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Lobbying by CANADIAN HEALTH FOOD ASSOCIATION: 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 HEALTH FOOD ASSOCIATION

Meetings this Parliament
4
With MPs
2
Since Nov 2021
8
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 21, 2026.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • House of Commons2
  • Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)1
  • Health Canada (HC)1

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Apr 9, 2026

Consultant Sajjid Lakhani of IMPACT PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Consultant lobbyists

  • Sajjid Lakhani
  • Sajjid Lakhani Former public office holder

    Formerly Constituency Assistant, Office of Ron McKinnon, MP, House of Commons (2020–2022)

  • Sajjid Lakhani Former public office holder

    Formerly Constituency Assistant, Office of Ron McKinnon, MP, House of Commons (2020–2022)

Institutions they may lobby: Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada

What they're lobbying on (4)
  • Regulations affiliated with the Cannabis Act regarding the legalization of cannabis and regulatory amendments related to phytocannabinoids to allow CBD products to be sold as Natural Health Product
  • Oppose amendments to the Food and Drugs Act to extend powers brought in under the 'ProtectCanadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa’s Law)' to regulate natural health products.
  • Natural Health Products Regulations – advocacy for fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Ensuring plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework is fair. Advocacy against allowing personal importation of natural health products.
  • Amendments to the Food and Drugs Act – Ensure sensible rules for natural health products. Address prohibition on sampling of natural health products directly to the consumer. Implication of Health Canada’s proposed Consumer Health Products Framework. Consideration of the 53 recommendations made in 1998 by the Standing Committee on Health.

Registration 952904-375232-3. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Sajjid Lakhani · Consultant

    Amendments to the Food and Drugs Act – Ensure sensible rules for natural health products. Address prohibition on sampling of natural health products directly to the consumer. Implication of Health Canada’s proposed Consumer Health Products Framework. Consideration of the 53 recommendations made in 1998 by the Standing Committee on Health. Read more

    Natural Health Products Regulations – advocacy for fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Ensuring plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework is fair. Advocacy against allowing personal importation of natural health products.

    Oppose amendments to the Food and Drugs Act to extend powers brought in under the 'ProtectCanadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa’s Law)' to regulate natural health products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Sajjid Lakhani · Consultant

    Amendments to the Food and Drugs Act – Ensure sensible rules for natural health products. Address prohibition on sampling of natural health products directly to the consumer. Implication of Health Canada’s proposed Consumer Health Products Framework. Consideration of the 53 recommendations made in 1998 by the Standing Committee on Health. Read more

    Natural Health Products Regulations – advocacy for fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Ensuring plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework is fair. Advocacy against allowing personal importation of natural health products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Sajjid Lakhani · Consultant

    • Athusha Puvanendra · Policy Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    Natural Health Products Regulations – advocacy for fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Ensuring plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework is fair. Advocacy against allowing personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Sajjid Lakhani · Consultant

    • Roy Karam · Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
    Natural Health Products Regulations – advocacy for fair and consistent interpretation by the regulator. Ensuring plain Language Labeling under the self-care products framework is fair. Advocacy against allowing personal importation of natural health products. Read more

    Amendments to the Food and Drugs Act – Ensure sensible rules for natural health products. Address prohibition on sampling of natural health products directly to the consumer. Implication of Health Canada’s proposed Consumer Health Products Framework. Consideration of the 53 recommendations made in 1998 by the Standing Committee on Health.

    Oppose amendments to the Food and Drugs Act to extend powers brought in under the 'ProtectCanadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa’s Law)' to regulate natural health products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Sajjid Lakhani · Consultant

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Sajjid Lakhani · Consultant

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Sajjid Lakhani · Consultant

    • Cam Yung · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Sajjid Lakhani · Consultant

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

    Health

    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.