Lobbying by Arterra Wines Canada, Inc.: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Senate of Canada
What they're lobbying on (19)Hide details
Meeting with the Deputy Finance Minister:
Strategic Briefing on the excise exemption, investment growth, production expansion, broader economic impact.
Industry representatives: investment outlook, current margin pressures
Grape Contracts and Pricing, current margin pressures
WGC: economic impact data
WSSP Expansion
Discussed the program purpose and design.
Wine Sector Support Program: Discussion focused on the case for program extensions. Proposed design, sector competitiveness, alignment with broader agricultural and industrial policy objectives
CUSMA Review on US Beverage Alcohol re-entry into the the provincial shelves. Timing and scope
Retail Modernization. Discuss the framework agreement and delays in implementation
Intergovernmental Affairs/Canada-US Trade
Brandan Roew, Chief of Staff
Galen Richardson, Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations
Issue: CUSMA, Interprovincial Trade, Economic Development
James, Maloney, MP Etobicoke -Lakeshore
Issue: Economic Development
Prime Minister’s Office
Zachary Nixon, Advisor, Ontario Regional Advisor
Issue: Economic Development
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Hon. Buckley Belanger Secretary of State, Rural Affairs
Maria Morley, Chief of Staff
Issue: Economic Development
Finance Canada, International Trade Policy Branch
Laura Bourns, Director
Issue: Tariffs and Trade
Office of the Minister of Finance
Ian Foucher, Chief of Staff
Charles-Oliver Dube, Policy Advisor, Transportation, Defense and Agriculture
Issue: Economic development
Niagara Falls Ontario
Met with MP regarding economic development in the wine industry
Met with MP Niagara West
Met with MP Niagara South
Met with MP St. Catherines
On the economic development in the wine industry
Grimbsy, Ontario. Met with Supply Chain and Policy Branch.
Tour of Andrew Peller Limited Winery to give understanding of Grape Industry. Discuss the need to renew the Wine Sector Support Program
Request of Government support for wine growers Canada.
Request the Federal Government to support the wine industry in regards to the request by the Government of Australia to establish a WTO dispute settlement panel on a number of measures governing the sale of wine in Canada, including the federal excise exemption for 100% Canadian wine.
Recommend to the Federal Government to facilitate the interprovincial commerce (on alcohol) in regards to Provincial barriers and limitations.
Recommend to the federal government that U.S. excise taxes on Canadian wine should not be increased and if possible be lowered under a renegotiated NAFTA.
Recommend to the federal government that the Canadian wine industry continue to have existing protections and expanded access to the U.S. market under a renegotiated NAFTA.
Communicate with senior federal officials to monitor the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA/USMCA) negotiations and implementation as they pertain to the wine industry in Canada.
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.
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