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Lobbying by Canadian Credit Union Association: 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 Credit Union Association

Meetings this Parliament
13
With MPs
5
Since Nov 2021
71
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 23, 2026.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • Finance Canada (FIN)6
  • House of Commons5
  • Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)2
  • Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)1
  • Senate of Canada1
  • Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)1
  • Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)1
  • Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jul 15, 2026

Filed by Jeff Guthrie, President & Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Brenda O'Connor · VP, Governance & Strategy
  • Brent Furtney · Director, Government Relations (Ontario)
  • Henry Han · Director, Government Relations (BC)
  • Jeff Guthrie · President and CEO
  • Jennifer English · Director, Government Relations (Altantic)
  • Leon Tovey · Senior, Legal Counsel
  • Michael Hatch · Vice President, Government Relations Former public office holder

    Formerly Economic Policy Analyst, National Liberal Caucus Research Bureau, House of Commons (2005–2008)

  • Mirren Harris · VP, Education & Professional Development
  • Rhys McKendry · Senior Manager, Research
  • Rob Swallow · Regional Director, Government Relations (SK)
  • Sabena Sandhu · Manager, Policy
  • Sukhi Jandu · Manager, Federal Government Relations Former public office holder

    Formerly Outreach Coordinator, OLO, Opposition Leader's Office (2021–2022)

    Formerly Executive Assistant, Member of Parliament Randy Hoback, House of Commons (2020–2021)

    Formerly Constituency Assistant, Member of Parliament Cheryl Gallant, House of Commons (2017–2017)

  • Victoria Mainprize · VP, Policy & General Counsel

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Bank of Canada, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Farm Credit Canada (FCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (25)
  • Pursuing Competition Act amendments to change the way the Competition Bureau treats provincial credit union mergers.
  • Discussion relating to Canada’s COVID-19 economic response plan to provide credit through the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Export Development Canada (EDC) under the Loan Guarantee for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, the Co-Lending Program for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.
  • Discussion relating to Canada's COVID-19 economic response plan.
  • The Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act as they relate to the taxation of credit unions, cooperatives and small business.
  • Winding-up Restructuring Act and applicability to credit unions and credit union centrals.
  • The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act with respect to impact on credit unions and credit union centrals.
  • The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Common Reporting Standards and potential impacts on credit unions.
  • The Canada Anti-Spam Law as it relates to contraventions under the Act and general impact on credit union operations.
  • Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act with respect to reporting and compliance obligations of credit unions and credit union centrals.
  • Participated in the Department of Finance consultation on the development of a financial consumer code. Continue to monitor its development.
  • Monitor the financial powers and operations of the Business Development Bank of Canada as being considered during the current statutory Parliamentary Review of the Business Development Bank of Canada.
  • Monitoring housing finance policy as it relates to data collection by the Government, Regulatory Burden and how policy will affect consumers.
  • Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) and Article 4 consultations.
  • Income Tax Act - any provision applicable to credit unions including but not limited to (Part XVIII and Part XIX) pertaining respectively to the automatic exchange of financial account information with the United States under the intergovernmental agreement to facilitate compliance with the "The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the automatic exchange of financial account information with jurisdictions other than the US in accordance with the Common Reporting Standard.
  • Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - mutual evaluations of Canada
  • Engaging with all Government stakeholders that are investigating the implementation of an open-banking framework in Canada and how that will affect credit unions and their members.
  • Discussion relating to a national strategy on financial literacy, with respect to the work of the credit unions on financial literacy.
  • Co-operative Credit Associations Act scheduled review of federal financial institutions legislative review due in 2023.
  • Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.
  • Canadian Payments Act - Monitor work by the Department of Finance, Bank of Canada and the Canadian Payments Association related to any amendments to CPA Act and proposed modernization initiatives.
  • Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) Act. Monitor the progress of the CDIC review of deposit insurance and participate in any consultations or research initiatives Monitor any resulting changes to the CDIC Act.
  • Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act as it relates to lending practices and priority of security. Monitor and participate in the review of the Act.
  • Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security. The 2025 review of federal financial institutions legislative review.
  • Aboriginal reconciliation- Discussion on federal policies, programs and initiatives aimed at enhancing aboriginal economic development opportunities and engaging in reconciliation.

Registration 952525-354051-60. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Jeff Guthrie (63), Martha Durdin (8).

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Judith Hamel · Director General, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security. The 2025 review of federal financial institutions legislative review. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • David Tousignant · Director General, Financial Institutions, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Barbara Russell · Director, Competition & Strategic Initiatives, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Yasir Syed · Managing Director, Legislative Approvals and New Entry Division, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
    • Jaspal Matharu · Director, Supervision, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs. Read more

    Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security. The 2025 review of federal financial institutions legislative review.

    Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Simran Arulraj · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Varun Srivatsan · Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • David Tousignant · Director General, Financial Institutions, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Barbara Russell · Director, Competition & Strategic Initiatives, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Jennifer Beach · Advisor/Economist, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Holly Thomas · Senior Advisor, Economist, Finance Canada (FIN)
    and 1 more
    • Jonathan Reid · Analyst/Economist, Finance Canada (FIN)
    The Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act as they relate to the taxation of credit unions, cooperatives and small business. Read more

    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.

    Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security. The 2025 review of federal financial institutions legislative review.

    Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    and 15 more
    • Rosemarie Falk · Member of Parliament
    • Philip Lawrence · Member of Parliament
    • Terry Sheehan · Member of Parliament
    • John Williamson · Member of Parliament
    • Tony Loffreda · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Jonathan Wilkinson · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Rodger Cuzner · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Jane MacAdam · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Clement Gignac · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Yonah Martin · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Matthew Boldt · Acting Senior Director, Housing Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Sandra Pupatello · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Carina Gabriele · Director of Policy, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Claude Carignan · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Daryl Fridhandler · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs. Read more

    Aboriginal reconciliation- Discussion on federal policies, programs and initiatives aimed at enhancing aboriginal economic development opportunities and engaging in reconciliation.

    Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security. The 2025 review of federal financial institutions legislative review.

    Monitoring housing finance policy as it relates to data collection by the Government, Regulatory Burden and how policy will affect consumers.

    Engaging with all Government stakeholders that are investigating the implementation of an open-banking framework in Canada and how that will affect credit unions and their members.

    Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Ekateryna Ohandjanian · General Counsel, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
    • Eric Dagenais · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
    • Diana Iaconi · Director, Compliance Promotion, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
    • Shereen Benzvy Miller · Commissioner, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
    Monitoring housing finance policy as it relates to data collection by the Government, Regulatory Burden and how policy will affect consumers. Read more

    Discussion relating to a national strategy on financial literacy, with respect to the work of the credit unions on financial literacy.

    Canadian Payments Act - Monitor work by the Department of Finance, Bank of Canada and the Canadian Payments Association related to any amendments to CPA Act and proposed modernization initiatives.

    The Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act as they relate to the taxation of credit unions, cooperatives and small business.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew O'Connell · Deputy Director Financial Sector Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Francesco Sorbara · Senior Policy Advosor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    The Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act as they relate to the taxation of credit unions, cooperatives and small business. Read more

    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.

    Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Jeanne Pratt · Senior Deputy Commisioner, Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
    • Melissa Fisher · Deputy Commissioner, Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
    • Brad Callaghan · Associate Deputy Commissioner, Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Sarah Jackson · Director of Operations, Transport Canada (TC)
    Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security. The 2025 review of federal financial institutions legislative review. Read more

    Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Julien Brazeau · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Peter Routledge · Superintendent, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
    Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy Read more

    Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security. The 2025 review of federal financial institutions legislative review.

    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    and 17 more
    • Chris d'Entremont · Member of Parliament
    • Warren Steinley · Member of Parliament
    • Ron McKinnon · Member of Parliament
    • Elan Harper · Policy Lead, House of Commons
    • Larry Maguire · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Colin Deacon · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Tolmie Fraser · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Claude Carignan · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Nicholas Kang · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Rodger Cuzner · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Francesco Sorbara · Member of Parliment, House of Commons
    • Matthew Boldt · Acting Senior Director, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Kelly McCauley · Director General, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    • Manuel Dussault · Senior Director, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Gudie Hutchings · Minister of Rural Economic Development of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Tim Logan · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Ryan Williams · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs. Read more

    Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security. The 2025 review of federal financial institutions legislative review.

    Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Francesco Sorbara · Member of Parliment, House of Commons
    Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs. Read more

    Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security. The 2025 review of federal financial institutions legislative review.

    Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Sebastian Clarke · Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and External Relations, Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
    Monitoring housing finance policy as it relates to data collection by the Government, Regulatory Burden and how policy will affect consumers.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Yash Nanda · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Hannah Wilson · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Jaxson Khan · Sr Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Financial InstitutionsPrivacy and Access to Information

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    • Colin Deacon · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Financial InstitutionsPrivacy and Access to Information

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    Financial Institutions

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    Financial Institutions

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    Financial Institutions

    Official report

  • Reported by Jeff Guthrie · In-house (organization)

    Financial Institutions

    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.