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Lobbying by Cronos Group Inc.: 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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Corporation

Cronos Group Inc.

Meetings this Parliament
0
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
17
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 1, 2024.

Registrations in effect

In-house (corporation) In effect since May 22, 2026

Filed by Michael Gorenstein, President & CEO

Lobbyists

  • Jeffrey Jacobson · SVP, Head of Growth
  • Michael Gorenstein · President & CEO
  • Terry Doucet · General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), 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), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada

What they're lobbying on (6)
  • Seek amendments to the regulations and policies that govern the importation and exportation of medical cannabis.
  • Elimination of the Health Canada annual 2.3% regulatory fee.
  • Development of a framework to ensure consistent approach to the measurement and labeling of potency of cannabis products
  • Amend the Excise Duty Framework for on Cannabis products to remove the $1.00 per gram duty with a 10% ad valorem rate.
  • Amend the cannabis regulatory framework to permit cannabis licensed producers to more effectively communicate on the attributes of cannabis products with consumers.
  • Amend the cannabis excise duty framework to eliminate the requirement that cannabis producers affix provincial / territory designated excise duty stamps to each individual package of cannabis, to be replaced by either a national excise duty stamp or a digital excise duty stamp.

Registration 945256-365854-15. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Adam Chambers · Member of Parliament
    • Kayla Canzanese · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
    Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act and Cannabis Regulations, with respect to the licensing, regulation, production, promotion, distribution, export and sale of cannabis and cannabis products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Ric Stryde · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Shawn Morrison · Chief of Staff, House of Commons

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Ric Stryde · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Economic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Jack Glick · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • David Pellman · Director General, Health Canada (HC)
    • Kendal Weber · ADM, Health Canada (HC)
    • John Clare · Director General, Health Canada (HC)
    and 2 more
    • Benoit Seguin · Director General, Health Canada (HC)
    • Eshan Naik · Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • David Pellman · Director General, Health Canada (HC)

    Research and Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • David Hume · Assistant deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Hovan Baghdassarian · Executive Director, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Cobi Lechem · Chief of staff, Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL)

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Andrew Waye · Manager, Health Canada (HC)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Eshan Naik · Director of Policy, Health Canada (HC)
    • Jack Glick · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Yves Lemoullec · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Ashley Miller · Policy Analyst, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    and 1 more
    • Lisa Quiring · Senior Policy Analyst, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    IndustryTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Yves Lemoullec · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Edward Mcainsh · Senior Policy Analyst, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Ashley Miller · Policy Analyst, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Lisa Quiring · Senior Policy Analyst, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Terry Dowdall · Member of Parliament
    • Adam Chambers · Member of Parliament
    • Ric Stryde · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Jack Glick · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Jack Glick · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Andrea Budgell · Director, Health Canada (HC)

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    • Jack Glick · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Gorenstein · In-house (corporation)

    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.