Organization
Carbon Removal Canada
- Meetings this Parliament
- 50
- With MPs
- 14
- Since Nov 2021
- 98
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 25, 2026.
Lobbying by Carbon Removal Canada: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 24, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Na'im Merchant, Executive Director
Lobbyists
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Daniel Kelter · Director of Government Relations
Former public office holder
Formerly Parliamentary Assistant, Office of the Hon. Jane Philpott, House of Commons (2018–2019)
Formerly Legislative Assistant, Office of MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, House of Commons (2018–2018)
Formerly Parliamentary Assistant, Office of MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, House of Commons (2015–2017)
Formerly Communications Assistant, Communications Branch, Justice Canada (2015–2016)
- Na'im Merchant · Executive Director
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Infrastructure Bank, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), National Defence (DND), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Quebec Lieutenant, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
What they're lobbying on (7)Hide details
- Carbon Removal Canada advocates for policies and programs that ensure the Canadian carbon removal compliance markets maintain their scientific integrity. This may include measurement, reporting, and verification requirements, or industry best practices. This may also include conversations related to international carbon markets.
- Carbon Removal Canada is working with decision-makers to show why surficial mineralization matters and how it can be better supported through existing government programs, such as investment tax credits and demonstration funding, or through a dedicated hub model.
- Carbon Removal Canada seeks to ensure that demonstration funding programs are open to permanent carbon removal technologies, helping more projects bridge the gap between pilot and commercial scale, while securing new funding streams for demonstration projects.
- Carbon Removal Canada advocates to develop a permanent carbon removal procurement program that enables the Government of Canada to catalyze the growth of Canadian carbon removal technologies, while meaningfully dealing with its own emissions, such as the Canadian military, without impacting necessary operational flexibility.
- Carbon Removal Canada seeks to provide advice to the Government of Canada on achieving a balance on ocean carbon removal technologies; ensuring that the integrity of the ocean is maintained, while also creating business certainty.
- Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the recognition of permanent carbon removal as critical to Canada's economic and environmental future.
- Carbon Removal Canada advocates for programs and policies that make Canada more competitive in attracting investment for carbon removal technologies and companies. This includes tax credits and regulatory structures that ensure Canada has a high-level of business certainty and active business environment.
Registration 955961-375942-13. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the recognition of carbon removal as critical to meeting net-zero by 2050, in addition to being the only tool to deal with historical emissions. As such, it encourages the Government of Canada to hold a consultation on permanent carbon removal's role in net-zero and Canada's permanent carbon removal ambitions. Read more
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the recognition of carbon removal as critical to meeting net-zero by 2050, in addition to being the only tool to deal with historical emissions. As such, it encourages the Government of Canada to hold a consultation on permanent carbon removal's role in net-zero and Canada's permanent carbon removal ambitions. Read more
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the recognition of carbon removal as critical to meeting net-zero by 2050, in addition to being the only tool to deal with historical emissions. As such, it encourages the Government of Canada to hold a consultation on permanent carbon removal's role in net-zero and Canada's permanent carbon removal ambitions. Read more
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the recognition of carbon removal as critical to meeting net-zero by 2050, in addition to being the only tool to deal with historical emissions. As such, it encourages the Government of Canada to hold a consultation on permanent carbon removal's role in net-zero and Canada's permanent carbon removal ambitions. Read more
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Mark Gerretsen · Member of Parliament
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the development of a Carbon Removal Innovation Challenge, meant to disperse funding to next generation carbon removal demonstration projects. Read more
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the bolstering of the CCUS investment tax credit or the creation to ensure that the incentive gap between Canada and the US is closed.
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Maheep Sandhu · Advisor, Communications, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Carbon Removal Canada advocates to develop a carbon procurement program, enabling Canadian carbon removal companies to scale to the magnitudes necessary to achieve Canadian net-zero by 2050 targets. Read more
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the recognition of carbon removal as critical to meeting net-zero by 2050, in addition to being the only tool to deal with historical emissions. As such, it encourages the Government of Canada to hold a consultation on permanent carbon removal's role in net-zero and Canada's permanent carbon removal ambitions.
