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Lobbying by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation: 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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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation

Meetings this Parliament
0
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
4
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Apr 6, 2023.

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Jul 23, 2026 Receives government funding

Consultant Brad Lavigne of Counsel Public Affairs Inc.

Consultant lobbyists

  • Brad Lavigne
  • Brad Lavigne
  • Brad Lavigne
  • Brad Lavigne

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC)

What they're lobbying on (17)
  • Seek a remission order for taxes levied on individuals living on lands now recognized as reserve lands
  • Work with government on addition-to-reserve proposals to enhance economic development opportunities and recognize ACFN's presence in Fort Chipewyan.
  • Strengthening Canada's oil sands mining effluent regulations.
  • Species at risk protection for wood bison and caribou in northern Alberta.
  • Seek government support for the development of essential infrastructure and housing on ACFN reserve lands.
  • Seek government support for economic development opportunities in Fort Chipewyan and ACFN reserve lands.
  • Seek acknowledgement and a formal apology from the Government of Canada for ACFN's forced relocation from its traditional territory in Wood Buffalo National Park.
  • Expediting the addition to reserve process.
  • Ensure enforcement of federal government laws and regulations regarding the protection of treaty lands, at risk wildlife and rivers in proximity to the proposed Frontier Project near Wood Buffalo National Park.
  • Engagement with government officials on disruptions to business, health & safety requirements, and opportunities to help with the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Engagement around the establishment of a national framework for indigenous policing and related justice reforms.
  • Engage in discussions regarding the recognition of ACFN's rights & self-determination.
  • Engage in discussions regarding the enhancement of primary education for ACFN members.
  • Development of a baseline health study to monitor the impacts of the Athabasca oil sands on ACFN members.
  • Carbon pricing, and government measures to mitigate climate change.
  • Arranging meetings to obtain information regarding Indigenous investment and ownership opportunities regarding the Government of Canada's ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  • Addressing severe shortfalls and capacity issues in education delivery for indigenous youth.

Registration 780930-365494-13. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

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.