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Lobbying by Carpenters' Regional Council: 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

Carpenters' Regional Council

Meetings this Parliament
51
With MPs
27
Since Nov 2021
51
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: May 21, 2026.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • House of Commons24
  • Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)13
  • Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)4
  • Finance Canada (FIN)4
  • Privy Council Office (PCO)3
  • Prime Minister's Office (PMO)3
  • Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)3
  • Transport Canada (TC)1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since May 21, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Steven Weisman, International Representative

Lobbyists

  • Finn Johnson · Director of Government Relations and Communications
  • Steven Weisman · International Representative

Institutions they may lobby: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (6)
  • Amend the Income Tax Act to allow skilled tradespeople the ability to deduct travel expenses that are incurred during the course of travelling long distances (over 100km) for their employment which are not otherwise covered by their employer.
  • Reform the procurement process for Federally funded infrastructure projects to increase transparency, tackling the underground economy in the construction industry.
  • Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects.
  • Incentivizing the creation of more child care spaces for individuals working non-traditional work hours, such as skilled tradespeople.
  • Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.
  • Establishment of a Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot Program in the construction industry whereby workers are paid a higher prevailing wage and have union protection under a collective agreement.

Registration 965388-381759-8. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Michael Rowe (50), Steven Weisman (1).

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Noémie Fiset-Tremblay · Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for Labour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce. Read more

    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Sebastian Clarke · Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce. Read more

    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects.

    Incentivizing the creation of more child care spaces for individuals working non-traditional work hours, such as skilled tradespeople.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Fox · Deputy Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Jason · Senior Advisor, Legal and Mining to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Galen Richardson · Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • John Zerucelli · Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Brett Szmul · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Jonathan Alomoto · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Establishment of a Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot Program in the construction industry whereby workers are paid a higher prevailing wage and have union protection under a collective agreement. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • John Zerucelli · Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Chelsea Kusnick · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Incentivizing the creation of more child care spaces for individuals working non-traditional work hours, such as skilled tradespeople.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Brett Szmul · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Juan Gonzalez · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Establishment of a Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot Program in the construction industry whereby workers are paid a higher prevailing wage and have union protection under a collective agreement. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Noémie Fiset-Tremblay · Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for Labour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Establishment of a Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot Program in the construction industry whereby workers are paid a higher prevailing wage and have union protection under a collective agreement. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • John Zerucelli · Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Dominic LeBlanc · President of the King's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs
    • Tim Hodgson · Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Patty Hadju · Minister of Jobs and Families, House of Commons
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Mark Carney · Prime Minister, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • John Zerucelli · Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Tim Hodgson · Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Canada, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
    • Patty Hadju · Minister of Jobs and Families, House of Commons
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    Amend the Income Tax Act to allow skilled tradespeople the ability to deduct travel expenses that are incurred during the course of travelling long distances (over 100km) for their employment which are not otherwise covered by their employer. Read more

    Establishment of a Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot Program in the construction industry whereby workers are paid a higher prevailing wage and have union protection under a collective agreement.

    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Establishment of a Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot Program in the construction industry whereby workers are paid a higher prevailing wage and have union protection under a collective agreement.

    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Jed Graham · Senior Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
    Amend the Income Tax Act to allow skilled tradespeople the ability to deduct travel expenses that are incurred during the course of travelling long distances (over 100km) for their employment which are not otherwise covered by their employer. Read more

    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • John Zerucelli · Secretary of State (Labour), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Mary-Elizabeth Power · Director of Policy, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Bayan Kadri · Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    • Eamonn Schwartz · Senior Policy Advisor, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Miro Froehlich · Director of Policy, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Galen Richardson · Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Varun Srivatsan · Deputy Director for Fiscal Policy and Budget, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Sashalie Quiros · Director of Operations, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Incentivizing the creation of more child care spaces for individuals working non-traditional work hours, such as skilled tradespeople.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Incentivizing the creation of more child care spaces for individuals working non-traditional work hours, such as skilled tradespeople.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    • Jenna Sudds · Member of Parliament
    • Patty Hadju · Minister of Jobs and Families, House of Commons
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    Incentivizing the creation of more child care spaces for individuals working non-traditional work hours, such as skilled tradespeople.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Rowe · In-house (organization)

    and 4 more
    Embedding prevailing wage, local hiring requirements, and a minimum number of work hours to be performed by apprentices into Federally funded infrastructure projects. Read more

    Increasing the Federal Government's programming and funding allocated for training and retaining Canada's skilled trades workforce.

    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.