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Lobbying by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation: 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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Client of a consultant lobbyist

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation

Meetings this Parliament
21
With MPs
7
Since Nov 2021
43
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Jun 25, 2026.

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Jul 23, 2026 Receives government funding

Consultant William Shelling of Counsel Public Affairs Inc.

Consultant lobbyists

  • William Shelling
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  • William Shelling
  • William Shelling
  • William Shelling
  • William Shelling
  • William Shelling
  • William Shelling

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC)

What they're lobbying on (18)
  • Seek a remission order for taxes levied on individuals living on lands now recognized as reserve lands
  • Discussing the Client's priorities relating to tailings, release and transboundary water issues on the reserves
  • Advance accountability on the status of the environmental contamination at the dock in Fort Chipewyan.
  • Work with government on addition-to-reserve proposals to enhance economic development opportunities and recognize the client's presence in Fort Chipewyan.
  • Strengthening Canada's oil sands mining effluent regulations.
  • Species at risk protection for wood bison and caribou in northern Alberta.
  • Seek government support for the development of essential infrastructure and housing on the client's reserve lands.
  • Seek government support for economic development opportunities in Fort Chipewyan and the client's reserve lands.
  • Seek acknowledgement and a formal apology from the Government of Canada for the client's forced relocation from its traditional territory in Wood Buffalo National Park.
  • Expediting the addition to reserve process.
  • Ensure enforcement of federal government laws and regulations regarding the protection of treaty lands, at risk wildlife and rivers in proximity to the proposed Frontier Project near Wood Buffalo National Park.
  • Engagement around the establishment of a national framework for indigenous policing and related justice reforms.
  • Engage in discussions regarding the recognition of the client's rights & self-determination.
  • Engage in discussions regarding the enhancement of primary education for the client's members.
  • Development of a baseline health study to monitor the impacts of the Athabasca oil sands on the client's members.
  • Carbon pricing, and government measures to mitigate climate change
  • Arranging meetings to obtain information regarding Indigenous investment and ownership opportunities regarding the Government of Canada's ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  • Addressing severe shortfalls and capacity issues in education delivery for indigenous youth.

Registration 952671-372717-10. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Rahima Mian · Regional Advisor, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentIndustryInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Jordano Nudo · Director of Policy, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentIndustryInfrastructureNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Oliver Anderson · Director of Communications, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Steven Guilbeault · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Dawid Burzynski · Regional Advisor, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal AffairsClimateEnvironmentForestryInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Patricia Sibal · Director, Transport Canada (TC)

    Infrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Dawid Burzynski · Regional Advisor, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Alyssa Schatz · Policy Advisor, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Mel Rossignol · Member's Assistant, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    Aboriginal AffairsNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Heather McPherson · Member of Parliament
    • Gale Davy · Constituency Assistant, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Dawid Burzynski · Regional Advisor, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Dawid Burzynski · Regional Advisor, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

    Aboriginal Affairs

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Taylor Bachrach · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Chris Mockler · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Jagmeet Singh · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Blake Desjarlais · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Charlie Angus · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsEducation

    Official report

  • Reported by William Shelling · Consultant

    • Charlie Angus · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Aboriginal AffairsClimateEconomic DevelopmentEmployment and TrainingEnvironment

    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.