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.
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.
← LobbyingRegistrations 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
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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)Hide details
- 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
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Nick Leswick · Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic and Fiscal Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial RelationsTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Louise Baird · Assistant Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jay Khosla · Assistant Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Mike McGuire · Director of Operations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Stephen Spence · Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)
and 3 moreShow fewer
- Jay Barber · Director, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Alexandria Boyd · Senior Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Raphaelle Deraspe · Policy Analyst, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial RelationsLabour
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Jasraj Hallan · Member of Partliament
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Bud Sambasivam · Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Economic DevelopmentFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Celine Yegani · Senior Special Advisor, Edmonton, Finance Canada (FIN)
Economic DevelopmentFederal-Provincial RelationsTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Hannah WIlson · Senior Regional Desk, Prairies & North, Finance Canada (FIN)
Economic DevelopmentFederal-Provincial RelationsTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Hannah Wilson · Special Assistant Regional Desk, Prairies & North, Finance Canada (FIN)
BudgetEconomic DevelopmentFederal-Provincial RelationsTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Paula Simons · Senator, Senate of Canada
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial RelationsResearch and Development
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Patricia Brady · Vice President, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
Economic DevelopmentEnergyEnvironmentIndustryInfrastructureNatural Resources
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Terence Hubbard · Vice-President, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
- Patricia Brady · Vice President, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
- Mary Kubesh · Senior Advisor to the President and Departmental Liaison, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
Economic DevelopmentEnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Louise Baird · Assistant Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jay Khosla · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Jeannine Ritchot · Assistant Deputy Minister, Multilateral Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingEnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- John Hannaford · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Shawn McCallum · Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Debbie Scharf · Director General, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
EnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Randy Boissonnault · Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Dan Vandal · Minister, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
- Michele Evans · Assistant Deputy Minister, Alberta, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
- George Chahal · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial RelationsResearch and Development
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Bud Sambasivam · Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Terry Duguid · Member of Parliament
- Nina Lothian · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Gabriel Brunet · Communications Advisor to the Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Economic DevelopmentEnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Paul Halucha · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
EnergyEnvironment
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Stephen Spence · Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Serge Bijimine · Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Transport Canada (TC)
- Debbie Scharf · Director General, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- John Moffet · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
and 32 moreShow fewer
- Kait Alkema · Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Krista Janecsek · Advisor to the Assistant Deputy Ministers, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Jennifer Pender-Alves · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- SuYun Geithner · Director, Strategic Policy, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Anoop Kapoor · Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
- David Tousignant · Director, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Alexandria Boyd · Senior Policy Officer, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Mike McGuire · Director of Operations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Hilary Geller · Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Michael Rau · Director, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Kaili Levesque · Assistant Secretary, Economic and Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Megan Nichols · Acting Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
- Louise Baird · Assistant Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Kelly Kutchaw-Polak · Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Erin O'Brien · Director General, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Daniel Carleton · Senior Policy Analyst, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Nikola Brassard-Dion · Policy Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Joshua Friesen · Senior Policy Officer, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Kathleen Copp · Policy Analyst, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Frank Des Rosiers · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Raphaelle Deraspe · Policy Analyst, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Jeannine Ritchot · Assistant Deputy Minister, Multilateral Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Liane Inglis · Senior Advisor, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
- Mohan Denetto · Executive Advisor, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
- Lisa Setlakwe · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Eric Ferguson · Director of Operations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Michelle Kovacevic · Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Laura Mills · Senior Policy Officer, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Mark Schaan · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Brenna Furlong · Policy Analyst, Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Cecile Siewe · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Natasha Kim · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingEnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryLabourResearch and DevelopmentScience and TechnologyTaxation and Finance
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- George Chahal · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- John Barlow · Member of Parliament
AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Nick Leswick · Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic and Fiscal Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
Economic DevelopmentFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
AgricultureFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Anna Bodnar · Policy Advisor to the Minister, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingFederal-Provincial Relations
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
AgricultureForestry
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Morgan Breitkreutz · Director (Operations), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Tourism
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Reported by Adam Legge · In-house (organization)
- Kirsten Hillman · Canada's Ambassador to the United States, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Economic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingEnergyEnvironmentFederal-Provincial Relations
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.