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Lobbying by Cerberus Capital Management II, L.P.: 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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Corporation

Cerberus Capital Management II, L.P.

Meetings this Parliament
15
With MPs
5
Since Nov 2021
35
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Mar 4, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (corporation) In effect since May 26, 2026

Filed by Frank Bruno, Co-CEO

Lobbyists

  • Frank Bruno · Co-CEO
  • Nicholas Robinson · Senior Managing Director

Institutions they may lobby: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Saguenay Port Authority, Senate of Canada, Sept-Iles Port Authority, Transport Canada (TC)

What they're lobbying on (9)
  • Sustainable Resource Development: Seek to ensure that any legislative initiatives affecting Critical Mineral resource development are grounded in the principles of sound science/evidence-based decision-making, efficiency of regulatory process and posit a meaningful role for Indigenous rights-holders and communities.
  • Lobbying with government to facilitate and support the Company's efforts to secure a federal grant, contribution, or other financial benefit from the Government of Canada via departmental programs (e.g. NRCan, ISED), from Crown Corporations (e.g. EDC), and/or Arms-length independent bodies (e.g. Canada Growth Fund) and/or from other agencies, departments, and crown entities not yet identified, to support the establishment of a Heavy and Light Rare Earth Element hub for Canada anchored by the Company's proposed mine and refinery in Quebec province and ancillary assets in Labrador.
  • Lobbying to ensure that proposed Investment Tax Credits pertinent to the Critical Minerals sector are effective and impactful.
  • Lobbying related to the significant contribution which development of Canada's Light and Heavy Rare Earth Elements can make to the strategic security and defence partnership between Canada and the United States of America.
  • Lobbying related to the scope of any federal Impact Assessment on the Company's Strange Lake Rare Earths hub project in Quebec and Labrador, including discussion related to the question of provincial and Indigenous Rights-holders' Impact Assessment equivalency, standards, and programs.
  • Lobbying related to the development and implementation of The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, as it relates to resource development, in support of fair and effective policy design.
  • Lobbying on emerging policies and programs pertaining to Critical Minerals development and the establishment of robust North American supply chains to support a domestic advanced battery ecosystem, drive decarbonization of Canada’s economy and energy systems, and become a trusted and secure source of Critical Minerals to bolster Canada’s strategic position with the United States, with the European Union and with allied nations in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region.
  • Potential support from Canada Growth Fund (CGF), Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (CMIF), Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) or other suitable Canada / Quebec sources of government support. Project aligns closely with innovation, economic development, investment goals.
  • Communicating our project’s alignment with Canadian & Quebec Critical Minerals strategies. Promoting awareness and seeking non-specific government guidance or support for various aspects like permitting, indigenous support, preferred location(s) for processing facility.

Registration 960291-376911-6. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Stephen A. Feinberg (20), Frank Bruno (15).

  • Reported by Stephen A. Feinberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Paul Halucha · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Clean Growth), Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Simon Kennedy · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • John Moffett · Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 3 more
    • Jordan Zed · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Eric Landry · Vice-President, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
    • Chris Padfield · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Clean Growth, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentForeign AffairsIndustryMiningNational Security/SecurityNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Stephen A. Feinberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Chelios Vuong · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Kevin Coon · Chief of Staff, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentForeign AffairsIndustryMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Stephen A. Feinberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Jamie Kippen · Chief of Staff, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Joshua Swift · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentForeign AffairsIndustryMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Stephen A. Feinberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Ben Chin · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentForeign AffairsIndustryMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Stephen A. Feinberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Andrew Bevan · Chief of Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentForeign AffairsIndustryMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Stephen A. Feinberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Paul Moen · Chief of Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentForeign AffairsIndustryMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Stephen A. Feinberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Paul Halucha · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Clean Growth), Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentForeign AffairsIndustryMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Stephen A. Feinberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Ian Foucher · Chief of Staff, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentForeign AffairsIndustryMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Stephen A. Feinberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Laura Mitchell · Deputy Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Samir Kassam · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentForeign AffairsIndustryMiningNatural Resources

    Official report

  • Reported by Stephen A. Feinberg · In-house (corporation)

    • Jeff Labonté · Associate Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Rinaldo Jeanty · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    Aboriginal AffairsEnvironmentForeign AffairsIndustryMiningNatural Resources

    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.