Skip to content

PolitiKit

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.

← Lobbying

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)

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

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Stefanie Beck · 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)
    • Derek Bunkowsky · Chief Grain Inspector for Canada, Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Paul Thoppil · Indo-Pacific Trade Envoy, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Alexandre Côté · Regional Director for Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Brad Havixbeck · Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

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

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Matthew Smith · Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Axel Ndayisaba · Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Kanwal Kochhar · Executive Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Alison Porter · Director of Regional Affairs, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureBudgetEnvironmentInfrastructureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Terry Duguid · Member of Parliament
    • Ben Carr · Member of Parliament
    • Dan Vandal · Minister, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    • Quinn Ferris · Regional Advisor (Manitoba), Privy Council Office (PCO)
    and 5 more
    • Bradley Boudreau · Policy Advisor, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
    • Lawrence MacAulay · Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Jeremy Keats · Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Maria Morley · Director of Operations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Colin LeNeal · Regional Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational TradeResearch and Development

    Official report

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

    • Quinn Ferris · Regional Advisor (Manitoba), Privy Council Office (PCO)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Aaron Fowler · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Kathleen Donohue · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Matthew Smith · Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Axel Ndayisaba · Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Frédéric Bissonnette · Executive Director, Health Canada (HC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

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

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Jeremy Keats · Policy Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Tara Shannon · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Kelly Torck · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Maya Berci · Executive Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Anna-Marie Muise · Manager, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 4 more
    • Durga Sivanesan · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Martin Lajoie · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Shannon Nix · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Kevin Norris · Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureClimateEnvironment

    Official report

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

    • Quinn Ferris · Regional Advisor (Manitoba), Privy Council Office (PCO)

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational TradeResearch and Development

    Official report

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

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational TradeResearch and Development

    Official report

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

    • Emma Drake · Special Assistant - Policy Analyst, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

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

    Agriculture

    Official report

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

    AgricultureIndustryInfrastructureTransportation

    Official report

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

    • Francis Drouin · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Patrick Mangan · Parliamentary Secretary Assistant, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentIndustryInfrastructureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Cheryl Blahey · Chief Financial Officer, Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

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

    • Raquel Dancho · Member of Parliament
    • Marty Morantz · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    AgricultureBudgetEconomic DevelopmentInfrastructureInternational TradeResearch and Development

    Official report

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

    • Rebecca Caldwell · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    AgricultureBudgetClimateEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentInfrastructureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Paul Thoppil · Indo-Pacific Trade Envoy, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Kathleen Donohue · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    AgricultureInternational Trade

    Official report

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

    • Lawrence MacAulay · Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Matthew Mann · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    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.