Client of a consultant lobbyist
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
- Meetings this Parliament
- 6
- With MPs
- 3
- Since Nov 2021
- 6
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Dec 9, 2025.
Lobbying by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation: 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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Consultant John Delacourt of Counsel Public Affairs
Consultant lobbyists
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John Delacourt
Former public office holder
Formerly Director of Communications, Liberal Research Bureau, House of Commons (2016–2017)
Formerly Manager of Multicultural Communications and Stakeholder Relations, Stakeholder Relations, Office of the Leader of the Opposition (2010–2011)
Formerly Special Assistant, Legislation, Minister's Office, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2005–2005)
Formerly Press Secretary, Minister's Office, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2004–2005)
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John Delacourt
Former public office holder
Formerly Director of Communications, Liberal Research Bureau, House of Commons (2016–2017)
Formerly Manager of Multicultural Communications and Stakeholder Relations, Stakeholder Relations, Office of the Leader of the Opposition (2010–2011)
Formerly Special Assistant, Legislation, Minister's Office, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2005–2005)
Formerly Press Secretary, Minister's Office, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2004–2005)
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John Delacourt
Former public office holder
Formerly Director of Communications, Liberal Research Bureau, House of Commons (2016–2017)
Formerly Manager of Multicultural Communications and Stakeholder Relations, Stakeholder Relations, Office of the Leader of the Opposition (2010–2011)
Formerly Special Assistant, Legislation, Minister's Office, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2005–2005)
Formerly Press Secretary, Minister's Office, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2004–2005)
Institutions they may lobby: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC)
What they're lobbying on (20)Hide details
- Seek a remission order for taxes levied on individuals living on lands now recognized as reserve lands
- Strengthening Canada's oil sands mining effluent regulations.
- Engage in discussions regarding the recognition of ACFN's rights & self-determination.
- Work with government on addition-to-reserve proposals to enhance economic development opportunities and recognize ACFN's presence in Fort Chipewyan.
- Engagement around the establishment of a national framework for indigenous policing and related justice reforms.
- Arranging meetings to obtain information regarding Indigenous investment and ownership opportunities regarding the Government of Canada's ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
- Expediting the addition to reserve process.
- Ensure enforcement of federal government laws and regulations regarding the protection of treaty lands, at risk wildlife and rivers in proximity to the proposed Frontier Project near Wood Buffalo National Park.
- Addressing severe shortfalls and capacity issues in education delivery for indigenous youth.
- Engage in discussions regarding the enhancement of primary education for ACFN members.
- Engagement with government officials on disruptions to business, health & safety requirements, and opportunities to help with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Seek government support for economic development opportunities in Fort Chipewyan and ACFN reserve lands.
- Engagement around the establishment of a national framework for indigenous policing and related justice reforms.
- Seek acknowledgement and a formal apology from the Government of Canada for ACFN's forced relocation from its traditional territory in Wood Buffalo National Park.
- Seek government support for the development of essential infrastructure and housing on ACFN reserve lands.
- Carbon pricing, and government measures to mitigate climate change
- Development of a baseline health study to monitor the impacts of the Athabasca oil sands on ACFN members.
- Engagement around the establishment of a national framework for indigenous policing and related justice reforms.
- Responding to the 2023 wildfires in Northern Alberta.
- Species at risk protection for wood bison and caribou in northern Alberta.
Registration 929772-383962-4. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by John Delacourt · Consultant
- Natalie Woodland · Ontario Regional Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Development of a baseline health study to monitor the impacts of the Athabasca oil sands on ACFN members. Read more
Arranging meetings to obtain information regarding Indigenous investment and ownership opportunities regarding the Government of Canada's ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Seek government support for economic development opportunities in Fort Chipewyan and ACFN reserve lands.
Work with government on addition-to-reserve proposals to enhance economic development opportunities and recognize ACFN's presence in Fort Chipewyan.
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Reported by John Delacourt · Consultant
- Nicole Ellement · Senior Regional Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Arranging meetings to obtain information regarding Indigenous investment and ownership opportunities regarding the Government of Canada's ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Read more
Development of a baseline health study to monitor the impacts of the Athabasca oil sands on ACFN members.
Seek government support for economic development opportunities in Fort Chipewyan and ACFN reserve lands.
Work with government on addition-to-reserve proposals to enhance economic development opportunities and recognize ACFN's presence in Fort Chipewyan.
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Reported by John Delacourt · Consultant
- Tracy Karuhugo · Policy Advisor, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Development of a baseline health study to monitor the impacts of the Athabasca oil sands on ACFN members. Read more
Arranging meetings to obtain information regarding Indigenous investment and ownership opportunities regarding the Government of Canada's ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Work with government on addition-to-reserve proposals to enhance economic development opportunities and recognize ACFN's presence in Fort Chipewyan.
Seek government support for economic development opportunities in Fort Chipewyan and ACFN reserve lands.
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Reported by John Delacourt · Consultant
- Lori Idlout · Member of Parliament
Seek government support for economic development opportunities in Fort Chipewyan and ACFN reserve lands. Read more
Arranging meetings to obtain information regarding Indigenous investment and ownership opportunities regarding the Government of Canada's ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Development of a baseline health study to monitor the impacts of the Athabasca oil sands on ACFN members.
Work with government on addition-to-reserve proposals to enhance economic development opportunities and recognize ACFN's presence in Fort Chipewyan.
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Reported by John Delacourt · Consultant
- Eric St-Pierre · Member of Parliament
Arranging meetings to obtain information regarding Indigenous investment and ownership opportunities regarding the Government of Canada's ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Read more
Development of a baseline health study to monitor the impacts of the Athabasca oil sands on ACFN members.
Work with government on addition-to-reserve proposals to enhance economic development opportunities and recognize ACFN's presence in Fort Chipewyan.
Seek government support for economic development opportunities in Fort Chipewyan and ACFN reserve lands.
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Reported by John Delacourt · Consultant
- Wade Grant · Member of Parliament
Seek government support for economic development opportunities in Fort Chipewyan and ACFN reserve lands. Read more
Development of a baseline health study to monitor the impacts of the Athabasca oil sands on ACFN members.
Arranging meetings to obtain information regarding Indigenous investment and ownership opportunities regarding the Government of Canada's ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Work with government on addition-to-reserve proposals to enhance economic development opportunities and recognize ACFN's presence in Fort Chipewyan.
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.