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Lobbying by Toronto Business Development Centre: 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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Toronto Business Development Centre

Meetings this Parliament
1
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
5
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Jan 15, 2026.

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Jan 1, 2026 Receives government funding

Consultant Samira Levesque of Rubicon Strategy Inc.

Consultant lobbyists

  • Samira Levesque Former public office holder

    Formerly Special Assistant and Regional Advisor, Liberal Research Bureau, House of Commons (2022–2023)

  • Samira Levesque Former public office holder

    Formerly Special Assistant and Regional Advisor, Liberal Research Bureau, House of Commons (2022–2023)

  • Samira Levesque Former public office holder

    Formerly Special Assistant and Regional Advisor, Liberal Research Bureau, House of Commons (2022–2023)

Institutions they may lobby: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (4)
  • Government immigration policy, with regard to supporting businesses and entrepreneurs.
  • Government funding, with regard to supporting businesses affected by recent trade action.
  • Funding under the Green and Inclusive Community Building Program
  • FedDev funding for programming, with respect to the Regional Innovation Ecosystem

Registration 955085-376732-7. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Samira Levesque · Consultant

    • Jonathan Alomoto · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Arash Rahmani · Senior Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Government immigration policy, with regard to supporting businesses and entrepreneurs.

    Official report

  • Reported by Samira Levesque · Consultant

    • Shahad Khalladi · Deputy Director of Policy, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Samira Levesque · Consultant

    • Samar Khan · Policy Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • James Christie · Senior Policy Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Samira Levesque · Consultant

    Economic DevelopmentEmployment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Samira Levesque · Consultant

    • Samar Khan · Policy Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

    Employment and Training

    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.