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Lobbying by The Institute of Internal Auditors: 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

The Institute of Internal Auditors

Meetings this Parliament
6
With MPs
6
Since Nov 2021
9
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 28, 2026.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • House of Commons6
  • Public Safety Canada (PS)1
  • Privy Council Office (PCO)1
  • Finance Canada (FIN)1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jul 22, 2025

Filed by Anthony Pugliese, President & CEO

Lobbyists

  • Anthony Pugliese · President & CEO
  • Jeff McIlravey · Director, Operations (Canada)
  • Mat Young · Executive Vice President, Global Advocacy, Policy, & Stakeholder Relations
  • Michael Downing · Senior Director, North American Advocacy
  • Ryan Singh · Director of Advocacy, Canada

Institutions they may lobby: Bank of Canada, Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Energy Regulator (CER), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Competition Tribunal (CT), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (CIEC), Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner (PSIC), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (8)
  • Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence: Advance laws and policies that ensure cybersecurity and artificial intelligence frameworks are robust, maintain appropriate internal controls and independent objective assurance over those controls, and minimize the organizational and operational risks of various threats, including Denial-of-service, Ransomware, Social engineering, Corporate software vulnerabilities.
  • Support the Internal Audit Profession and Its Legal & Regulatory Framework by Protecting the public interest by providing independent, competent, and objective assurance.
  • Support internal audit functions, integrated within the Federal government. Encourage the inclusion of internal audit function in provincial ministries and municipalities.
  • Preserve self-regulation of the internal audit profession by maintaining objectivity and independence; and Promote professional competence through The IIA’s professional designations, Standards, and high ethical standards
  • Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Fraud, Corruption, and Retaliation: Support public policies that require strong internal controls and independent objective assurance over those controls to prevent the misuse of organizational resources. Advance appropriate public policies that support whistleblowers and prevent fraud and corruption. Safeguard internal auditors from retaliation and intimidation in performance of their duties.
  • Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Environmental, Social Governance: Ensure the internal audit functions of organization enable them to meet reporting requirements and adherence to environmental and related legislation and regulations.
  • Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Data Privacy and Security: Support the passage of strong national and multinational data privacy laws – and corresponding regulations – to minimize the risk of organizational non-compliance with inconsistent local requirements. Provide assurance that organizations have robust security architectures mitigating the operational and financial risks of data breaches and other technology-based threats.
  • Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Cryptocurrencies and Stock Exchanges: Require all cryptocurrency and stock exchanges to Establish and maintain an independent internal audit function.; and Have their senior management annually certify that their exchanges’ internal controls are adequate, based on an internal audit assessment.

Registration 954510-374383-10. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Anthony Pugliese · In-house (organization)

    Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence: Advance laws and policies that ensure cybersecurity and artificial intelligence frameworks are robust, maintain appropriate internal controls and independent objective assurance over those controls, and minimize the organizational and operational risks of various threats, including Denial-of-service, Ransomware, Social engineering, Corporate software vulnerabilities. Read more

    Support internal audit functions, integrated within the Federal government. Encourage the inclusion of internal audit function in provincial ministries and municipalities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Anthony Pugliese · In-house (organization)

    • Tom Osborne · Member of Parliament
    • Jordan Zed · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Artificial Intelligence, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence: Advance laws and policies that ensure cybersecurity and artificial intelligence frameworks are robust, maintain appropriate internal controls and independent objective assurance over those controls, and minimize the organizational and operational risks of various threats, including Denial-of-service, Ransomware, Social engineering, Corporate software vulnerabilities. Read more

    Support internal audit functions, integrated within the Federal government. Encourage the inclusion of internal audit function in provincial ministries and municipalities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Anthony Pugliese · In-house (organization)

    • Ryan Turnbull · Member of Parliament
    • Varun Srivatsan · Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Fahim Khan · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Support internal audit functions, integrated within the Federal government. Encourage the inclusion of internal audit function in provincial ministries and municipalities. Read more

    Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence: Advance laws and policies that ensure cybersecurity and artificial intelligence frameworks are robust, maintain appropriate internal controls and independent objective assurance over those controls, and minimize the organizational and operational risks of various threats, including Denial-of-service, Ransomware, Social engineering, Corporate software vulnerabilities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Anthony Pugliese · In-house (organization)

    Preserve self-regulation of the internal audit profession by maintaining objectivity and independence; and Promote professional competence through The IIA’s professional designations, Standards, and high ethical standards Read more

    Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence: Advance laws and policies that ensure cybersecurity and artificial intelligence frameworks are robust, maintain appropriate internal controls and independent objective assurance over those controls, and minimize the organizational and operational risks of various threats, including Denial-of-service, Ransomware, Social engineering, Corporate software vulnerabilities.

    Support internal audit functions, integrated within the Federal government. Encourage the inclusion of internal audit function in provincial ministries and municipalities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Anthony Pugliese · In-house (organization)

    Support internal audit functions, integrated within the Federal government. Encourage the inclusion of internal audit function in provincial ministries and municipalities. Read more

    Preserve self-regulation of the internal audit profession by maintaining objectivity and independence; and Promote professional competence through The IIA’s professional designations, Standards, and high ethical standards

    Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence: Advance laws and policies that ensure cybersecurity and artificial intelligence frameworks are robust, maintain appropriate internal controls and independent objective assurance over those controls, and minimize the organizational and operational risks of various threats, including Denial-of-service, Ransomware, Social engineering, Corporate software vulnerabilities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Anthony Pugliese · In-house (organization)

    • Sima Acan · Member of Parliament
    • Chak Au · Member of Parliament
    • Dane Lloyd · Member of Parliament
    • Zachary Torok · Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    and 2 more
    • Joël Raby Fernandes · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons
    • Frédéric Rivard · Parliamentary Secretary Assistant, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Monitor the advancement of policies related to: Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence: Advance laws and policies that ensure cybersecurity and artificial intelligence frameworks are robust, maintain appropriate internal controls and independent objective assurance over those controls, and minimize the organizational and operational risks of various threats, including Denial-of-service, Ransomware, Social engineering, Corporate software vulnerabilities. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Anthony Pugliese · In-house (organization)

    • Juzar Pirbhai · Head of Stakeholder Engagement and Enterprise Risk Management, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
    Preserve self-regulation of the internal audit profession by maintaining objectivity and independence; and Promote professional competence through The IIA’s professional designations, Standards, and high ethical standards Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Anthony Pugliese · In-house (organization)

    • Josephine Palumbo · Deputy Commissioner, Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Anthony Pugliese · In-house (organization)

    National Security/Security

    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.