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Lobbying by Women's Legal Education and Action Fund: 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

Women's Legal Education and Action Fund

Meetings this Parliament
38
With MPs
14
Since Nov 2021
38
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.

Bills they've lobbied on

Named in their own descriptions of meetings or of their registration. Their words are quoted below each bill.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • House of Commons17
  • Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)6
  • Senate of Canada5
  • Justice Canada (JC)4
  • Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)2
  • Public Safety Canada (PS)2
  • Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)2
  • Prime Minister's Office (PMO)1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 24, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Ruth Goba, Executive Director

Lobbyists

  • Ashna Hudani · Law Reform and Policy Analyst
  • Cee Strauss · Senior Staff Lawyer
  • Celia Zhang · Communications and Advocacy Manager
  • Kat Owens · Legal Director
  • Rosel Kim · Senior Staff Lawyer
  • Ruth Goba · Executive Director

Institutions they may lobby: Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Race Relations Foundation, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Justice Canada (JC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (21)
  • Bill C-34, The Safe Social Media Act, with respect to the Digital Safety Commission of Canada, age-verification and age estimation, and future regulations
  • Funding under the Women’s Economic and Leadership Opportunities Fund 2026
  • Funding through the National Anti-Racism Fund
  • Funding for Canada's Black Justice Strategy
  • Funding for the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and the Federal GBV Strategy
  • Bill C-9, with respect to gender-based hate
  • Bill S-205, with respect to judicial oversight for segregation/isolation, and eligible community-based supports for prisoners facing systemic discrimination
  • Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements), with respect to the second-generation cut-off, the 1985 cut-off; and the two-parent rule
  • Supports for workers in the care economy in Canada
  • Establishment of a guaranteed livable basic income
  • Artificial intelligence, including legal and policy responses and a range of legal and non-legal survivor-centred tools to intervene and remedy AI harms
  • Bill C-225 (An Act to Amend the Criminal Code), regarding criminalization of acts related to gender-based violence
  • Provision of operational funding of $50 million over five years, starting in 2026-27, to support national gender equality organizations advancing systemic change for women, girls, trans and non-binary people in Canada
  • Bill C-223 (Keeping Children Safe Act), with respect to precluding reliance on myths and stereotypes, replacing the maximum contact assumption, modifying the best interests of the child test, and the need for judicial education
  • Bill C-16 (Protecting Victims Act), with respect to access to testimonial aids, restorative justice, deepfakes, coercive control, femicide, mandatory minimum penalties, procedural rules in sexual assault trials, criminal harassment, and delays in the criminal justice system
  • Bill C-14 (Bail and Sentencing Reform Act), including effects on women, trans, and non-binary people
  • Bill C-12 (Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act), including proposed section 101(1)(b.1) and explicit exemptions for survivors of gender-based violence and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals facing persecution
  • Restorative and transformative justice for sexual violence - increasing access and support for initiatives
  • Creation of a federal Gender-Based Violence Commissioner
  • Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), including the creation of an independent regulator and the enactment of obligations for technology companies in addressing TFGBV
  • Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act

Registration 964270-385207-10. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Patricia Lattanzio · Member of Parliament
    • Alicia Cooke · Policy Advisor, Justice Canada (JC)
    • Faye Ali · Parliamentary Secretary Assistant and Quebec Regional Advisor, House of Commons

    C-16

    Restorative and transformative justice for sexual violence - increasing access and support for initiatives Read more

    Bill C-16 (Protecting Victims Act), with respect to access to testimonial aids, restorative justice, deepfakes, coercive control, femicide, mandatory minimum penalties, procedural rules in sexual assault trials, criminal harassment, and delays in the criminal justice system

    Funding for Canada's Black Justice Strategy

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Darren Choi · Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)

    C-34

    Bill C-34, The Safe Social Media Act, with respect to the Digital Safety Commission of Canada, age-verification and age estimation, and future regulations

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Chi Nguyen · Member of Parliament
    • Khushi Shah · Member's Assistant, House of Commons
    Creation of a federal Gender-Based Violence Commissioner Read more

    Funding for Canada's Black Justice Strategy

    Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    Funding for Canada's Black Justice Strategy

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Neva Moffat · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
    Creation of a federal Gender-Based Violence Commissioner Read more

    Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act

    Funding for the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and the Federal GBV Strategy

    Funding for Canada's Black Justice Strategy

    Provision of operational funding of $50 million over five years, starting in 2026-27, to support national gender equality organizations advancing systemic change for women, girls, trans and non-binary people in Canada

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    Provision of operational funding of $50 million over five years, starting in 2026-27, to support national gender equality organizations advancing systemic change for women, girls, trans and non-binary people in Canada Read more

    Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act

    Funding for the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and the Federal GBV Strategy

    Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), including the creation of an independent regulator and the enactment of obligations for technology companies in addressing TFGBV

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    Funding for Canada's Black Justice Strategy

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Miles Wu · Senior Policy Advisor, House of Commons
    Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Michèle Kingsley · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Funding for Canada's Black Justice Strategy

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Chad Westmacott · Director General, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Funding for Canada's Black Justice Strategy

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Tony Ince · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Bernadette Clement · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Wanda Thomas Bernard · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Tobi Dadjo · Assistant to Senator, Senate of Canada
    Funding for Canada's Black Justice Strategy

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Fahim Khan · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Funding for Canada's Black Justice Strategy

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Alana Powell · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Miles Wu · Senior Policy Advisor, House of Commons
    Supports for workers in the care economy in Canada

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Noah Kathen · Parliamentary Assistant, House of Commons

    S-205

    Bill S-205, with respect to judicial oversight for segregation/isolation, and eligible community-based supports for prisoners facing systemic discrimination

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    S-205

    Bill S-205, with respect to judicial oversight for segregation/isolation, and eligible community-based supports for prisoners facing systemic discrimination

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Alana Powell · Senior Policy Advisor, House of Commons
    • Miles Wu · Senior Policy Advisor, House of Commons
    Supports for workers in the care economy in Canada Read more

    Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Donna Dasko · Senator, Senate of Canada

    C-9

    Bill C-9, with respect to gender-based hate

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Karina Gould · Member of Parliament
    • Justin Weir · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
    • Neva Moffat · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
    Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act Read more

    Creation of a federal Gender-Based Violence Commissioner

    Funding for the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and the Federal GBV Strategy

    Provision of operational funding of $50 million over five years, starting in 2026-27, to support national gender equality organizations advancing systemic change for women, girls, trans and non-binary people in Canada

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Miles Wu · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Mandy Gull-Masty · Minister of Indigenous Services, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
    Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements), with respect to the second-generation cut-off, the 1985 cut-off; and the two-parent rule Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Jenny Kwan · Member of Parliament
    • Margo Greenwood · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements), with respect to the second-generation cut-off, the 1985 cut-off; and the two-parent rule Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Mark Carney · Prime Minister, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Tim Krupa · Director of Policy, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Lisa Jorgensen · Director of Global Affairs, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Shaili Patel · Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    and 1 more
    • Marc-André Blanchard · Chief of Staff, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements), with respect to the second-generation cut-off, the 1985 cut-off; and the two-parent rule Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Alana Powell · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act Read more

    Supports for workers in the care economy in Canada

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Alana Powell · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act Read more

    Supports for workers in the care economy in Canada

    Official report

  • Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)

    • Hamid Mohamed · Senior Advisor (Operations and Stakeholder Engagement), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Artificial intelligence, including legal and policy responses and a range of legal and non-legal survivor-centred tools to intervene and remedy AI harms

    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.