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Lobbying by Square Canada, 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

Square Canada, Inc.

Meetings this Parliament
4
With MPs
1
Since Nov 2021
41
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 23, 2025.

Registrations in effect

In-house (corporation) In effect since Oct 6, 2026

Filed by Liz Samson, Head, Industry Relations and Operations

Lobbyists

  • Leslie Jackson · Head of Corporate Communications and Policy
  • Liz Samson · Head, Industry Relations and Operations

Institutions they may lobby: Bank of Canada, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (2)
  • The financial sector regulatory framework as it relates to Retail Payment Activities Act, payment processing, consumer-driven banking and data security.
  • Square Canada, Inc. seeks to collaborate with policymakers and Canada’s financial services industry to think beyond what’s established and help remove barriers that keep people from having equal access. Square Canada, Inc. also seeks to discuss challenges confronting Canadian small and medium size businesses and consumers in the digital economy.

Registration 960080-371756-15. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Grace Jung (37), Liz Samson (4).

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    Consumer IssuesEconomic DevelopmentSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Nicolas Marion · Senior Director, Payments Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Ron Morrow · Executive Director, Retail Payments Supervision, Bank of Canada

    Financial Institutions

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Phil King · Director General, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Warren Light · Expert Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Amanda Riddell · Director, Real Property and Financial Institutions, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Taxation and Finance

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Nicolas Mahoney · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Financial InstitutionsSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Nicolas Marion · Senior Director, Payments Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Kim McIntyre · Senior Economist, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Judith Hamel · Director General, Financial Services Division, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Consumer IssuesFinancial InstitutionsIndustrySmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Ron Morrow · Executive Director, Retail Payments Supervision, Bank of Canada
    • Genevieve Clermont · Director, Bank of Canada
    • Isabel-Alissa Jenish · Stakeholder Relations Analyst, Bank of Canada, Bank of Canada

    Financial Institutions

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Julien Brazeau · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Kristen Fraser · Senior Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Michael De La Mothe · Senior Economist, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Robert Snell · Senior Economist, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Economic DevelopmentFinancial InstitutionsPrivacy and Access to Information

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Jaxson Khan · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Financial InstitutionsPrivacy and Access to InformationSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Charles Vincent · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Etienne-Rene Massie · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Financial InstitutionsSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Griffin Marsh · Director of Policy, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)

    Economic DevelopmentFinancial InstitutionsSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Jaxson Khan · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Financial InstitutionsPrivacy and Access to InformationSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Colin Deacon · Senator, Senate of Canada

    Financial InstitutionsPrivacy and Access to InformationSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Etienne-Rene Massie · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Charles Vincent · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Financial InstitutionsSmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Dylan Marando · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Consumer IssuesFinancial InstitutionsIndustryPrivacy and Access to InformationScience and TechnologySmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Husain Aboghodieh · Policy Advisor Office of the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Economic DevelopmentIndustrySmall Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Grace Jung · In-house (corporation)

    • Ellen Kuschnik · Director of Parliamentary Affairs Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic DevelopmentSmall Business

    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.