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Lobbying by Interwoven Connections: 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

Interwoven Connections

Meetings this Parliament
3
With MPs
1
Since Nov 2021
33
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Dec 18, 2025.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jul 20, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Julie Despaties, Executive Director

Lobbyists

  • Julie Despaties · Executive Director

Institutions they may lobby: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), House of Commons, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (2)
  • AFCCA - Raising awareness on Aggression toward Family/Caregivers in Childhood & Adolescence (AFCCA)
  • Propose amendement to the Employment Insurance - Parental leave to include an Attachment Leave for 15 weeks for new adoptive parents, kinship and customary caregivers.

Registration 947339-368539-15. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Julie Despaties · In-house (organization)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Julie Despaties · In-house (organization)

    • Anna Bodnar · Policy Officer, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Julie Despaties · In-house (organization)

    • Alice Zheng · Policy Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Julie Despaties · In-house (organization)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Julie Despaties · In-house (organization)

    • Laila Goodridge · Member of Parliament
    • Karen Vecchio · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Julie Despaties · In-house (organization)

    • Louise Chabot · Vice President HUMA, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Julie Despaties · In-house (organization)

    • Nicholas Kang · Policy Director Office of the Hon. Carla Qualtrough,, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Julie Despaties · In-house (organization)

    • Jill Pilgrim · Policy Advisor, Office of the Hon. Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, House of Commons

    Employment and Training

    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.