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Lobbying by Canadian Centre for Child Protection Inc.: 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 Centre for Child Protection Inc.

Meetings this Parliament
73
With MPs
31
Since Nov 2021
87
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Aug 17, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Aug 13, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Lianna McDonald, Executive Director

Lobbyists

  • Jacques Marcoux · Director of Research
  • Kalyn Danco · Associate General Counsel
  • Lianna McDonald · Executive Director
  • Lloyd Richardson · Director of Technology
  • Monique St Germain · General Counsel

Institutions they may lobby: CUSMA Secretariat, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Copyright Board of Canada (CB), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), Law Commission of Canada, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC), Office of the Intelligence Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Parole Board of Canada (PBC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Shared Services Canada (SSC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (22)
  • Internet Child Pornography Reporting Regulations (SOR/2011-292) and C3Ps role under the regulation as well as changes to the regulation that may come as a result of the passage of C-16.
  • C-36 - An Act to enact the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act ("PPCDA"), to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and to make amendments to other Acts
  • C-34 - An Act to enact the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts - with respect to online harms to children and C3P's role in Canada
  • Bill C-22 - An Act respecting lawful access, Parts 1 and 2
  • Lawful access provisions in the Criminal Code or other federal legislation that may enable law enforcement entities to receive or obtain data to begin or advance online child sexual abuse and exploitation investigations, including subscriber information.
  • Laws, regulations and policies with respect to the artificial Intelligence industry and its technologies that can affect the safety and security interests of children, such as AI training data and databases, generative AI technologies, AI chatbots and sexual deepfake imagery.
  • S-232 - An Act respecting non-disclosure agreements, namely potential legislative restrictions on the use of such agreements in the context of sexual violations against a victim of child sexual abuse or exploitation
  • Bill C-246 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (consecutive sentences for sexual offences)
  • Bill C-238 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code (restitution orders)
  • Bill C-236 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Prison and Reformatories Act
  • Bill C-225 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code
  • Bill C-223 - An Act to amend the Divorce Act (Keeping Children Safe Act)
  • Bill C-221 - An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (disclosure of information to victims)
  • Bill C-216 - An Act to enact the Protection of Minors in the Digital Age Act and to amend two acts
  • S-235 - An Act respecting the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking
  • S-236 - An Act to amend the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to establish a framework for implementing the rights of victims of crime
  • Bill S-212 - An Act respecting a national strategy for children and youth in Canada
  • Bill S-209 - An Act to restrict young persons' online access to pornographic material
  • Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions
  • Statistics Canada publications that relate to online child sexual exploitation issues with respect to the inclusion of Cybertip.ca data where applicable.
  • Canada’s National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet, with respect to C3P's role under the strategy which is funded and which funding is used to fulfill C3Ps role under the strategy.
  • Discussions about access to justice, criminal justice, and social policy issues related to online child sexual abuse and online violence against children and possible legislative or policy initiatives that could reduce victimization and/or improve victim recovery.

Registration 959792-380077-13. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Leah Gazan · Member of Parliament
    • Noah Kathen · Assistant, House of Commons
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Ben Carr · Member of Parliament
    • Jason Smedvik · Assistant, House of Commons
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Peter M. Boehm · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Julie Miville-Dechêne · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Gabriela McGuinty · Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Elsa Niyongabo · Communication Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Hilary Leftick · Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Darren Choi · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Aiza Awan · Assistant, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Francois Giroux · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Sarah Cozzi · Director of Policy, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Nina Sartor · Senior Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Shaili Patel · Deputy Director of Policy, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Celine Yegani · Regional Advisor, Prairies and North, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Miled Hill · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Lisa Jorgensen · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Craig Oldham · Director General, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions Read more

    Canada’s National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet, with respect to C3P's role under the strategy which is funded and which funding is used to fulfill C3Ps role under the strategy.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    • Darren Choi · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Celine Yegani · Regional Advisor, Prairies and North, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Larry Brock · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    C-14 C-16

    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions Read more

    Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the National Defence Act (bail and sentencing), with respect to the new reverse onuses for bail and the restriction of conditional sentence orders for certain sexual offences

    Bill C-16, Protecting Victims Act, in relation to all proposed Criminal Code changes that affect children including sections 7(4), 150, 152, 153, 151, 161, 163.1, proposed 169.1, 171.1, 172.1, 173(2), 264(1), 276(1), 346, 486.2, other image based offences such as intimate images, voyeurism and bestiality depictions, all sentencing changes such as mandatory minimum sentences and community impact statement provisions, and changes to the federal mandatory reporting legislation.

