Organization
First Work
- Meetings this Parliament
- 10
- With MPs
- 3
- Since Nov 2021
- 10
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 3, 2026.
Lobbying by First Work: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Jun 26, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by Akosua Alagaratnam, Executive Director
Lobbyists
- Akosua Alagaratnam · Executive Director
- Gabriele Busca · Public Affairs Specialist
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
What they're lobbying on (9)Hide details
- Discuss with the Minister's office the appropriate mechanisms for interfacing with cross-country delegations engaged in bilateral exchanges on public employment services models.
- Seeking greater activation of Labour Market Development Agreements to align with small and medium-sized business hiring, training, and retention needs, leveraging community-based Employment Service Providers.
- Activating a national workforce framework that aligns federal employment services, housing, immigration, and infrastructure planning at the community level, with Employment Service Providers recognized as delivery infrastructure for national workforce outcomes.
- Seeking stable, multi-year federal funding for: youth employment programming through ESDC, including reinstatement of COVID-era flexibility provisions for Canada Summer Jobs and work-integrated learning (WIL) initiatives, to address rising youth unemployment rates and fragmented pathways into the workforce.
- Engaging with the Minister's office to discuss youth employment policy priorities, including participation in sector events and a planned advocacy meeting with First Work members.
- Advocating for alignment between federal employment verification requirements and provincial service delivery models to address gaps in program administration.
- Seeking sustained, flexible, federal investment in youth employment programs and related funding mechanisms.
- Arranging and attending meetings and outreach with Public Office Holders for a lobby day and reception. First Work would like to share insights and recommendations for youth programming, employment services and advance solutions for youth employment.
- Seeking funding from Government of Canada to capacitate First Work member organizations to deliver employment services and to support small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Registration 959527-379796-7. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by Akosua Alagaratnam · In-house (organization)
- Danielle Martin · Member of Parliament
- Thilo Schaefer · Director of Community Relations, House of Commons
Activating a national workforce framework that aligns federal employment services, housing, immigration, and infrastructure planning at the community level, with Employment Service Providers recognized as delivery infrastructure for national workforce outcomes. Read more
Seeking sustained, flexible, federal investment in youth employment programs and related funding mechanisms.
Seeking stable, multi-year federal funding for: youth employment programming through ESDC, including reinstatement of COVID-era flexibility provisions for Canada Summer Jobs and work-integrated learning (WIL) initiatives, to address rising youth unemployment rates and fragmented pathways into the workforce.
Seeking funding from Government of Canada to capacitate First Work member organizations to deliver employment services and to support small- and medium-sized enterprises.
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Reported by Akosua Alagaratnam · In-house (organization)
- Hamid Mohamed · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Engaging with the Minister's office to discuss youth employment policy priorities, including participation in sector events and a planned advocacy meeting with First Work members. Read more
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Reported by Akosua Alagaratnam · In-house (organization)
- Cathy Wynn · Manager, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Kelsey Da Silva · Policy Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Danielle Williams · Senior Policy Analyst, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Discuss with the Minister's office the appropriate mechanisms for interfacing with cross-country delegations engaged in bilateral exchanges on public employment services models. Read more
Engaging with the Minister's office to discuss youth employment policy priorities, including participation in sector events and a planned advocacy meeting with First Work members.
Seeking funding from Government of Canada to capacitate First Work member organizations to deliver employment services and to support small- and medium-sized enterprises.
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Reported by Akosua Alagaratnam · In-house (organization)
- Samuel Bryant · Regional Advisor, Ontario, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Kunal Parmar · Ontario MRO Director, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Activating a national workforce framework that aligns federal employment services, housing, immigration, and infrastructure planning at the community level, with Employment Service Providers recognized as delivery infrastructure for national workforce outcomes. Read more
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Reported by Akosua Alagaratnam · In-house (organization)
- Francine Pauvif · Policy Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Engaging with the Minister's office to discuss youth employment policy priorities, including participation in sector events and a planned advocacy meeting with First Work members. Read more
Seeking sustained, flexible, federal investment in youth employment programs and related funding mechanisms.
Activating a national workforce framework that aligns federal employment services, housing, immigration, and infrastructure planning at the community level, with Employment Service Providers recognized as delivery infrastructure for national workforce outcomes.
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Reported by Akosua Alagaratnam · In-house (organization)
- Reem Al-Ameri · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Discuss with the Minister's office the appropriate mechanisms for interfacing with cross-country delegations engaged in bilateral exchanges on public employment services models. Read more
Activating a national workforce framework that aligns federal employment services, housing, immigration, and infrastructure planning at the community level, with Employment Service Providers recognized as delivery infrastructure for national workforce outcomes.
