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Lobbying by Canadian Renewable Energy Association: 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

Canadian Renewable Energy Association

Meetings this Parliament
102
With MPs
17
Since Nov 2021
231
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 23, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Aug 2, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Vittoria Bellissimo, President and CEO

Lobbyists

  • Eddie Oldfield · Manager of Policy for the Maritimes
  • Fernando Melo · Senior Director of Public Affairs and Federal Policy
  • Imran Noorani · Vice President of Policy
  • Jean Habel · Senior Director of Policy for Quebec and Atlantic Canada
  • Phil McKay · Senior Director of Member Programs
  • Radha Rajagopalan · Director of Policy for Alberta
  • Vittoria Bellissimo · President and CEO
  • Wesley Johnston · Chief Business Officer

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), 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), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada

What they're lobbying on (12)
  • Providing advice on the labour market needs of the renewable energy and energy storage sector. This includes the Energy and Electricity Alliance
  • The proposed amendments to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and other Acts as put forward in Getting Major Projects Built in Canada Discussion Paper.
  • Inform federal discussions on how to promote a sustainable domestic clean technology manufacturing industry.
  • Inform amendments to Canada's Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits that support the further deployment of renewable energy and energy storage.
  • Inform the further development of Canada's carbon pricing trajectory, and fix the benchmark and improve the backstop for Canada's GreenhouseGas Pollution Pricing Act.
  • Providing advice on policy measures and improvements to increase Canada's investability in renewable energy sector
  • Providing input on the federal government's new measures to protect and transform Canada’s steel and lumber industries
  • Development of a fund or program to provide access to low cost capital for Canadians wishing to purchase and install residential photovoltaic solar and energy storage.
  • Providing advice on Canada's Clean Electricity Strategy, specifically offering input that would accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and energy storage both in front of the meter and behind the meter.
  • Advocating for policies that would encourage the development of a stronger domestic supply chain for the renewable energy and energy storage sectors.
  • Development of financial mechanisms to increase Indigenous communities' and companies' ability to access the capital required to develop renewable energy and energy storage projects.
  • Canada's response to the US Industry and Security Bureau's Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Wind Turbines and Their Parts and Components

Registration 953392-366997-36. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Vittoria Bellissimo (204), Robert Hornung (27).

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    Aboriginal AffairsBudgetClimateEnergyRegional DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Sandy Schembri · Director of Policy, Net-Zero Energy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnergyInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Caroline Lee · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Yasmine Atassi · Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnergyInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Yasmine Atassi · Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    BudgetEnergyLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Brewster · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    EnergyEnvironmentIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Hannah Wilson · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEnergyNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Richard Cannings · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    BudgetEnergyLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Alexander Craney · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    EnergyLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Caroline Lee · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    BudgetEnergyEnvironmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    BudgetEnergyIndustryRegional DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Jonathan Wilkinson · Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Sandy Schembri · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Michael Vandergrift · Ministerial Director, Net-Zero Energy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    BudgetEnergyIndustryNatural ResourcesRegional DevelopmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Hannah WIlson · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEnergyNatural ResourcesTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Jay Khosla · Assistant Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    BudgetEnergyFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructureNatural ResourcesRegional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Jay Khosla · Assistant Deputy Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    EnergyFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructureNatural ResourcesRegional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Hannah WIlson · Senior Regional Desk, Prairies & North, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEnergyFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Connor MacDonald · Policy Advisor, House of Commons

    EnergyFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructureNatural ResourcesRegional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Sandy Schembri · Senior Policy and Regional Advisor (Atlantic), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    EnergyIndustryInfrastructureNatural ResourcesRegional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Yasmine Atassi · Special Assistant, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    BudgetEnergyFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructureNatural ResourcesRegional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Connor MacDonald · Policy Advisor, House of Commons

    EnergyFederal-Provincial RelationsIndustryInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Caroline Lee · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergyFederal-Provincial RelationsRegional Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Sandy Schembri · Senior Policy and Regional Advisor (Atlantic), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironmentInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Tony Maas · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Vida Ebadi · Regional Advisor, Prairies & North at Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Hannah WIlson · Senior Regional Desk, Prairies & North, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetClimateEnergyEnvironmentTaxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Vittoria Bellissimo · In-house (organization)

    • Connor MacDonald · Policy Advisor, House of Commons

    EnergyTaxation 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.