Lobbying by K'awat'si Economic Development: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
Consultant Bill Schaper of Quinn Public Affairs Inc.
Consultant lobbyists
Bill SchaperFormer public office holder
Formerly Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (1999–2000)
Formerly Legislative Assistant, MP for Kenora-Rainy River, House of Commons (1995–1999)
Formerly Legislative Assistant, MP for Dartmouth, House of Commons (1993–1994)
Institutions they may lobby: Canada Infrastructure Bank, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada
What they're lobbying on (4)Hide details
Working with client to address housing and infrastructure concerns in their home community -- seeking relevant and appopriate financial assistance from federal government.
Seeking financial assistance (from sources to be determined) for securing forestry licenses in the First Nation's traditional territories.
Working in support of the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nation (GNN) in helping them reach their Reconciliation and Treaty goals.
Salmon Aquaculture: supporting KEDC in convincing DFO and the Government of Canada at large to allow Indigenous people to continue responsibly farming salmon on the Pacific coast
Jennifer Wheatley · Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Working with client to address housing and infrastructure concerns in their home community -- seeking relevant and appopriate financial assistance from federal government.Read more
Paul Halucha · Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Working with client to address housing and infrastructure concerns in their home community -- seeking relevant and appopriate financial assistance from federal government.Read more
Elizabeth Arsenault · Director of Policy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Neil MacIsaac · Chief of Staff, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Morgan McCullough · Director of Operations (Aquaculture), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Salmon Aquaculture: supporting KEDC in convincing DFO and the Government of Canada at large to allow Indigenous people to continue responsibly farming salmon on the Pacific coastRead more
Alyth Roos · Special Assistant, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Manjeet Vinning · Regional Advisor, British Columbia, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Seeking financial assistance (from sources to be determined) for securing forestry licenses in the First Nation's traditional territories.Read more
Working with client to address housing and infrastructure concerns in their home community -- seeking relevant and appopriate financial assistance from federal government.
Working in support of the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nation (GNN) in helping them reach their Reconciliation and Treaty goals.
Salmon Aquaculture: supporting KEDC in convincing DFO and the Government of Canada at large to allow Indigenous people to continue responsibly farming salmon on the Pacific coast
Paul Halucha · Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Jeff Waring · Assistant Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Jean Lamirande · Sr. Vice President, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Working in support of the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nation (GNN) in helping them reach their Reconciliation and Treaty goals.Read more
Working with client to address housing and infrastructure concerns in their home community -- seeking relevant and appopriate financial assistance from federal government.
Paul Moen · Chief of Staff, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Soha Samii · Regional Advisor for Western Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Salmon Aquaculture: supporting KEDC in convincing DFO and the Government of Canada at large to allow Indigenous people to continue responsibly farming salmon on the Pacific coastRead more
Seeking financial assistance (from sources to be determined) for securing forestry licenses in the First Nation's traditional territories.
Seeking financial assistance (from sources to be determined) for securing forestry licenses in the First Nation's traditional territories.Read more
Working with client to address housing and infrastructure concerns in their home community -- seeking relevant and appopriate financial assistance from federal government.
Working in support of the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nation (GNN) in helping them reach their Reconciliation and Treaty goals.
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.
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