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Lobbying by The United Church of Canada: 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

The United Church of Canada

Meetings this Parliament
59
With MPs
32
Since Nov 2021
181
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Jul 14, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Mar 31, 2026

Filed by Michael Blair, General Secretary, General Council

Lobbyists

  • Adele Halliday · Anti-Racism and Equity Lead
  • Ammar Youzbashi · Refugee Program Advisor
  • Beth Baskin · Program Coordinator, Social Analysis & Congregational Engagement
  • Beth Lorimer · Program Coordinator, Ecological Justice, KAIROS
  • Brandi Bilodeau · Indigenous Rights Coordinator
  • Cheryl McNamara · Media Coordinator, KAIROS Canada
  • Christie Neufeldt · Program Coordinator, Central America & Peru
  • Connor Sarazin · Operations and HR Specialist
  • Danielle Kamtié · Africa Partnerships and Global Climate Justice Program Coordinator
  • Emo Yango · Team Lead Migrant and Diaspora Church Planting
  • Jane Thirikwa · Program Coordinator Global Advocacy 2S LGBTQIA+
  • Japhet Ndhlovu · Executive Minister, Church in Mission
  • Khwaka Kukubo · Advisor, Refugee Program
  • Kimberly Heath · Moderator
  • Leah Shifferaw · Migrant Justice Team Lead
  • Lori Neale · Identity and Mission Network Coordinator
  • Lori-Ann Livingston · Press and Public Relations Lead
  • Mimi Al-Nahhas · Refugee Sponsorship Program Support
  • Murray Pruden · Director of Indigenous Programs
  • Rachel Warden · Gender Justice, Women of Courage, and Latin America Partnerships Program Coordinator, KAIROS
  • Sara Stratton · Reconciliation and Indigenous Justice Animator
  • Sarah Williams · Identity and Mission Network Coordinator
  • Shannon Neufeldt · Member Relations and Network Coordinator
  • Shona Fulcher · Director of Operations
  • Silvia Cristina Vasquez-Olguin · Global Partnerships Coordinator for Latin America and Gender Justice
  • Siobhan Rowan · Organizational Development Manager
  • Tania Principe · Executive Director
  • Thi Van Hoang · Program Coordinator, Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Response
  • Wendy Gichuru · Regional Coordinator, Africa/The Middle East
  • Won Hur · Global Partnership Program Coordinator

Institutions they may lobby: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), Public Safety Canada (PS), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada

What they're lobbying on (25)
  • Canada’s role in advancing global reform
  • Participation in and informal conversations regarding legislative bills
  • Discussing arms embargo on Israel
  • civil society delegation engaging on LGBTQIA+ rights
  • International relations and development assistance
  • LGBTQIA+ persecution and how Canada must act through diplomacy, funding, envoy pathways
  • Canadian Foreign Policy in the Mesoamerica, the Caribbean and South America
  • Investing in Women Peacebuilders to Address the Climate, Conflict, and Gender Nexu
  • Responding to global economic crises: Canada’s role and responsibilities
  • Engagement with Canadian foreign policy and international assistance across global regions
  • International Development Week to urge stronger support for international development as a strategic pillar of Canada’s foreign policy.
  • global debt crisis and Canada’s role as a bilateral lender and in global debt reform.
  • participated in the Cooperation Canada Hill Day event
  • advocate for Gender Justice, Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Migrant Justice and climate justice
  • Canada’s international trade policy and international development policy around the world
  • Canada's international development policy with respect to immigration
  • Canada policy in regard to Indigenous/Racialized people
  • Concerns regarding climate
  • Human Rights Concerns in the world
  • Canada’s international trade policy and international development policy with respect in promoting a just peace in Palestine and Israel
  • Encourage the Canadian government to meet its commitments to increase the international assistance envelop in budget in context of high food insecurity, increasing disasters due to impact of climate change, FIAP and advancing gender equality
  • Canada's international development assistance and prioritize women-led grassroots organizations.
  • labeling of Israeli settlement goods entering Canada; and support for exclusion of settlement products from Canada-Israeli Free Trade Agreement
  • Canada’s international trade policy and international development policy with respect to mining in Africa in general terms. No discussion of any particular proposal, bill, program, regulation, policy or program.
  • Canada's international trade policy and international development policy with respect to mining in El Salvedor and Guatemala

Registration 947661-310665-27. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Michael Blair · In-house (organization)

    • Kim Pate · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Blair · In-house (organization)

    Climate

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Blair · In-house (organization)

    • Julie Dabrussin · Member of the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons

    Climate

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Blair · In-house (organization)

    • Nathaniel Erskine-Smith · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International DevelopmentInternational Relations

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Blair · In-house (organization)

    • Francis Drouin · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Blair · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Grant · Assistant Deputy Minister for the Americas, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Hana Mihaldz · Desk Officer Central America, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Sebastien Sigouin · Executive Director Central America, Cuba and Dominican Republic Integrated Programs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Emily McLaughlin · Director InterAmerican Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    and 3 more
    • Chantal Labelle · South America Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Karen Mollica · Dir. Strategic Planning, Operations and Policy Division, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Paul Gibbard · Director of Venezuela Task Force, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Relations

    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.