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Lobbying by Canadian Council for Indigenous Business: 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 Council for Indigenous Business

Meetings this Parliament
8
With MPs
5
Since Nov 2021
54
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Jul 6, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since May 27, 2026

Filed by Tabatha Bull, President & CEO

Lobbyists

  • Matthew Foss · VP, Research & Public Policy
  • Philip Ducharme · VP, Entrepreneurship and Procurement
  • Tabatha Bull · President & CEO

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Post Corporation (CPC), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Defence Construction Canada (DCC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Shared Services Canada (SSC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (4)
  • Seeking funding to: improve the relationships that every Federal Department, Agency, Crown Corporation and Regulator has with Indigenous communities, businesses, and Federal Indigenous employees; support the growth and access to opportunity for Indigenous exporters; and increase the representation of Indigenous peoples on Corporate Boards. Sources of funding to be determined
  • Increasing Federal procurement from Indigenous businesses.
  • Ensuring Indigeneous businesses are engaged in Infrastructure Programs;
  • Development and implementation of a Federal Indigenous Entrepreneurship Strategy;

Registration 949509-369787-16. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic DevelopmentGovernment Procurement

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Nancy Gardiner · President, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Cheryl Cardinal · Director of Indigenous Policy and Procurement, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Simon Page · Assistant deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Anita Anand · Minister of National Defense, National Defence (DND)
    • Troy Crosby · Assistant deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Steven Guilbeault · Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Richard Cannings · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic Development

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Kelley Blanchette · Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Kelley Blanchette · Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Nancy Gardiner · President, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
    • Chris Padfield · Vice President, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
    • Kim MacKinnon · Director, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Jenifer Pilon · Executive Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Aboriginal AffairsSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Patty Hadju · Minister, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal AffairsSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Patty Hadju · Minister, Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Kelley Blanchette · Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Sabia · Deputy Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Daniel Quan-Watson · Deputy Minister, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Rob Stewart · Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    and 2 more
    • Paul Halucha · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Chris Forbes · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Aboriginal AffairsGovernment ProcurementInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Maninder Sidhu · Member of Parliament
    • Marco Mendocino · Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Mélanie Joly · Member of Parliament
    • Justin Trudeau · Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Mary Ng · Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Aboriginal AffairsInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

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

    Government Procurement

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    and 1 more
    • Gary Vidal · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsGovernment Procurement

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Filomena Tassi · Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Brian Francis · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Aboriginal AffairsSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

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

    Aboriginal AffairsGovernment Procurement

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Mary Ng · Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Omar Alghabra · Minister of Transport, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Hassan Yussuff · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Vance Badawey · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Jamie Schmale · Member of Parliament
    • Bob Zimmer · Member of Parliament
    • Candace Bergin · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Gary Vidal · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • Kelley Blanchette · Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by Tabatha Bull · In-house (organization)

    • David Morrison · Deputy Minister, International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Bruce Christie · Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Policy Negotiations, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Sara Wilshaw · Assistant Deputy Minister and Canada’s Chief Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International Trade

    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.