Chisholm, General Manager, External Affairs Canada
Lobbyists
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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)
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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)Hide details
- 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
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Matthew Paisley · Director Of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Discussions on policies, programs and regulations related to the energy efficiency, decarbonization, and competitiveness of the mining and metal industry.
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
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. Read more
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Tim Hodgson · Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Samir Kassam · Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Eamonn McGuinty · Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Michael Jason · Senior Advisor - Legal and Mining, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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- Mistine Lauzon · Senior Special Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements. Read more
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Mark Wiseman · Ambassador to the United States of America, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements.
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Janice Charette · Chief Trade Negotiator to the United States, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jerome Belanger · Director of Operations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements.
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Galen Richardson · Director of Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Ian Foucher · Chief of staff, Finance Canada (FIN)
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements. Read more
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.
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Aaron Fowler · Assistant Associate Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements. Read more
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.
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Michael Jason · Senior Advisor - Legal and Mining, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Mistine Lauzon · Senior Special Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates Read more
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements.
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Greg Orencsak · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements. Read more
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Phillip Jennings · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Charles Vincent · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Cameron MacKay · Ambassador of Canada to Mexico, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements. Read more
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Martin Moen · Associate Asst Dep. Minister of International Trade and Chair of the Canada/U.S. Trade and Economic Task Force, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements. Read more
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Isabella Chan · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Victoria Dempster · Senior Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
- Elizabeth Arsenault · Director of Policy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Michael Sabia · Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Tim Krupa · Director of Policy, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements. Read more
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Sara Wilshaw · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements.
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Dominic Ronchon · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
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. Read more
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
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Kendal Hembroff · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Catherine Jobin · Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Wendy Hadwen · Assistant Deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)
Discussions on labour measures, skilled labour access, supply chain challenges, and the implementation of legislation and regulations related to this topic. Read more
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 critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Janice Charette · Chief Trade Negotiator to the United States, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Martin Moen · Associate Asst Dep. Minister of International Trade and Chair of the Canada/U.S. Trade and Economic Task Force, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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. Read more
Trade-related matters, including policies, tariffs, international agreements.
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Laurent Blanchard · Policy Advisor, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Rinaldo Jeanty · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Discussions on mining and regional economic development, including mine closures, as well as policies on conservation, nature-based solutions, and marine protected areas. Read more
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Samir Kassam · Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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. Read more
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Andrée-Lyne Hallé · Deputy Chief of Staff, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Isabella Chan · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Discussions on regulatory reforms for major projects and their effects on the mining and metal industry.
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Reported by Carolyn Chisholm · In-house (corporation)
- Isabella Chan · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Discussions on critical minerals including federal programs and policies, sector competitiveness, infrastructure, and project updates
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.