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Lobbying by Association of Canadian Port Authorities: 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

Association of Canadian Port Authorities

Meetings this Parliament
38
With MPs
8
Since Nov 2021
176
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 23, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 8, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Daniel-Robert Gooch, President & CEO

Lobbyists

  • Anna Barrera · Senior Director of Industry, Regulatory and Government Affairs
  • Gabrielle Charlebois · Office Manager

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Pilotage Authority (APA), Bank of Canada, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Farm Credit Canada (FCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Great Lakes Pilotage Authority, House of Commons, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Laurentian Pilotage Authority, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Pacific Pilotage Authority Canada (PPA), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (16)
  • Discussions with officials on the audit of CPA infrastructure.
  • Discussions with officials with regards to cruise tourism.
  • Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.
  • Discussions with officials with regards to the Ports Canada Conference.
  • Discussions with officials with regards to Canada and U.S. trade and Trump trade measures.
  • Discussions with officials with regards to border security.
  • Discussions with officials with regards to trade relations between Canada and the United States of America.
  • Supply chain fluidity and the role of the National Supply Chain Office in supply chain challenges.
  • The provision of border services by CBSA at sufficient levels to support new and existing trade.
  • Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.
  • Influencing the National Supply Chain Strategy by submitting detailed recommendations.
  • Seeking changes to the Marine Transportation Security Regulations (MTSR) to improve security capabilities of port authorities.
  • Privacy and Access to Information: Ensuring a fair and competitive framework for ports as commercially viable entities.
  • National Trade Corridors Fund: Seeking funding for port infrastructure needs, also seeking funding under NTCF or other programs for decarbonization and deferred maintenance of infrastructure.
  • Impact assessments: seeking clarity and precision on timelines for reviews.
  • Environment and Energy: promoting ports as an environmentally progressive transport hubs integral to global supply chains and regional economic development.

Registration 796224-328226-40. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Daniel-Robert Gooch (175), Debbie Murray (1).

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Owen Crawford-Lem · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Owen Crawford-Lem · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
    Seeking changes to the Marine Transportation Security Regulations (MTSR) to improve security capabilities of port authorities. Read more

    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act. Read more

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Mary Robinson · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance. Read more

    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Tricia Geddes · Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance. Read more

    Seeking changes to the Marine Transportation Security Regulations (MTSR) to improve security capabilities of port authorities.

    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Todd Lewis · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act. Read more

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance. Read more

    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Lawrence Hanson · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act. Read more

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Miled Hill · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act. Read more

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act. Read more

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Miro Froehlich · Director of Policy, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Brandan Rowe · Chief of Staff, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act. Read more

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act. Read more

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Samuel Millar · Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act. Read more

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act. Read more

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act. Read more

    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    Meeting Canada's supply chain infrastructure deficit and how it will be financed and funded. Seeking funding from Transport and Finance. Read more

    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Owen Crawford-Lem · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
    Influencing the National Supply Chain Strategy by submitting detailed recommendations. Read more

    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Randa Saryeddine · Director General, Intermodal Surface, Security & Emergency Preparedness, Transport Canada (TC)
    Seeking changes to the Marine Transportation Security Regulations (MTSR) to improve security capabilities of port authorities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Owen Crawford-Lem · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Sami Hannoush · Principal, Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
    Discussions with officials on the audit of CPA infrastructure.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Duncan Wilson · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Erin O'Gorman · President, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
    The provision of border services by CBSA at sufficient levels to support new and existing trade.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    • Arun Thangaraj · Associate Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    Seeking changes to the Canada Marine Act.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    Supply chain fluidity and the role of the National Supply Chain Office in supply chain challenges. Read more

    Influencing the National Supply Chain Strategy by submitting detailed recommendations.

    Discussions with officials with regards to Canada and U.S. trade and Trump trade measures.

    Official report

  • Reported by Daniel-Robert Gooch · In-house (organization)

    Discussions with officials with regards to cruise tourism.

    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.