Organization
Oil Sands Alliance Inc. (formerly Pathways Alliance Inc.)
- Meetings this Parliament
- 77
- With MPs
- 8
- Since Nov 2021
- 270
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 25, 2026.
Lobbying by Oil Sands Alliance Inc. (formerly Pathways Alliance Inc.): its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 1, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Kendall Dilling, President
Lobbyists
- Amberly Dooley · Vice President, Policy and Government
- Annie Dormuth · Senior Government Relations Advisor
- Brenda Leeds Binder · Vice President, Legal & Corporate services
- Bryan Remillard · Manager, Policy
- Christopher Godwaldt · Director, Water
- Heather Stevenson · Senior Advisor, Climate
- Kendall Dilling · President
- Navjeet Sidhu · Director, Strategic Engagement
- Neal Moe · Senior Advisor, Fiscal Policy
- Sara Thiessen · Advisor, Innovation & COSIA
- Stephen Arseniuk · Director, Emissions Strategy & GHG Environmental Priority Area
- Tyler Veness · Director, Monitoring
- Vincent Yang · Senior Technical Advisor, Monitoring
- Wesley Jickling · Vice President, Technology Development & COSIA
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), 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, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI), Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), Parks Canada (PC), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada
What they're lobbying on (31)Hide details
- Communicating, including via government-led consultations, about the the Clean Fuel Regulations, SOR/2022-140 (under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, S.C. 1999, c. 33), including as it relates to (i) the crude oil and bitumen credit creation methodology, (ii) mass balance accounting approaches, (iii) upstream project eligibility, (iv) the treatment of production growth (in eligibility calculations), (v) the participation limits for the Emissions Reduction Fund ("ERF") and (vi) other measures that impact the durability and effectiveness of compliance credit markets.
- Communicating, including via government-led consultations, about the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, S.C. 1999, c. 33, including as it relates to risk assessments for oil and gas operations.
- Communicating about (i) the 2025 Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") between the Governments of Alberta and Canada and (ii) the 2026 Co-operation Agreement on Environmental and Impact Assessment between the Governments of Alberta and Canada, including as it relates to the Pathways Project, which is a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project.
- Communicating, including via government-led consultations, about the Impact Assessment Act, S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1, and regulations thereunder (such as the Physical Activities Regulations (SOR/2019-285)), more specifically more specifically those provisions that impact the oil and gas sector.
- Communicating about federal programs designed to promote industrial innovation, including the Industrial Research Assistance Program ("IRAP") at the National Research Council of Canada ("NRC").
- Communicating, including via government-led consultations, about the Federal Plastics Registry ("FPR"), more specifically those provisions that impact the oil and gas sector.
- Communicating about consultation matters, including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ("UNDRIP") and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
- Communicating, including via government-led consultations, about proposed regulations under the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 10, including the Indigenous Ministerial Arrangements Regulations.
- Communicating, including via government-led consultations, about regulations and policies under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, S.C. 1999, c. 33, more specifically (i) the Clean Fuel Regulations (SOR/2022-140), (ii) the National Pollutant Release Inventory, (iii) the Off-road Compression-Ignition (Mobile and Stationary) and Large Spark-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations (SOR/2020-258), (iv) the Watch List, (v) the Contraventions Regulations (SOR /96-313), (vi) the Volatile Organic Compound ("VOC") Regulations (SOR/2025-88; SOR/2020-231; SOR/2021-268) and (viii) the Multi-Sector Air Pollutants Regulations (SOR /2016-151).
- Communicating, including via government-led consultations, about the Species at Risk Act, S.C. 2002, c. 29 and the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, S.C. 1994, c. 22, including regulations thereunder (related to migratory birds and caribou), more specifically those provisions that impact the oil and gas sector.
- Communicating about the Output-Based Pricing System (“OBPS”) under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, S.C. 2018, c. 12, s. 186, including (i) its impacts on the oil and gas sector and (ii) proposals for greater interjurisdictional cooperation and broader equivalency agreements (methane and carbon dioxide). and on broader coordination and equivalency considerations related to methane and carbon management frameworks and markets..
- Communicating about the Fisheries Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. F-14, and regulations thereunder (including the Prescribed Works and Waters Regulations and the Petroleum Refinery Liquid Effluent Regulations), more specifically about habitat banking, fish habitat offsetting, financial assurance requirements, HADD designations and other measures relevant to the oil and gas sector. definitions of harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat (HADD), Prescribed Works and Waters Regulations, and the use of codes of practice and standards as alternatives to prescriptive regulation.
