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Lobbying by Dairy Processors Association of Canada: 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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Dairy Processors Association of Canada

Meetings this Parliament
22
With MPs
10
Since Nov 2021
61
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 8, 2026.

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since May 28, 2026

Consultant Jean Michel Laurin of TACTIX Government Relations & Public Affairs Inc.

Consultant lobbyists

  • Jean Michel Laurin
  • Jean Michel Laurin
  • Jean Michel Laurin
  • Jean Michel Laurin

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), 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 (11)
  • Ensuring a consistent, national approach to inspection of processing plants and regulatory compliance by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
  • Federal Food Security Immigration Stream: the Dairy Processors Association of Canada is advocating for a dedicated program for food processors employing foreign nationals who arrive to fill permanent, year-round positions and who have the intention of becoming permanent Canadian residents.
  • Proposed Regulatory Framework for Recycled content and labelling rules for plastics.
  • Proposed policy on Restricting food advertising primarily directed at children.
  • Notice of intent regarding the Minister of Health’s intention to publish marketing authorizations to permit vitamin D fortification of yogurt and kefir and expand the eligibility for the dairy-related exemption from the front-of-package nutrition labelling requirement.
  • Mitigating the impact of current and future trade agreements on the Canadian dairy processing sector, including the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
  • Measures to stabilize food prices including the establishment of a Grocery Task Force and a food data hub, and additional initiatives being contemplated by the government.
  • Development and adoption of a Grocery Code of Conduct by industry.
  • Components of Health Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy.
  • Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.
  • Bill C-252 – An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (prohibition of food and beverage marketing directed at children)

Registration 882753-376256-6. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Yves Perron · Member of Parliament
    • Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Aaron Fowler · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister and Deputy Chief Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    C-25244-1

    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products. Read more

    Bill C-252 – An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (prohibition of food and beverage marketing directed at children)

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Ryan Williams · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Richard Martel · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    C-25244-1

    Bill C-252 – An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (prohibition of food and beverage marketing directed at children) Read more

    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Richard Cannings · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Richard Lehoux · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Maria Morley · Deputy Chief of Staff & Director of Operations, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Matthew Mann · Chief of Staff, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Tim Logan · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Development and adoption of a Grocery Code of Conduct by industry. Read more

    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Mathew Hall · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Saint-Vincent Samuel · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Jonathan Alomoto · Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    Federal Food Security Immigration Stream: the Dairy Processors Association of Canada is advocating for a dedicated program for food processors employing foreign nationals who arrive to fill permanent, year-round positions and who have the intention of becoming permanent Canadian residents. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Paul MacKinnon · President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Debbie Beresford-Green · Vice President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    Consumer IssuesHealthIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Robert Ianiro · Vice-President, Policy and Programs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Robert Ianiro · Vice-President, Policy and Programs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Debbie Beresford-Green · Vice-President, Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Robert Ianiro · Vice-President, Policy and Programs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
    • Debbie Beresford-Green · Vice-President, Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Robert Ianiro · Vice-President, Policy and Programs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Shristi Radhakrishnan · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Consumer IssuesIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Robert Ianiro · Vice-President, Policy and Programs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    • Robert Ianiro · Vice-President, Policy and Programs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

    AgricultureIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    Consumer IssuesEnvironmentHealthIndustryInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    Consumer IssuesIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant

    Consumer IssuesIndustry

    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.