    Discussions about access to justice, criminal justice, and social policy issues related to online child sexual abuse and online violence against children and possible legislative or policy initiatives that could reduce victimization and/or improve victim recovery.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    C-14 C-16

    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions Read more

    Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the National Defence Act (bail and sentencing), with respect to the new reverse onuses for bail and the restriction of conditional sentence orders for certain sexual offences

    Bill C-16, Protecting Victims Act, in relation to all proposed Criminal Code changes that affect children including sections 7(4), 150, 152, 153, 151, 161, 163.1, proposed 169.1, 171.1, 172.1, 173(2), 264(1), 276(1), 346, 486.2, other image based offences such as intimate images, voyeurism and bestiality depictions, all sentencing changes such as mandatory minimum sentences and community impact statement provisions, and changes to the federal mandatory reporting legislation.

    Discussions about access to justice, criminal justice, and social policy issues related to online child sexual abuse and online violence against children and possible legislative or policy initiatives that could reduce victimization and/or improve victim recovery.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Ruby Sahota · Member of Parliament, Secretary of State (Combatting Crime)

    C-12

    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions Read more

    Bill C-12 - An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of Canada's borders and the integrity of the Canadian immigration system and respecting other related security measures, with respect to Part 11

    Lawful access provisions in the Criminal Code or other federal legislation that may enable law enforcement entities to receive or obtain data to begin or advance online child sexual abuse and exploitation investigations, including subscriber information.

    Canada’s National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet, with respect to C3P's role under the strategy which is funded and which funding is used to fulfill C3Ps role under the strategy.

    Discussions about access to justice, criminal justice, and social policy issues related to online child sexual abuse and online violence against children and possible legislative or policy initiatives that could reduce victimization and/or improve victim recovery.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Francis Bilodeau · Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Laws, regulations and policies with respect to the artificial Intelligence industry and its technologies that can affect the safety and security interests of children, such as AI training data and databases, generative AI technologies, AI chatbots and sexual deepfake imagery. Read more

    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Canada’s National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet, with respect to C3P's role under the strategy which is funded and which funding is used to fulfill C3Ps role under the strategy.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Gary Anandasangaree · Minister of Public Safety, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Tricia Geddes · Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • David Taylor · Director of Communications, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Nina Sartor · Senior Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Lawful access provisions in the Criminal Code or other federal legislation that may enable law enforcement entities to receive or obtain data to begin or advance online child sexual abuse and exploitation investigations, including subscriber information. Read more

    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Laws, regulations and policies with respect to the artificial Intelligence industry and its technologies that can affect the safety and security interests of children, such as AI training data and databases, generative AI technologies, AI chatbots and sexual deepfake imagery.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Celine Yegani · Regional Advisor, Prairies and North, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions Read more

    Laws, regulations and policies with respect to the artificial Intelligence industry and its technologies that can affect the safety and security interests of children, such as AI training data and databases, generative AI technologies, AI chatbots and sexual deepfake imagery.

    Canada’s National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet, with respect to C3P's role under the strategy which is funded and which funding is used to fulfill C3Ps role under the strategy.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Paramathasan · Director of Policy & Legislative Affairs, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions Read more

    Laws, regulations and policies with respect to the artificial Intelligence industry and its technologies that can affect the safety and security interests of children, such as AI training data and databases, generative AI technologies, AI chatbots and sexual deepfake imagery.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Anna Gainey · Secretary of State - Youth and Children, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    Discussions about access to justice, criminal justice, and social policy issues related to online child sexual abuse and online violence against children and possible legislative or policy initiatives that could reduce victimization and/or improve victim recovery. Read more

    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Marc Miller · Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
    Laws, regulations and policies with respect to the artificial Intelligence industry and its technologies that can affect the safety and security interests of children, such as AI training data and databases, generative AI technologies, AI chatbots and sexual deepfake imagery. Read more

    Discussions about online harms to children and potential legislative or regulatory proposals or policy positions

    Official report

  • Reported by Lianna McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Tricia Geddes · Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    C-12

    Lawful access provisions in the Criminal Code or other federal legislation that may enable law enforcement entities to receive or obtain data to begin or advance online child sexual abuse and exploitation investigations, including subscriber information. Read more

    Bill C-12 - An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of Canada's borders and the integrity of the Canadian immigration system and respecting other related security measures, with respect to Part 11

    Laws, regulations and policies with respect to the artificial Intelligence industry and its technologies that can affect the safety and security interests of children, such as AI training data and databases, generative AI technologies, AI chatbots and sexual deepfake imagery.

    Discussions about access to justice, criminal justice, and social policy issues related to online child sexual abuse and online violence against children and possible legislative or policy initiatives that could reduce victimization and/or improve victim recovery.

    Canada’s National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet, with respect to C3P's role under the strategy which is funded and which funding is used to fulfill C3Ps role under the strategy.

    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.