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Lobbying by Business Council of Alberta: 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

Business Council of Alberta

Meetings this Parliament
103
With MPs
22
Since Nov 2021
430
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 22, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 1, 2026

Filed by Adam Legge, President

Lobbyists

  • Adam Legge · President
  • Lauren Stewart · Vice President, Communications and External Affairs
  • Mike Holden · Vice President, Policy & Chief Economist Former public office holder

    Formerly Analyst, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament (2001–2010)

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (24)
  • Advocating for the passage of Bill C-39, without significant amendments that would undermine Canada's competitiveness.
  • Expressing our support for the Pacific Link Pipeline, and advocating for policies that support resource development in Western Canada.
  • Advocating alongside other members of the Western Business Coalition for federal policies that strengthen Canada's economic competitiveness and attract business investment, including streamlining major project approvals, improving regulatory efficiency and accountability, expanding accelerated depreciation for capital investment, strengthening the reliability of Canada's trade and transportation infrastructure, and aligning economic immigration programs with provincial labour market needs.
  • Exploring opportunities to support the federal government's One Canadian Economy agenda through reduced interprovincial trade barriers, increased labour mobility, and strengthened collaboration on nation-building projects.
  • Enhancing global market access for Alberta exports by expanding pipeline access to tidewater, including through the removal of the Tanker Ban. Advocating for modernization and increased capacity in trade-related transportation infrastructure, in order to diversify export markets.
  • Supporting continued access to U.S. markets amid tariff threats and uncertainty surrounding the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). Exploring measures to reduce trade uncertainty, support businesses affected by U.S. tariffs and Canadian counter-tariffs, and strengthen Canada's trade competitiveness.
  • Supporting the federal government's defence and economic security priorities by exploring opportunities for Alberta to strengthen Canada's defence industrial base, attract investment, and contribute to resilient supply chains and strategic infrastructure.
  • Supporting a strong Alberta within a united Canada by exploring policies that address fairness in the federation, strengthen Alberta’s economic contribution, and improve federal-provincial collaboration on shared priorities.
  • Exploring strategies to support economic growth in Alberta and Canada while ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability and broad-based prosperity. Providing an update on the Business Council of Alberta’s priorities, including productivity, competitiveness, labour shortages, infrastructure, and housing, and identifying opportunities to collaborate with the federal government on advancing shared policy goals.
  • Attracting investment to Alberta and Canada by exploring ways to address regulatory barriers to business investment and create a competitive business landscape.
  • Proposing amendments to the new greenwashing provisions which, as written, will undermine Canadian businesses’ ability to raise capital, take risks, innovate, and make good-faith environmental progress in uncertain conditions.
  • The federal government should respect the CRTC’s Fibre to the Premise decision, which supports a more competitive telecommunications sector and reinforces regulatory autonomy, a principle that is key to investor confidence and a dynamic business environment across all sectors of the Canadian economy.
  • Federal natural resources and environment policy. Unlocking investment and growth in Canada's natural resource industries, and how they can contribute to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and environmental goals. Discriminatory and/or counterproductive impacts on Alberta and Alberta-concentrated industries.
  • Exploring opportunities to increase economic activity and value-added processing in agriculture; and discussing the removal of barriers to achieving that goal.
  • Expressing our opposition to the proposed emissions cap as being bad for the environment, the economy, the federation, and Canada’s international standing.
  • Improving Canada's system of major project approvals and permitting to allow projects to get built faster, generate economic growth and advance Indigenous Economic Diversification. Issues range from speeding up environmental impact assessments, to removing fed/prov duplication, to better coordinating permitting processes across the federal government.
  • Removing barriers to interprovincial trade.
  • Providing information via our "Alberta Update" to senior government officials on economic developments in the province. Exploring ways to improve co-operation and collaboration between the federal and provincial governments.
  • The merits and drawbacks of the federal government's proposed oil and gas sector emissions cap; and the most efficient, cost-effective ways to promote a competitive energy sector in Alberta while working towards deep emissions cuts.
  • Proposing amendments to the Clean Electricity Regulations that reflect the concerns of Alberta businesses.
  • We are seeking to enhance Indigenous economic opportunities through the creation of a federal equivalent to Alberta's AIOC. Doing so would promote Indigenous economic participation and equity sharing agreements in resource development and other projects.
  • Increased supports for training, skills development and re-training to help Albertans and Canadians access high-quality jobs and help businesses address labour and skills shortages. The need is especially acute given the changing nature of work and the opportunities created by energy transition.
  • Federal policy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050: The future of Alberta's energy sector and the role it can play in helping to achieve that policy goal.
  • Working to address labour force challenges through targeted immigration efforts for skilled and in-demand occupations, and to increase social and economic prosperity. Modernizing Canada's approach to selection of economic immigrants and addressing outstanding issues in terms of foreign credential recognition, process modernization and newcomer supports.