Carbon Removal Canada seeks to highlight the impacts of international treaty debates on permanent carbon removal technologies involving the ocean.
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the recognition of carbon removal as critical to meeting net-zero by 2050, in addition to being the only tool to deal with historical emissions. As such, it encourages the Government of Canada to hold a consultation on permanent carbon removal's role in net-zero and Canada's permanent carbon removal ambitions. Read more
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Colin Deacon · Senator, Senate of Canada
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the development of a multitude of carbon removal technology protocols within the Canadian Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit Market. This includes beginning to develop protocols for BiCRS, carbon mineralization and enhanced rock weathering, ocean alkalinity enhancement, while also continuing work for the ongoing Direct Air Capture protocol. Read more
Carbon Removal Canada seeks to highlight the impacts of international treaty debates on permanent carbon removal technologies involving the ocean.
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the development of a Carbon Removal Innovation Challenge, meant to disperse funding to next generation carbon removal demonstration projects.
Carbon Removal Canada advocates to develop a carbon procurement program, enabling Canadian carbon removal companies to scale to the magnitudes necessary to achieve Canadian net-zero by 2050 targets.
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Steven Guilbeault · Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Caroline Lee · Deputy director of policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Kurtis Layden · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the recognition of carbon removal as critical to meeting net-zero by 2050, in addition to being the only tool to deal with historical emissions. As such, it encourages the Government of Canada to hold a consultation on permanent carbon removal's role in net-zero and Canada's permanent carbon removal ambitions. Read more
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Joyce Murray · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Carbon Removal Canada advocates to develop a carbon procurement program, enabling Canadian carbon removal companies to scale to the magnitudes necessary to achieve Canadian net-zero by 2050 targets. Read more
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the recognition of carbon removal as critical to meeting net-zero by 2050, in addition to being the only tool to deal with historical emissions. As such, it encourages the Government of Canada to hold a consultation on permanent carbon removal's role in net-zero and Canada's permanent carbon removal ambitions.
Carbon Removal Canada advocates for the development of a Carbon Removal Innovation Challenge, meant to disperse funding to next generation carbon removal demonstration projects.
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Carlos Pena · Special Assistant, Policy, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Carbon Removal Canada advocates to develop a carbon procurement program, enabling Canadian carbon removal companies to scale to the magnitudes necessary to achieve Canadian net-zero by 2050 targets. Read more
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Eddy Perez · Senior International Affairs Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Carbon Removal Canada seeks to highlight the impacts of international treaty debates on permanent carbon removal technologies involving the ocean.
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- John Moffet · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Megan Nichols · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
ClimateIndustry
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Carlos Pena · Special Assistant, Policy, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
ClimateGovernment Procurement
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Lloyd Longfield · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
ClimateScience and Technology
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Samir Kassam · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Kaitlyn Cleary · Deputy Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
ClimateEconomic Development
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Patti LaBoucane-Benson · Senator, Senate of Canada
ClimateScience and Technology
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Caroline Lee · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
ClimateEnvironment
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Colin Deacon · Senator, Senate of Canada
Economic DevelopmentEnvironmentResearch and Development
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Jan Gorski · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
ClimateEnvironment
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Joanna Dafoe · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Caroline Lee · Senior Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
ClimateEnvironmentGovernment Procurement
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Carlos Pena · Special Assistant, Policy, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
ClimateGovernment Procurement
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Julie Dabrusin · Member of Parliament
- Jane Gorski · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
ClimateEconomic DevelopmentGovernment Procurement
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Anthony Housefather · Member of Parliament
ClimateEconomic DevelopmentGovernment Procurement
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Reported by Na'im Merchant · In-house (organization)
- Adam Chambers · Member of Parliament
ClimateEconomic DevelopmentNatural Resources
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.