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Lobbying by Canadian Association of Optometrists: 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

Canadian Association of Optometrists

Meetings this Parliament
23
With MPs
14
Since Nov 2021
72
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 9, 2026.

Bills they've lobbied on

Named in their own descriptions of meetings or of their registration. Their words are quoted below each bill.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • House of Commons16
  • Health Canada (HC)3
  • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)2
  • Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)2

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Apr 20, 2026

Filed by Joelle Walker, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Bonnie Kirkwood · Director, Government Relations and Advocacy
  • Joelle Walker · Chief Executive Officer

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), National Defence (DND), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

What they're lobbying on (6)
  • Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school
  • Advocate for the inclusion of optometrists under the Canada Student Loan Forgiveness Program.
  • Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required.
  • Advocate for optometrist small businesses as it relates to income splitting, income sprinkling, capital gains taxation and other business related measures.
  • Advocate for improved vision services under the Interim Federal Health Program
  • Advocate for the improvements of vision services under the Non-Insured Health Program.

Registration 963506-336166-19. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Francois Couillard (52), Joelle Walker (20).

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    • Marc-Andre Robichaud · Executive Assistant, House of Commons
    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    • Dave MacKenzie · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    • Thomas Simpson · Deputy Chief of staff, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required. Read more

    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required. Read more

    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    • Christian Judd · Director, West, Program, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Christine Lemieux · Manager, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    • Michelle Owens · Executive Director, Health Canada (HC)
    Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    • Jibril Hussein · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school Read more

    Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for federal funding for a new optometry school

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    • Elaine Chong · Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Advocate for improved vision services under the Interim Federal Health Program

    Official report

  • Reported by Joelle Walker · In-house (organization)

    • Jibril Hussein · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
    Advocate for the inclusion of optometrists under the Canada Student Loan Forgiveness Program. Read more

    Advocate for content and implementation of An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care. Meet with relevant Health Canada civil servants and political staff, and members of parliament as required.

    Official report

  • Reported by Francois Couillard · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for optometrist small businesses as it relates to income splitting, income sprinkling, capital gains taxation and other business related measures.

    Official report

  • Reported by Francois Couillard · In-house (organization)

    • Andrea Currie · Acting Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Advocate for improved vision services under the Interim Federal Health Program

    Official report

  • Reported by Francois Couillard · In-house (organization)

    C-28444-1

    Private Members Bill C-284, An Act to establish a national strategy on eye care - meet with Senators and Members of Parliament to encourage them to move forward on the passage and implementation of Bill C-284 Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Francois Couillard · In-house (organization)

    • Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Francois Couillard · In-house (organization)

    • Paul Faucette · Director, Parliamentary Affairs, Senate of Canada

    Health

    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.