Registration 944818-365684-35. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Radha Subramani · Director of Operations, Economic and Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Kaili Levesque · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Alexis Conrad · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Andrew Noseworthy · Senior Advisor, Energy, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
    • Leila Boussaïd · Director General, Statistics Canada (StatCan)
    • Paul Halucha · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • John Moffet · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 29 more
    • John Hannaford · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Mollie Johnson · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Michael Keenan · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Daniel Quan-Watson · Deputy Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Shalene Curtis-Micallef · Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General, Justice Canada (JC)
    • Nicola Lino Contini · Senior Counsel, Justice Canada (JC)
    • Gitane De Silva · Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
    • Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Terrence Hubbard · President, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Mary Kubesh · Chief of Staff and Departmental Liaison, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Michael Sabia · Deputy Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Nick Leswick · Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic and Fiscal Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Kelley Blanchette · Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
    • Patricia Brady · Vice-President, Strategic Policy and Programs, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Kevin Brosseau · Associate Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Steve Chapman · Chief Science and Knowledge Officer, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Raphaelle Deraspe · Policy Analyst, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Noura El-Khoury · Policy Planning & Performance Officer, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Jay Khosla · Assistant Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Paula Futoransky · (Acting) EVP, Regulatory, Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
    • Ian Ketcheson · Director General, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Joelle Raffoul · Acting Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Tracy Sletto · (Acting) EVP People Innov and Results, Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
    • Alina Stoia-Dan · Senior Policy Analyst, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Matthew Vincent · Senior Advisor, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Peter Elder · Vice-President and Chief Science Officer, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
    • Stewart Lindale · Director, Planning & Results, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Wesley Moore · Manager, Quality Assurance, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Chris Henderson · Deputy Commissioner, Operations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Terrence Hubbard · President, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Dominic Cormier · Chief of Staff, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Harrietha · Director of Parliamentary Affairs / Deputy Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Angela Renwick · Senior Analyst, Prairie and Northern Region - SIPS, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    AgricultureEnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Justin Mohr · Regional Advisor (Indigenous Policy), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Federal-Provincial Relations

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Meaghan Pelton · Deputy Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Tracy Diehl · Regional Director and Senior Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Nicole Nkunzimana · Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial Relations

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Celine Yegani · Senior Special Advisor, Edmonton, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentFederal-Provincial Relations

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Chris Forbes · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Kevin Brosseau · Associate Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Barbara Haidn · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Gitane De Silva · Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
    • Laurel Sherret · Vice President, Chief of Staff, Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
    • Sandy LaPointe · Executive Vice President, Regulatory, Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
    • Jean-Denis Charlebois · Professional Leader Economics, Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Joshua Friesen · Senior Policy Officer, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Eric Ferguson · Director of Operations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Anil Arora · Chief Statistician of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan)
    and 9 more
    • Sam Ndayishimye · Chief of Staff, Statistics Canada (StatCan)
    • Gaelle Miollan · Senior Analyst, Statistics Canada (StatCan)
    • Kathleen Mitchell · Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada (StatCan)
    • Lynn Barr-Telford · Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada (StatCan)
    • Eric Rancourt · Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada (StatCan)
    • André Loranger · Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada (StatCan)
    • Milana Karaganis · Director General, Statistics Canada (StatCan)
    • Stéphanie Dufour · Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada (StatCan)
    • Josée Begin · Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada (StatCan)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Vida Ebadi · Regional Advisor, West and Prairies, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Shawn Driscoll · Stakeholder Relations Advisor, House of Commons
    • David Murray · Director of Policy, House of Commons
    • Darren Hall · Policy, House of Commons

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Nina Lothian · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Liam Olsen · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Joanna Dafoe · Director of Policy, Climate and International Affairs, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Sean Mitchell · Special Assistant, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 2 more
    • Eamonn McGuinty · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Dominic Cormier · Chief of Staff, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Alexis Conrad · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Jay Khosla · Assistant Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • John Hannaford · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Debbie Scharf · Director General, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Nick Leswick · Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic and Fiscal Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEconomic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial Relations

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    and 15 more
    • Jasraj Hallan · Member of Partliament
    • Pat Kelly · Member of Parliament
    • Stephanie Kusie · Member of Parliament
    • Mike Lake · Member of Parliament
    • Dane Lloyd · Member of Parliament
    • Kelly McCauley · Member of Parliament
    • Greg McLean · Member of Parliament
    • Glen Motz · Member of Parliament
    • Arnold Viersen · Member of Parliament
    • Earl Dreeshen · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Damien C. Kurek · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Ron Liepert · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Martin Shields · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Gerald Soroka · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Len Webber · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Alexandra Dostal · Assistant Deputy Minister, Aquatic Ecosystems Sector, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Chantale Côté · Director General Ecosystems Management, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
    • Tom Hoggarth · Regional Director, Aquatic Ecosystems, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)

    • Hannah WIlson · Senior Regional Desk, Prairies & North, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Galen Richardson · Senior Regional Advisor, West and North, Finance Canada (FIN)

    EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureNatural Resources

    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.