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.
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.
← LobbyingRegistrations 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)Hide details
- 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
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Kendra Wilcox · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Artificial intelligence, including legal and policy responses and a range of legal and non-legal survivor-centred tools to intervene and remedy AI harms
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Alana Powell · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Supports for workers in the care economy in Canada
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Romeo Ntwari · Parliamentary Secretary Assistant and QC Regional Advisor, Justice Canada (JC)
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 Read more
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Patricia Lattanzio · Member of Parliament
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 Read more
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Alicia Cooke · Policy Advisor, Justice Canada (JC)
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 Read more
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Rhéal Éloi Fortin · Member of Parliament
Artificial intelligence, including legal and policy responses and a range of legal and non-legal survivor-centred tools to intervene and remedy AI harms Read more
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), including the creation of an independent regulator and the enactment of obligations for technology companies in addressing TFGBV
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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
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Elizabeth May · Member of Parliament
- Kim Pate · Senator, Senate of Canada
- Paulette Senior · Senator, Senate of Canada
- Farah Mohamed · Senator, Senate of Canada
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- Tony Loffreda · Senator, Senate of Canada
Establishment of a guaranteed livable basic income
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Kendra Wilcox · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Addressing gender-based discrimination in the Employment Insurance Act Read more
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
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Vince Gasparro · Member of Parliament
- Julian Tabbitt · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons
Creation of a federal Gender-Based Violence Commissioner Read more
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), including the creation of an independent regulator and the enactment of obligations for technology companies in addressing TFGBV
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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 Read more
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), including the creation of an independent regulator and the enactment of obligations for technology companies in addressing TFGBV
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Donna Dasko · Senator, Senate of Canada
- Marilou McPhedran · Senator, Senate of Canada
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 Read more
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Reported by Ruth Goba · In-house (organization)
- Alicia Cooke · Policy Advisor, Justice Canada (JC)
- Keiran Gibbs · Director of Policy, Justice Canada (JC)
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 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
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), including the creation of an independent regulator and the enactment of obligations for technology companies in addressing TFGBV
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.