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Lobbying by Oceana 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

Oceana Canada

Meetings this Parliament
79
With MPs
16
Since Nov 2021
251
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 17, 2026.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)32
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)24
  • House of Commons18
  • Senate of Canada5
  • Health Canada (HC)3
  • Prime Minister's Office (PMO)1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jun 12, 2026

Filed by Joshua Laughren, Executive Director

Lobbyists

  • Anthony Merante · Plastic Campaigner
  • Hanna Vatcher · Campaigner
  • Isabelle Jubinville · Marine Scientist
  • Jack Daly · Marine Scientist
  • Joshua Laughren · Executive Director
  • Kimberly Elmslie · Campaign Director
  • Rebecca Schijns · Fishery Scientist
  • Ryan Orgera · Director, Coalition for Fisheries Transparency

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), CUSMA Secretariat, Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (17)
  • Advocate greater transparency in Canada’s fisheries
  • Advocate for Canada to sign on to the global Mombasa Declaration
  • Federal support for plastic alternatives and reuse policies.
  • Policies to support a circular economy in Canada.
  • Advocating for harmful chemicals to be eliminated from plastics used in food packaging.
  • Advocating for harmful chemicals to be eliminated from plastics used in food packaging.
  • Funding to co-ordinate refill options at FIFA 2026
  • Advocating for modernizing the Fisheries Act and policies to be inclusive of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, ecosystem-approaches and climate change.
  • Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks.
  • Advocate for the batching of certain stocks under the new rebuilding regulations and implementing rebuilding plans.
  • Improved transparency and traceability in the seafood value chain in Canada to combat seafood fraud (defined as any activity that misrepresents the product that is being purchased) through improved labelling and documentation, traceability verification measures and greater consumer information.
  • Advocating for the public availability of information regarding fish stock targets and limits through annual reports.
  • Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions.
  • Advocating for regulations on recycled content for certain plastic manufactured items.
  • Advocating for improvement to fisheries and shipping measures that will protect North Atlantic right whales. This includes changes to regulations under the Fisheries Act and Canada Shipping Act.
  • Advocate for the creation of a registry for plastic manufactured items.
  • Advocate for marine protected areas.

Registration 926968-357849-29. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Colin Deacon · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Advocating for modernizing the Fisheries Act and policies to be inclusive of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, ecosystem-approaches and climate change. Read more

    Advocate greater transparency in Canada’s fisheries

    Advocating for the public availability of information regarding fish stock targets and limits through annual reports.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Hurley · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Advocate for the creation of a registry for plastic manufactured items.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    Advocating for improvement to fisheries and shipping measures that will protect North Atlantic right whales. This includes changes to regulations under the Fisheries Act and Canada Shipping Act. Read more

    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Jackson Coles · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Advocate for marine protected areas.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Hurley · ?Deputy Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Advocate for marine protected areas.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Shannon Miedema · Member of Parliament
    • Laura Bignell · Chief of Staff to Shannon Miedema, House of Commons
    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks. Read more

    Advocate for marine protected areas.

    Advocate greater transparency in Canada’s fisheries

    Advocating for improvement to fisheries and shipping measures that will protect North Atlantic right whales. This includes changes to regulations under the Fisheries Act and Canada Shipping Act.

    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Nicole Element · Senior Regional Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Isabelle Hurley · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Policies to support a circular economy in Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Nicole Element · Senior Regional Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Advocate for the creation of a registry for plastic manufactured items.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Tony Maas · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Advocate for marine protected areas.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Vincent Morales · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, House of Commons
    Advocating for regulations on recycled content for certain plastic manufactured items.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Julia Lisztwan · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Advocating for regulations on recycled content for certain plastic manufactured items.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Hurley · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Advocating for regulations on recycled content for certain plastic manufactured items.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Adam Burns · Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Mark Waddell · Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Todd Williams · Senior Director, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions. Read more

    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Elizabeth Arsenault · Director of Policy, office of the Minister of Fisheries, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Kevin McHarg · Director of Operations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Jackson Coles · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Michael Ferguson · Senior Regional Advisor - Maritimes, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions. Read more

    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks.

    Advocate for the batching of certain stocks under the new rebuilding regulations and implementing rebuilding plans.

    Advocate for marine protected areas.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions. Read more

    Advocating for modernizing the Fisheries Act and policies to be inclusive of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, ecosystem-approaches and climate change.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Jennifer Saxe · ADM Aquatic Ecosystems, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Kathy Graham · Director General, Marine Planning & Conservation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Krysthle Poitras · Senior Policy Advisor,, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    Advocate for marine protected areas.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Claudine Santos · Director of Parliamentary Affairs for Senator PJ Prosper, Senate of Canada
    Advocating for modernizing the Fisheries Act and policies to be inclusive of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, ecosystem-approaches and climate change. Read more

    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Hurley · Deputy Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Nicole Ellement · Senior Regional Advisor - BC, AB, and SK, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    Advocating for regulations on recycled content for certain plastic manufactured items.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Claudine Santos · Director of Parliamentary Affairs for Senator PJ Prosper, Senate of Canada
    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions. Read more

    Advocate for the batching of certain stocks under the new rebuilding regulations and implementing rebuilding plans.

    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Paul Connors · Member of Parliament
    • Ellen Smith · Parliamentary & Communications Assistant, House of Commons
    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks. Read more

    Advocate for the batching of certain stocks under the new rebuilding regulations and implementing rebuilding plans.

    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Mel Arnold · Member of Parliament
    • Joel Taguchi · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks. Read more

    Advocate for the batching of certain stocks under the new rebuilding regulations and implementing rebuilding plans.

    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Elizabeth May · Member of Parliament
    • Michelle Angkasa · Parliamentary Intern, House of Commons
    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks. Read more

    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks. Read more

    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions.

    Advocate for the batching of certain stocks under the new rebuilding regulations and implementing rebuilding plans.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Gord Johns · Member of Parliament
    • Ernie Classen · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Jackson Coles · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Sean Cruz · Issues Manager and Parliamentary Secretary’s Assistant, House of Commons
    Advocate for the batching of certain stocks under the new rebuilding regulations and implementing rebuilding plans. Read more

    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks.

    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions.

    Official report

  • Reported by Joshua Laughren · In-house (organization)

    • Alexis Deschênes · Member of Parliament
    • Beritan Oerde · Adjointe Parlementaire, House of Commons
    Advocating for sustainable fisheries decisions. Read more

    Advocate for the batching of certain stocks under the new rebuilding regulations and implementing rebuilding plans.

    Advocate for the implementation of the precautionary approach framework for forage fish stocks.

    Advocating for modernizing the Fisheries Act and policies to be inclusive of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, ecosystem-approaches and climate change.

    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.