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Reported by Akosua Alagaratnam · In-house (organization)
- Salma Zahid · Member of Parliament
- Fares Al Soud · Member of Parliament
- Leslie Church · Member of Parliament
- Robert Oliphant · Member of Parliament
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- Charles Sousa · Member of Parliament
- John Zerucelli · Secretary of State (Labour)
- Donyah Farhat · Manager, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Lori Brooks · Director General, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Kyle Leonard · Director of Stakeholder Relations, Public Safety Canada (PS)
- Alfred Burgesson · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Duncan Tooley · Ontario Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Chelios Vuong · Senior Strategic Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Keiran Gibbs · Director of Policy, Justice Canada (JC)
- Francine Pauvif · Policy Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
- Lisa Xie · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Manuela Tomic · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Jonathan Alomoto · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
- Chelsea Kusnick · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Nimra Noman · Operations Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Karam Chima · Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Operations, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Reem Al-Ameri · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Jason MacDonald · Ontario Regional Advisor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Activating a national workforce framework that aligns federal employment services, housing, immigration, and infrastructure planning at the community level, with Employment Service Providers recognized as delivery infrastructure for national workforce outcomes. Read more
Seeking funding from Government of Canada to capacitate First Work member organizations to deliver employment services and to support small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Seeking greater activation of Labour Market Development Agreements to align with small and medium-sized business hiring, training, and retention needs, leveraging community-based Employment Service Providers.
Arranging and attending meetings and outreach with Public Office Holders for a lobby day and reception. First Work would like to share insights and recommendations for youth programming, employment services and advance solutions for youth employment.
Seeking sustained, flexible, federal investment in youth employment programs and related funding mechanisms.
Seeking stable, multi-year federal funding for: youth employment programming through ESDC, including reinstatement of COVID-era flexibility provisions for Canada Summer Jobs and work-integrated learning (WIL) initiatives, to address rising youth unemployment rates and fragmented pathways into the workforce.
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Reported by Akosua Alagaratnam · In-house (organization)
- Karim Bardeesy · Member of Parliament
- John Zerucelli · Secretary of State (Labour)
- Michael Coteau · Member of Parliament
- Donyah Farhat · Manager, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
and 1 moreShow fewer
- Lori Brooks · Director General, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Seeking funding from Government of Canada to capacitate First Work member organizations to deliver employment services and to support small- and medium-sized enterprises. Read more
Activating a national workforce framework that aligns federal employment services, housing, immigration, and infrastructure planning at the community level, with Employment Service Providers recognized as delivery infrastructure for national workforce outcomes.
Seeking sustained, flexible, federal investment in youth employment programs and related funding mechanisms.
Arranging and attending meetings and outreach with Public Office Holders for a lobby day and reception. First Work would like to share insights and recommendations for youth programming, employment services and advance solutions for youth employment.
Seeking greater activation of Labour Market Development Agreements to align with small and medium-sized business hiring, training, and retention needs, leveraging community-based Employment Service Providers.
Seeking stable, multi-year federal funding for: youth employment programming through ESDC, including reinstatement of COVID-era flexibility provisions for Canada Summer Jobs and work-integrated learning (WIL) initiatives, to address rising youth unemployment rates and fragmented pathways into the workforce.
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Reported by Akosua Alagaratnam · In-house (organization)
- Miles Wu · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Engaging with the Minister's office to discuss youth employment policy priorities, including participation in sector events and a planned advocacy meeting with First Work members. Read more
Advocating for alignment between federal employment verification requirements and provincial service delivery models to address gaps in program administration.
Seeking funding from Government of Canada to capacitate First Work member organizations to deliver employment services and to support small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Seeking sustained federal investment in youth employment programs in the upcoming federal budget.
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Reported by Akosua Alagaratnam · In-house (organization)
- Wendy Wu · Senior Ontario Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Reem Al-Ameri · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Seeking sustained federal investment in youth employment programs in the upcoming federal budget. Read more
Advocating for alignment between federal employment verification requirements and provincial service delivery models to address gaps in program administration.
Engaging with the Minister's office to discuss youth employment policy priorities, including participation in sector events and a planned advocacy meeting with First Work members.
Seeking funding from Government of Canada to capacitate First Work member organizations to deliver employment services and to support small- and medium-sized enterprises.
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.