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Lobbying by Frontier Duty Free Association: 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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Frontier Duty Free Association

Meetings this Parliament
53
With MPs
26
Since Nov 2021
147
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 20, 2026.

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Jun 3, 2026

Consultant Barbara Barrett of Impact Public Affairs

Consultant lobbyists

  • Barbara Barrett

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), 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), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (7)
  • Financial support program during tariff crisis
  • Ministerial Directive that Land Border Duty Free Stores are understood as "export" in all departments without exception. Wherever regulation or legislation indicates "export", land border duty free is understood as included.
  • Alignment of tobacco excise tax with other export industries
  • The creation of a tourist HST rebate program to encourage foreign tourists to shop more in Canada while visiting.
  • Proposals related to the Customs Act and Duty Free Regulations as it applies to the licensing of land border duty free stores,
  • Obtain a Canadian Food Inspection Agency ruling that alcohol sold in 1 litre bottles at Duty Free Stores is for Export and exempted from CFIA rules for internal Canadian alcohol sales.
  • Encouraging greater action by government to address the prevalence of contraband tobacco products in Canada.

Registration 940452-362800-15. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Yianni Papapdatos · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Alignment of tobacco excise tax with other export industries Read more

    Financial support program during tariff crisis

    Ministerial Directive that Land Border Duty Free Stores are understood as "export" in all departments without exception. Wherever regulation or legislation indicates "export", land border duty free is understood as included.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    Financial support program during tariff crisis Read more

    Alignment of tobacco excise tax with other export industries

    Ministerial Directive that Land Border Duty Free Stores are understood as "export" in all departments without exception. Wherever regulation or legislation indicates "export", land border duty free is understood as included.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Samuel Millar · Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Financial support program during tariff crisis Read more

    Ministerial Directive that Land Border Duty Free Stores are understood as "export" in all departments without exception. Wherever regulation or legislation indicates "export", land border duty free is understood as included.

    Alignment of tobacco excise tax with other export industries

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Lisa Jorgensen · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Financial support program during tariff crisis

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Vance Badawey · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Alignment of tobacco excise tax with other export industries Read more

    Ministerial Directive that Land Border Duty Free Stores are understood as "export" in all departments without exception. Wherever regulation or legislation indicates "export", land border duty free is understood as included.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Chelios Vuong · A/Director of Operations, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Ministerial Directive that Land Border Duty Free Stores are understood as "export" in all departments without exception. Wherever regulation or legislation indicates "export", land border duty free is understood as included. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Galen Richardson · Senior Regional Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Alignment of tobacco excise tax with other export industries Read more

    Ministerial Directive that Land Border Duty Free Stores are understood as "export" in all departments without exception. Wherever regulation or legislation indicates "export", land border duty free is understood as included.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Gabriel Broderick · Senior Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Alignment of tobacco excise tax with other export industries Read more

    Ministerial Directive that Land Border Duty Free Stores are understood as "export" in all departments without exception. Wherever regulation or legislation indicates "export", land border duty free is understood as included.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Francesco Sorbara · Member of Parliment, House of Commons
    Alignment of tobacco excise tax with other export industries Read more

    Ministerial Directive that Land Border Duty Free Stores are understood as "export" in all departments without exception. Wherever regulation or legislation indicates "export", land border duty free is understood as included.

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Irek Kusmierczyk · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Ministerial Directive that Land Border Duty Free Stores are understood as "export" in all departments without exception. Wherever regulation or legislation indicates "export", land border duty free is understood as included. Read more

    Alignment of tobacco excise tax with other export industries

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    Proposals related to the Customs Act and Duty Free Regulations as it applies to the licensing of land border duty free stores,

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Chelios Vuong · A/Director of Operations, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Proposals related to the Customs Act and Duty Free Regulations as it applies to the licensing of land border duty free stores,

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Mary-Liz Power · Deputy Director of Policy, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    International TradeSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Trevor McGowan · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Small BusinessTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Alicia Tiffin · Advisor, House of Commons

    Small BusinessTaxation and FinanceTourism

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Soraya Martinez Ferrada · Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Tourism

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    Small BusinessTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Marilyn Gladu · Member of Parliament
    • Vance Badawey · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Small BusinessTaxation and FinanceTourism

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    Small BusinessTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Jessica Fullerton · Senior policy advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    International TradeSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    Small BusinessTaxation and FinanceTourism

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • John McKay · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International TradeSmall BusinessTourism

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    International TradeSmall BusinessTourism

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    and 7 more
    • Terry Sheehan · Member of Parliament
    • Brian Masse · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Irek Kusmierczyk · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Robert Kitchen · Member of Parlilament, House of Commons
    • Ed Fast · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Richard Cannings · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Vance Badawey · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    International TradeSmall BusinessTourism

    Official report

  • Reported by Barbara Barrett · Consultant

    • Yash Nanda · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Taxation and Finance

    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.