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Lobbying by CANADIAN FINANCE & LEASING ASSOCIATION: 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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CANADIAN FINANCE & LEASING ASSOCIATION

Meetings this Parliament
0
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
1
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Mar 4, 2025.

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Mar 4, 2025

Consultant Charles Bernard of Impact Public Affairs

Consultant lobbyists

  • Charles Bernard

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Bank of Canada, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Farm Credit Canada (FCC), Finance Canada (FIN), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Senate of Canada

What they're lobbying on (7)
  • Engaging with key public officials to highlight the need for a change of paradigm within Canada's financial sector. The change should aim at integrating more indirect finance companies, and their specific abilities, to improve small and medium businesses' access to equipment finance.
  • Ensure the proactive enforcement of stolen vehicle legislation with respect to Canada Border Service Agency's power to search containers for export..
  • Bank Act Review. Ensuring any amendments to the Bank Act review are not damaging to the leasing industry.
  • Seeking a Parliamentary review of the Mandate of the Farm Credit Canada
  • Amend the Select Luxury Tax Act to exempt all zero emission vehicles
  • Increase the automobile income tax deduction limits and expense benefit rates that will apply in 2025 and beyond. These changes could be done by amending the Income tax Act or accompanying regulations.
  • Seeking better enforcement and inspection by the Canada Border Service Agency of potential stolen vehicle shipments leaving Canada's ports.

Registration 952477-380646-2. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Charles Bernard · Consultant

    • Steven Begg · Director, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Engaging with key public officials to highlight the need for a change of paradigm within Canada's financial sector. The change should aim at integrating more indirect finance companies, and their specific abilities, to improve small and medium businesses' access to equipment finance. Read more

    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.