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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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Canadian Renewable Energy Association

Meetings this Parliament
40
With MPs
3
Since Nov 2021
107
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 23, 2026.

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Jul 14, 2026 Receives government funding

Consultant Roberto Chávez of Sussex Strategy Group

Consultant lobbyists

  • Roberto Chávez Former public office holder

    Formerly Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons, Office of MP Mark Gerretsen (2017–2019)

    Formerly Policy Analyst (Student), Animal Sector Policy Division, Strategic Policy Branch, Department of Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (2016–2016)

  • Roberto Chávez Former public office holder

    Formerly Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons, Office of MP Mark Gerretsen (2017–2019)

    Formerly Policy Analyst (Student), Animal Sector Policy Division, Strategic Policy Branch, Department of Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (2016–2016)

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Infrastructure Bank, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), 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), Justice Canada (JC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (7)
  • Trade - Engagement with government with respect to the consultation re. surtax on critical manufacturing sectors. And more broadly, engagement respect to economic security and trade policy design.
  • Infrastructure - Advocating for the federal government to support the clean energy transition with payments for transmission to the provinces.
  • Infrastructure - Expansion of Canada Infrastructure Bank Clean Power Fund
  • Housing - Implementation of CMHC Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program
  • Government Procurement - Implementation on greening government commitments to procure renewable energy
  • Program for Deployment of Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Systems
  • Energy - Advocate for support for clean technology and green hydrogen through Investment Tax Credits and capital cost reductions in order to accelerate deployment of these technologies while striving to meet Canada's net-zero goals.

Registration 942410-367361-19. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Kevin Deagle · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    ClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    EnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Matt de Vlieger · Acting Associate Assistant Secretary, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    ClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

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

    ClimateEnergyEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    ClimateEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Soren Halverson · Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Eamonn McGuinty · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Blake Oliver · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    BudgetEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Yasmine Atassi · Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    ClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

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

    Budget

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Energy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Julie Dabrusin · Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers of Natural Resources & ECCC, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Eamonn McGuinty · Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Joshua Swift · Ontario Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    BudgetClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Energy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • John Moffet · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Douglas Nevison · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Climate

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

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

    ClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

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

    ClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Kaylie Stathopulos · Policy & Regional Advisor, Prairies and North, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Energy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Soren Halverson · Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Eamonn McGuinty · Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    ClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Raphael Beauchamp · Senior Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Climate

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Tony Maas · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    ClimateEnergy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Samir Kassam · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    ClimateEnergyInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Fiona Simons · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Energy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Conor MacNeil · Senior Advisor, Policy & Legal Affairs, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Marjory Loveys · Special Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Climate

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Zach Nixon · Special Assistant, Regional Affairs (Ontario), Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Energy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Bud Sambasivam · Deputy Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Energy

    Official report

  • Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant

    • Cheryl Cardinal · Director of Indigenous Policy and Procurement, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Lars Wessman · Policy Advisor, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

    Climate

    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.