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Lobbying by Canadian Parents for French: 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

Canadian Parents for French

Meetings this Parliament
63
With MPs
29
Since Nov 2021
77
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 15, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Apr 1, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Derrek Bentley, Network CEO | Direction générale du réseau

Lobbyists

  • Ahdithya Visweswaran · Director, Advocacy & Public Policy | Directeur, Affaires publiques & politiques Former public office holder

    Formerly Parliamentary Intern, Parliamentary Internship Programme, House of Commons (2023–2024)

    Formerly Junior Policy Analyst, Official Languages Branch, Department of Canadian Heritage (2022–2022)

    Formerly Promotional Content Creator, Alberta & British Columbia Region, Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (2021–2022)

  • Derrek Bentley · Network CEO | Direction générale du réseau

Institutions they may lobby: Accessibility Standards Canada, Canadian Heritage (PCH), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (10)
  • Official Languages Support Programs - Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Second Language Learning Component - Seeking funding for socio-cultural activities, employment and training and other initiatives in French Second Language programs to increase learning and use of French.
  • Official Languages Support Programs - Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Second Language Learning Component - promoting and ensuring equitable access to quality French Second Language programs (French Immersion, Core French, Extended French, etc.).
  • Official Languages Support Programs - Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Seeking funding through the Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component for such initiatives and projects.
  • Official Languages Support Programs - Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component - promoting linguistic duality initiatives and projects to promote the benefits of bilingualism and to increase mutual understanding and rapprochement between English-speaking and French-speaking Canadians.
  • Official Languages in Education Programs - Advocating for increased funding for French Second Language through the Second-language stream across the various areas of intervention.
  • Official Languages in Education Programs - Renewal of provincial and territorial bilateral agreements in support of access to quality second-language instruction across Canada.
  • Action Plan for Official Languages - Seeking funding through various Action Plan envelopes that support access to quality second-language instruction, evaluation and retention
  • Action Plan for Official Languages - Informing on French Second Language issues/concerns and advocating for policies and programs.
  • Official Languages policy framework - Updates across linguistic policy files pertaining to rapprochement, linguistic duality or second-language instruction
  • Official Languages Act - ensuring the Government of Canada’s commitment to opportunities to learn a second official language

Registration 960373-379375-9. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Derrek Bentley (63), Nicole Thibault (14).

  • Reported by Nicole Thibault · In-house (organization)

    • Placide Turenne · Director, National Policy and Programs & Regional Coordination, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Renée Lepage · Manager, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Official Languages Support Programs - Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component - promoting linguistic duality initiatives and projects to promote the benefits of bilingualism and to increase mutual understanding and rapprochement between English-speaking and French-speaking Canadians. Read more

    Official Languages Support Programs - Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Seeking funding through the Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component for such initiatives and projects.

    Official report

  • Reported by Nicole Thibault · In-house (organization)

    • Sarah Boily · Director General, Official Languages, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Placide Turenne · Director, National Policy and Programs & Regional Coordination, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Julie Boyer · Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Official Languages Support Programs - Enhancement of Official Languages Program - Seeking funding through the Promotion of Linguistic Duality Component for such initiatives and projects. Read more

    Official Languages Act - ensuring the Government of Canada’s commitment to opportunities to learn a second official language

    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.