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Lobbying by MakeWay Charitable Society: 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

MakeWay Charitable Society

Meetings this Parliament
46
With MPs
17
Since Nov 2021
184
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 23, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Aug 17, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Erin Blanding, CEO & President

Lobbyists

  • Abbie Morris · Program Manager, BC Freshwater Initiative
  • Adam Scott · Director
  • Coree Tull · Project Co-Director
  • Emily Hines · Project Director, FLOW Canada
  • Georgina Alonso · Program Officer, Above Ground
  • Karen Hamilton · Program Officer
  • Lucy Sharratt · Project Director
  • Maia Selkirk · Program Associate, Urban Climate Leadership
  • Mairin Loewen · Associate Program Director, Urban Climate Leadership
  • Nikki Skuce · Director
  • Patrick DeRochie · Engagement Manager
  • Shuana Sylvester · Project Director, Urban Climate Leadership
  • Susan Wright · Project Director, summerlunch+
  • Tim Moriss · Project Director
  • Wanjiru Munene · Communications Director, Urban Climate Leadership

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Canada Post Corporation (CPC), Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (23)
  • Advocacy for the use of re-mining as part of the Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy.
  • Advocacy for Federal Investments in BC Freshwater and Watershed Security projects to Grow the Watershed workforce.
  • Advocacy for the transition to Heat Pumps in Low-Rise Multi-Unit Residential Properties (MURBs).
  • Advocacy to design and fund a summer food program in Canada.
  • Updating Canadian regulations for flooding, wildfires and more including insurance for natural disasters
  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 66, with respect to equitable funding and implementation.
  • The renewal of the Canada Water Act legislation, including the practice of co-governance and co-creation with Indigenous Governments
  • The prioritization of British Columbia River Basins for investments through the Freshwater Action Plan
  • The need for the Federal government to invest $1Billion in the Freshwater Action Plan
  • Seeking strengthening of fish habitat protections and implementation of the Wild Salmon Policy and Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative (PSSI).
  • Regulatory development for the implementation of the modernized Fisheries Act, including the creation of Ecologically Significant Areas and rebuilding plans
  • Regulation of genetically engineered organisms including regulatory guidance on novel foods and which plants are subject to Part 5 of the Seeds Regulations.
  • Policies relating to the use of genetically engineered organisms in food and agriculture, in particular environment health and human safety, and public transparency.
  • Increased support for expanding birthwork (e.g., midwifery, doula, and abortion) services in the Northwest Territories
  • Discussing government decisions around the release of the Athabasca oil sands tailing ponds into the Athabasca River (Alberta, Northwest Territories and Federal governments)
  • Discussing financial investment by the federal government through economic stimulus in watershed projects in British Columbia and beyond as opportunity for economic recovery and employment generation.
  • Discussing engaging pension fund beneficiaries and supporting pension fund managers to be a part of the transition to a low-carbon economy to achieve the inextricably linked goals of pension wealth and planet health. Sharing research and discussing new laws and programs that various states and governments have been passing related to this area.
  • Creating guidelines/adaptation strategies/resilience strategies for wildfires, droughts, flooding and climate-related disasters
  • Advocating for Canada-USA international waters relationships and problem-solving, notably in BC, Alberta and the Great Lakes regions.
  • Advocating establishment of a Canada Water Agency before 2023, and working with government to create a successful, meaningful Agency both at its headquarters in Winnipeg and other branches (Montreal, Burlington)
  • Advocacy for a Federal government investment in the BC Watershed Security Fund.
  • Advance robust policy and law reform to end Canada’s public finance for the fossil fuel sector, including by providing analysis on, the Export Development Act, Bill S-243 (An Act to enact the Climate-Aligned Finance Act and to make related amendments to other Acts), the Guidelines for Canada’s International Support for the Clean Energy Transition, and the Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Government of Canada Guidelines.
  • Advance robust policy and law reform to address human rights and environmental abuse in Canadian business activity abroad, including by providing analysis on, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, the Customs Tariff, Bill C-262 (An Act respecting the corporate responsibility to prevent, address and remedy adverse impacts on human rights occurring in relation to business activities conducted abroad), Bill C-263 (An Act to establish the Office of the Commissioner for Responsible Business Conduct Abroad and to make consequential amendments to other Acts), and the Responsible Business Conduct Abroad strategy (2022-2027).

Registration 965682-360742-63. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Joanna Kerr (139), Alex Sardar (35), Erin Blanding (10).

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Tara Shannon · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Steven Guilbeault · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Olaf Jensen · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Paula Brand · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 1 more
    • Kelly Torck · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Tara Shannon · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Steven Guilbeault · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Olaf Jensen · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Paula Brand · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 1 more
    • Kelly Torck · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Laurel Collins · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    ClimateEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Joshua Swift · Special Assistant - Ontario Desk, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Seamus O'Regan · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    ClimateEnvironmentInternational TradeLabourMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Sarah Thomas · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Hannah Wilson · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Aboriginal AffairsBudgetEmployment and TrainingHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    ClimateEnvironmentGovernment ProcurementResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Terry Duguid · Member of Parliament
    • Joshua Swift · Special Assistant, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Mike Morrice · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International TradeLabourMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    International TradeLabourMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    International TradeLabourMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Louise Chabot · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International TradeLabourMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Peter Julian · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International TradeLabourMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    International TradeLabourMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International TradeLabourMining

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Maia Mckinley · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)

    HealthHousing

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Tony Maas · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Fisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Helen Gao · Director of Policy, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    BudgetHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Kelly Torck · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Martin Lajoie · Director, National Biodiversity, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Olaf Jensen · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Maia McKinley · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)

    Housing

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Laurel Collins · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Julia Van Drie · Minister Exempt Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    ClimateEnvironmentLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Lawrence Keyte · Manager, Integrated Planning, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    EnvironmentFisheries

    Official report

  • Reported by Joanna Kerr · In-house (organization)

    • Chrystia Freeland · Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)

    ClimateEnergy

    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.