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Lobbying by Music 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

Music Canada

Meetings this Parliament
49
With MPs
15
Since Nov 2021
156
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 8, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Nov 19, 2025

Filed by Patrick Rogers, CEO

Lobbyists

  • Patrick Rogers · CEO Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Director of Policy to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, Minister's Office, Department of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages (2013–2015)

    Formerly Manager of Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (2009–2013)

    Formerly Special Assistant to the Minister of Natural Resources, Minister's Office, Natural Resources Canada (2008–2009)

  • Claire Gillis · Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
  • Miranda Mulholland · Creative Culture Advisor
  • Richard Pfohl · GENERAL COUNSEL
  • Sarah Kilpatrick · Vice President, Corporate Affairs
  • Victoria Khajavi · Director of Policy

Institutions they may lobby: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (12)
  • Having conversations about Canada’s music marketplace and the role of Canada’s major labels and artists in it
  • Policy pursuant to International Trade, industry regulation and the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) review regarding culture, the digital environment and copyright and labour practices that protect Canadian artists and the creative industries.
  • Discuss potential artificial intelligence regulations and governance measures that ensure that creators and their intellectual property are protected in the digital environment
  • Having conversations about Canada's participation in the World Intellectual Property Office Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
  • Having conversations about Canada's participation at the G7 Summit and global leadership on music and cultural policy.
  • Regulation pursuant to the implementation of the Digital Service Tax (DST).
  • Regulations pursuant to the Copyright Board of Canada.
  • Regulations pursuant to the Broadcasting Act - Ensuring that CRTC regulations that affect the Canadian recording industry appropriately promote Canadian artists and creative industries.
  • Legislative proposal to ensure that individuals are able to protect the use of their voice and visual likeness from artificial intelligence applications
  • Enforcement and Amendment of the Customs Act - Seeking amendment and adequate enforcement of provisions of the Customs Act to ensure that intellectual property rights holders are protected against counterfeiting and piracy and trade in counterfeiting or pirated goods.
  • Amendments to the Copyright Act - To bring the Copyright Act in line with advances in technology and current international standards and provide fair and predictable rules for copyright in the digital environment.
  • Amendments to the Broadcasting Act - to ensure that the Broadcasting Act protects and supports Canadian music creators and their works in the digital environment.

Registration 947968-349-58. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Patrick Rogers · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew Gray · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    Arts and CultureBroadcastingIndustryIntellectual Property

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Rogers · In-house (organization)

    • Lindsay Mathyssen · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Arts and CultureEconomic DevelopmentIndustryLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Rogers · In-house (organization)

    Arts and CultureBroadcastingEconomic DevelopmentIndustryIntellectual Property

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Rogers · In-house (organization)

    • Joelle Montminy · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Michel Sabbagh · Director General, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Thomas Owen Ripley · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Ramzi Saad · Director General, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    Arts and CultureBroadcastingEconomic DevelopmentIndustryIntellectual Property

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Rogers · In-house (organization)

    • Madwa-Nika Phanord-Cadet · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Arts and CultureBroadcastingEconomic DevelopmentIndustryIntellectual Property

    Official report

  • Reported by Patrick Rogers · In-house (organization)

    • Mathew Hall · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Arts and CultureBroadcastingIndustryIntellectual Property

    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.