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Lobbying by Indigenous Leadership Initiative: 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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Organization

Indigenous Leadership Initiative

Meetings this Parliament
30
With MPs
13
Since Nov 2021
42
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Jul 20, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jul 13, 2026

Filed by Valérie Courtois, Executive Director

Lobbyists

  • Valérie Courtois · Executive Director Former public office holder

    Formerly Summer student, First Nations Forestry Program, NRCan (2001–2001)

    Formerly Summer student, First Nations Forestry Program, NRCan (2000–2000)

    Formerly Summer student, Pardons, Solicitor General (1999–1999)

    Formerly Summer student, Pardons, Solicitor General (1998–1998)

Institutions they may lobby: Canadian Heritage (PCH), 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), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (4)
  • • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.
  • • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.
  • • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.
  • • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country.

Registration 926266-378295-5. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Julie Dabrusin · Minister of Environment and Climate Change
    • Nathalie Provost · Secretary of State, Nature
    • Isabelle Hurley · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Alison McDermott · ADM, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    and 1 more
    • Nicholas Winfield · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Tara Shannon · ADM, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Hurley · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country. Read more

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Joshua Swift · Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Nicholas Winfield · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • John Moffet · Associate Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Jean-François Tremblay · Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Nicholas Winfield · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Taylor Bachrach · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Jonathan Gauvin · Chief of Staff, House of Commons
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Elaine Hood · Executive Director, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
    • David Greenwood · Director, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
    • Anuradha Marinetti · Assistant Secretary, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Tara Shannon · ADM, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Nicholas Winfield · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Tara Shannon · ADM, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Deliah Bernard · Indigenous Affairs and Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Vida Ebadi · Regional Advisor, West and Prairies, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Tony Maas · Deputy Director, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.

    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Brewster · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Steven Guilbeault · Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Isabelle Hurley · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Nicholas Winfield · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Exploring innovative conservation and stewardship financing initiatives. Read more

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous leadership in conservation efforts, such as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support boreal conservation and forest-related climate change action across the country.

    • Encouraging the creation of policies that would support Indigenous Guardians and create jobs and economic development in Indigenous communities.

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Jean-François Tremblay · Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Tara Shannon · ADM, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic DevelopmentEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Isabelle Hurley · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic DevelopmentEnvironment

    Official report

  • Reported by Valérie Courtois · In-house (organization)

    • Steven Guilbeault · Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Isabelle Hurley · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Nicholas Winfield · Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Tara Shannon · ADM, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Aboriginal AffairsEconomic DevelopmentEnvironmentFederal-Provincial Relations

    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.