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Lobbying by Canadian Beekeepers Federation: 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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Canadian Beekeepers Federation

Meetings this Parliament
0
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
3
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Mar 12, 2024.

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Aug 16, 2026

Consultant William Pristanski of PROSPECTUS ASSOCIATES

Consultant lobbyists

  • William Pristanski Former public office holder

    Formerly Chief of Staff to the Minister of the Environment, Office of the Minister of the Environment, Environment Canada (1990–1991)

    Formerly Chief of Staff to the President and Charir of Chiefs of Staffs to Ministers, Treasury Board Secretariat, Office of the President of Treasury Board (1989–1990)

    Formerly Chief of Staff to the Solicitor General of Canada, Office of the Solicitor General, Secretariat to the Solicitor General (1987–1989)

    Formerly Director of Operations, Scheduling and Tour, Office of the Chief of Staff, Prime Minister's Office (1987–1987)

  • William Pristanski Former public office holder

    Formerly Chief of Staff to the Minister of the Environment, Office of the Minister of the Environment, Environment Canada (1990–1991)

    Formerly Chief of Staff to the President and Charir of Chiefs of Staffs to Ministers, Treasury Board Secretariat, Office of the President of Treasury Board (1989–1990)

    Formerly Chief of Staff to the Solicitor General of Canada, Office of the Solicitor General, Secretariat to the Solicitor General (1987–1989)

    Formerly Director of Operations, Scheduling and Tour, Office of the Chief of Staff, Prime Minister's Office (1987–1987)

  • William Pristanski Former public office holder

    Formerly Chief of Staff to the Minister of the Environment, Office of the Minister of the Environment, Environment Canada (1990–1991)

    Formerly Chief of Staff to the President and Charir of Chiefs of Staffs to Ministers, Treasury Board Secretariat, Office of the President of Treasury Board (1989–1990)

    Formerly Chief of Staff to the Solicitor General of Canada, Office of the Solicitor General, Secretariat to the Solicitor General (1987–1989)

    Formerly Director of Operations, Scheduling and Tour, Office of the Chief of Staff, Prime Minister's Office (1987–1987)

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada

What they're lobbying on (5)
  • Creation of a made-in-Canada authenticity initiative for honey -- standards of honey identity and enforcement against fraudulent imports.
  • Stop the importation of honey fraud due to adulterated and mislabeled imported honey creating an unlevel playing field.
  • Close the border to package bees from New Zealand, Australia and Italy because of the catastrophic existential biosecurity threat of Tropilaelaps.
  • Establishing a pure honey standard of identity; a honey grading system to identify origin to make testing easier; trade remedies related to honey being dumped into the Canadian market.
  • Seeking to re-open the Canada-US border to allow the importation of packaged honeybees.

Registration 776750-372154-3. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by William Pristanski · Consultant

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

    AgricultureFederal-Provincial RelationsHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by William Pristanski · Consultant

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

    AgricultureClimateIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by William Pristanski · Consultant

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

    AgricultureHealthIndustry

    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.