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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.

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)

    • Dany Drouin · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Tracey Spack · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Joyce Murray · Minister of Fisheries, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Neil Macisaac · Director of Operations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Morgan McCullough · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Joyce Murray · Minister of Fisheries, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Neil MacIsaac · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Morgan McCullough · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Morgan McCullough · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Neil MacIsaac · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Tracey Spack · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Dany Dourin · Director of Plastic Management and Waste, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Steven Guilbeault · Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Michael Brewster · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Steven Kuhn · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Dany Drouin · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 1 more
    • Kurtis Layden · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Lisa Marie Barron · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Caroline Desbiens · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Consumer IssuesFisheries

    Official report

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

    • Michael Brewster · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Dominic Cormier · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Kurtis Layden · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Ken Hardie · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Consumer IssuesEnvironmentFisheries

    Official report

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

    • Neil MacIsaac · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Morgan McCullough · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Joyce Murray · Minister of Fisheries, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Jean-Guy Forgeron · Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Neil MacIsaac · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Morgan McCullough · Policy Advisory, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Brendan Hanley · Member of Parliament
    • Brendan Edge · Member's Assistant, House of Commons

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Joel Taguchi · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Neil MacIssac · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Jamie MacDonald · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Kurtis Layden · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Mark Waddell · Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Jamie MacDonald · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Arran McPherson · Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Oceans Science, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    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.