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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)

    • Kurtis Layden · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Kevin McHarg · Senior Operations Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Mike Kelloway · Member of Parliament
    • Daniel Jennings · Policy Advisor, House of Commons

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Paul Carrigan · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Ty Bradley · Atlantic Regional Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    and 19 more
    • Chris d'Entremont · Member of Parliament
    • Mel Arnold · Member of Parliament
    • Leah Taylor Roy · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Alexandre Boulerice · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Chris Wallace · Writer, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Chiara Cozzi · Assistant to MP Leah Taylor Roy, House of Commons
    • Sabrina Payant-Smith · Assistant to MP Laurel Collins, House of Commons
    • Christopher Chen · Assistant to MP Gord Johns, House of Commons
    • Abigail Creach · Assistant to MP Randy Hoback, House of Commons
    • Rebecca Fromm · Assistant to MP Randy Hoback, House of Commons
    • Chris Aoun · Press Secretary to Minister of Health, House of Commons
    • Monica Izaguirre-Canales · Legislative Assistant to MP Ron McKinnon, House of Commons
    • Lindsey Solmundson · Legislative Assistant to MP Mike Morrice, House of Commons
    • Javeria Mirza · Assistant to MP Kristy Duncan, House of Commons
    • Iseult L'Heureux Hubert · Assistant to MP Alexandre Boulerice, House of Commons
    • Aryan Bajpai · Assistant to MP Anita Vandenbeld, House of Commons
    • Alex Beattie · Assistant to MP Randy Hoback, House of Commons
    • Olivia Batten · Press Secretary to Minister of Internal Development, House of Commons
    • Javin Ames-Sinclair · Policy Advisor to Minister of Indigenous Services, House of Commons

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Eddy Perez · Senior Advisor International Affairs, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Julie Dabrusin · Member of Parliament
    • Kurtis Layden · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Eddy Perez · Senior Advisor International Affairs, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Ryan Parmenter · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 1 more
    • Sandra McCardell · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Eddy Perez · Senior Advisor International Affairs, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Mary Gramiak · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Mary Gramiak · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Ryan Parmenter · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Julie Dabrusin · Member of Parliament
    • Steven Guilbeault · Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Kurtis Layden · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Mary Gramiak · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Eddy Perez · Senior Advisor International Affairs, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Kurtis Layden · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Eddy Perez · Senior Advisor International Affairs, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Paul Carrigan · Senior Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • Dylan Bissonnette · Policy Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Paul Carrigan · Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

    • William MacGillvray · Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Atef Mansou · Regional Director, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Jackie Janes · Regional Director, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Ray Walsh · Regional Director, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

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

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

    Environment

    Official report

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

    • Michael Brewster · Director, Parliamentary Affairs, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

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

    Environment

    Official report

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

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

    Environment

    Official report

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

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

    Environment

    Official report

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

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

    Environment

    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.