Client of a consultant lobbyist
National Association of Career Colleges
- Meetings this Parliament
- 4
- With MPs
- 1
- Since Nov 2021
- 4
- Active registrations
- 0
Most recent reported meeting: Oct 8, 2025.
Lobbying by National Association of Career Colleges: 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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National Association of Career Colleges has no active registration. Organizations must register once paid lobbying passes the legal threshold, and their registration ends when it stops.
Reported meetings
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Reported by Sara Gangbar · Consultant
- Atiq Rahman · Associate Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Brett Smuzl · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Support for a pilot program enabling international students at Regulated Career Colleges (RCCs) to qualify for Post-Graduate Work Permits (PGWP), linking study permits to in-demand jobs, enhanced quality assurance for international students, and anti-fraud measures in the regulated career college sector. Read more
Advocacy for expanding the Veterans Affairs Education & Training Benefit (ETB), developing scholarship programs for military spouses, and supporting veteran employment and transition strategies.
Promotion of employer-driven training, support for standardized national credential recognition (e.g., “Blue/Red Seal” programs), and advocacy for increased labour mobility and rapid response to workforce needs.
Matching funding to support training for military personnel, their spouses, and dependents to secure in-demand jobs.
Advocacy for federal support of digital/remote program delivery, increased youth employment pathways, and partnership on public awareness campaigns about the role of regulated career colleges.
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Reported by Sara Gangbar · Consultant
- Taleeb Noormohamed · Member of Parliament
- Leslie Church · Member of Parliament
- Raquel Dancho · Member of Parliament
- Reem Al-Ameri · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Support for a pilot program enabling international students at Regulated Career Colleges (RCCs) to qualify for Post-Graduate Work Permits (PGWP), linking study permits to in-demand jobs, enhanced quality assurance for international students, and anti-fraud measures in the regulated career college sector. Read more
Advocacy for expanding the Veterans Affairs Education & Training Benefit (ETB), developing scholarship programs for military spouses, and supporting veteran employment and transition strategies.
Promotion of employer-driven training, support for standardized national credential recognition (e.g., “Blue/Red Seal” programs), and advocacy for increased labour mobility and rapid response to workforce needs.
Matching funding to support training for military personnel, their spouses, and dependents to secure in-demand jobs.
Advocacy for federal support of digital/remote program delivery, increased youth employment pathways, and partnership on public awareness campaigns about the role of regulated career colleges.
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Reported by Sara Gangbar · Consultant
- Manuela Tomic · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Private Career Colleges are not eligible to have students apply for Post Graduate Worker Permits. The NACC would like to see this changed as it believes their students are being disadvantaged and discriminated against. To do this there must be a directive from the ministerial level that will allow for post graduate students to make application for the worker permits. Read more
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Reported by Sara Gangbar · Consultant
- Leigh Chapman · Chief Nursing Officer, Health Canada (HC)
Private Career Colleges are not eligible to have students apply for Post Graduate Worker Permits. The NACC would like to see this changed as it believes their students are being disadvantaged and discriminated against. To do this there must be a directive from the ministerial level that will allow for post graduate students to make application for the worker permits. Read more
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.