- Communicating about the Income Tax Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), and regulations thereunder, including as it relates to (i) accelerated capital cost allowance ("ACCA"), (ii) income tax credits for clean tech, for enhanced oil recovery ("EOR") and for carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS"), (iii) productivity mega deductions, (iv) immediate expense deductions and resource expense deductions and (v) other provisions impacting the oil and gas sector. The goal of these communications is to promote competitiveness, investment and growth.
- Communicating, in general, about potential collaboration between the federal government, industry and Indigenous communities with respect to oil and gas projects.
- Communicating, including via government-led consultations, about the 2026-2029 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy, more specifically those provisions that impact the oil and gas sector.
- Communicating about Private Member’s Bill C-264 ("An Act to repeal certain restrictions on shipping"), more specifically those provisions that impact the oil and gas sector.
- Communicating, including via government-led consultations, about red tape reduction initiatives (including but not limited to the Horizontal Red Tape Reviews being conducted by the Red Tape Reduction Office), more specifically the simplification and harmonization of regulations that apply to the oil and gas sector.
- Communicating about environmental amendments to the Competition Act that resulted from the passage and implementation of former Bill C-59 (Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023), including those related to advertising or so-called ‘greenwashing’.
- Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta.
- Communicating, in general, about opportunities and challenges facing the oil and gas sector in Canada, including the need for regulatory reform and increased competitiveness.
- Communicating about the “One Canadian Economy Act”, which was enacted by Bill C-5 in 2025, including as it relates to the Major Projects Office and the list of projects of "national importance and significance".
- Communicating about guidelines and advisories issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions ("OSFI"), including guidelines and advisories related to Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") matters.
- Communicating about potential collaboration between industry and government in the area of greenhouse gas emissions, including potential investments in carbon carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS").
- Communicating about the Government of Alberta and Government of Canada's Joint Oil Sands Monitoring ("OSM") Program, specifically work plans and technical reports.
- Communicating about the Department of Environment and Climate Change’s draft “Offsetting Policy for Biodiversity” and “Guidelines to avoid harm to migratory birds”.
- Communicating about the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan (“ERP”), including proposals to cap emissions within the oil and gas sector.
- Communicating about Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (“NSERC”) Collaborative Research and Development (“CRD”) Grants and Industrial Research Chairs (“IRC”) Grants.
- Communicating about collaboration between industry and government in the area of water management and conservation. These communications will touch on: (i) steam generation, (ii) water treatment and management, (iii) pit lakes and (iv) water recovery and return.
- Communicating about collaboration between industry and government in the area of tailings management. These communications will touch on: (i) technology optimization and commercialization, (ii) pit lakes and soft depositions, (iii) deposit performance, (iv) depositional flow and (v) collection and transportation of depositions.
- Communicating about collaboration between industry and government in the area of land management. These communications will touch on: (i) front-end planning and management, (ii) land reclamation and restoration and (iii) species management plans.
- Communicating about collaboration between industry and government in the area of greenhouse gas emissions. These communications will touch on: (i) energy efficiency, (ii) steam demand reduction, (iii) carbon carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS"), (iv) fugitive emissions and (v) mobile fleet efficiencies.
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Reported meetings
SpreadsheetFiled by Kendall Dilling (261), Wesley Jickling (9).
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about investments tax credits under the Income Tax Act, including tax credits for carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS").
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communicating about investments tax credits under the Income Tax Act, including tax credits for carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS").
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Michele Evans · Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Communicating, in general, about potential collaboration between the federal government, industry and Indigenous communities with respect to oil and gas projects. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Eamonn McGuinty · Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- David McKenzie · Member of Parliament for Calgary Signal Hill
Communicating about Private Member’s Bill C-264 ("An Act to repeal certain restrictions on shipping"), more specifically those provisions that impact the oil and gas sector. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Shuvaloy Majumdar · Member of Parliament for Calgary Heritage
Communicating, in general, about opportunities and challenges facing the oil and gas sector in Canada, including the need for regulatory reform and increased competitiveness. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Megan Nichols · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Communicating, including via government-led consultations, about proposed/draft regulations related to oil sands mining effluent under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Greg Orencsak · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Eleanor Olszewski · Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience
- Morgan Breitkreutz · Chief of Staff, Public Safety Canada (PS)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Tim Hodgson · Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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Reported by Kendall Dilling · In-house (organization)
- Kelsen Vallee · Chief Investment Officer, Major Projects Office, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Communicating about the Pathways Project, a proposed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS") project, which will transport and store captured carbon dioxide from multiple oil sands facilities in northeast Alberta. Read more
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.