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Lobbying by Cereals 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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Organization

Cereals Canada Inc

Meetings this Parliament
137
With MPs
19
Since Nov 2021
415
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 21, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Aug 11, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Dean Dias, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Dean Dias · Chief Executive Officer
  • Elaine Sopiwnyk · Vice President, Technical Services Former public office holder

    Formerly Cereal Quality Biologist, Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1998–2000)

  • Ellen Pruden · Vice President, Communications and Value Chain Relations
  • Krista Zuzak · Director, Crop Protection and Production
  • Leif Carlson · Director, Market Intelligence and Trade Policy
  • Lisa Nemeth · Director, Market Support and Training Former public office holder

    Formerly Laboratory Technician, Grain Research Lab, Canadian Grain Commission (2013–2014)

  • Marcello DiMarco · Chief Financial Officer
  • Matilda van Aggelen · Market and Trade Specialist

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), 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), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (6)
  • Support the enforcement and aftercare of implemented trade agreements by encouraging and facilitating technical expertise related to non-tariff barriers to trade for Canadian cereals.
  • Support expansion of multi-lateral and bi-lateral trade negotiations and implementation of agreements to reduce tariffs, technical barriers, and non-tariff barriers to trade for Canadian cereals.
  • Ensuring that the Canadian cereals industry continues to be regulated by the best available science when considering crop protection products, and plant breeding innovation.
  • Encourage the development of infrastructure and innovation initiatives that will allow the Canadian agriculture and cereals industries to continue to be world leaders in science-based research and development, while ensuring the maintenance of our competitive export position into the future.
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's AgriScience Program which aims to accelerate the pace of innovation by providing funding and support for pre-commercial science activities and cutting-edge research that benefits the agriculture and agri-food sector and Canadians.
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's AgriMarketing Program which aims to assist in the increase and diversification of Canadian agricultural exports to international markets.

Registration 952196-372080-19. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Larisa Galadza · Head, Canada-US Engagement Task Force, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Maninder Sidhu · Member of Parliament
    • David Burkholder · Special Assistant and Regional Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Derek Bunkowsky · Chief Grain Inspector for Canada, Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
    • Nathan Gerelus · Manager, National Affairs, Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Shannon Nix · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Justine Akman · Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational TradeScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Nathan Canning · Senior Policy & Atlantic Regional Advisor, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentIndustryInfrastructureInternational TradeScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Brent Cotter · Senator, Senate of Canada

    AgricultureInfrastructureInternational TradeTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Galen Richardson · Senior Regional Advisor, West and North, Finance Canada (FIN)

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational TradeResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational TradeScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Matthew Mann · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Emerson Vandenberg · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Jeremy Keats · Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational TradeResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureLabourTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Derek Bunkowsky · Chief Grain Inspector for Canada, Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
    • Nathan Gerelus · Manager, National Affairs, Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Stefanie Beck · Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational TradeResearch and DevelopmentScience and Technology

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • David Hunt · Chief Commissioner, Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Anna Bodnar · Senior Policy Advisor, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)

    AgricultureIndustryInternational TradeLabourTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Paul Moen · Chief of Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Pedro Alfaro Heller · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    AgricultureIndustryLabourTransportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Nadia Theodore · Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    AgricultureEnvironmentInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Kathleen Donohue · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Doug Chorney · Chief Commissioner, Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Doug Chorney · Chief Commissioner, Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Kathleen Donohue · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Shannon Nix · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Kevin Coon · Chief of Staff, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Dean Dias · In-house (organization)

    • Mary Ng · Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Kevin Coon · Chief of Staff, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Nadia Theodore · Ambassador of Canada to the World Trade Organization, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    AgricultureInternational 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.