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Lobbying by Second Harvest: 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

Second Harvest

Meetings this Parliament
7
With MPs
2
Since Nov 2021
7
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Aug 27, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 30, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Lori Nikkel, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Allyson Grant · Director, Public Affairs
  • Lori Nikkel · Chief Executive Officer
  • Shane DeMerchant · Director, Individual & Foundation Giving
  • Winston Rosser · Vice President, Food Rescue Operations

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC)

What they're lobbying on (5)
  • Discussions with officials on changes to Canada's “Best Before Date" food packaging labelling regime.
  • Discussions with officials on food loss and waste reduction policies including measurement and monitoring of food loss and waste and fresh fruit and vegetable grading.
  • Discussions on potential government investment in the expansion of Second Harvest's food processing capabilities, including through FedDev Ontario, the Strategic Response Fund, or the proposed Food-Link fund.
  • Discussions with government officials on funding for Second Harvest's food waste reduction and/or surplus food rescue initiatives including through the Local Food Infrastructure Fund and the School Food Infrastructure Fund.
  • Discussions with officials on the inclusion of food waste reduction and surplus food rescue initiatives in the proposed National Food Security Strategy.

Registration 964456-385543-6. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Lori Nikkel · In-house (organization)

    • Ryan Turnbull · Member of Parliament, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Fahim Khan · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Discussions on potential government investment in the expansion of Second Harvest's food processing capabilities, including through FedDev Ontario, the Strategic Response Fund, or the proposed Food-Link fund. Read more

    Discussions with officials on the inclusion of food waste reduction and surplus food rescue initiatives in the proposed National Food Security Strategy.

    Discussions with government officials on funding for Second Harvest's food waste reduction and/or surplus food rescue initiatives including through the Local Food Infrastructure Fund and the School Food Infrastructure Fund.

    Discussions with officials on food loss and waste reduction policies including measurement and monitoring of food loss and waste and fresh fruit and vegetable grading.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lori Nikkel · In-house (organization)

    • Jerome Côté · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Discussions with government officials on funding for Second Harvest's food waste reduction and/or surplus food rescue initiatives including through the Local Food Infrastructure Fund and the School Food Infrastructure Fund. Read more

    Discussions on potential government investment in the expansion of Second Harvest's food processing capabilities, including through FedDev Ontario, the Strategic Response Fund, or the proposed Food-Link fund.

    Discussions with officials on the inclusion of food waste reduction and surplus food rescue initiatives in the proposed National Food Security Strategy.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lori Nikkel · In-house (organization)

    • Lisa Xie · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Caroline Belbin · Senior Special Assistant, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Discussions on potential government investment in the expansion of Second Harvest's food processing capabilities, including through FedDev Ontario, the Strategic Response Fund, or the proposed Food-Link fund. Read more

    Discussions with officials on the inclusion of food waste reduction and surplus food rescue initiatives in the proposed National Food Security Strategy.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lori Nikkel · In-house (organization)

    • Tanveerkaur Tur · Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
    • Hamid Mohamed · Senior Advisor (Operations and Stakeholder Engagement), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Discussions on potential government investment in the expansion of Second Harvest's food processing capabilities, including through FedDev Ontario, the Strategic Response Fund, or the proposed Food-Link fund. Read more

    Discussions with officials on the inclusion of food waste reduction and surplus food rescue initiatives in the proposed National Food Security Strategy.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lori Nikkel · In-house (organization)

    • Serena Smith · Director of Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Olwyn Parkinson · Policy and Regional Advisor for British Columbia, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Discussions with government officials on funding for Second Harvest's food waste reduction and/or surplus food rescue initiatives including through the Local Food Infrastructure Fund and the School Food Infrastructure Fund. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Lori Nikkel · In-house (organization)

    Discussions with officials with regards to the elimination of “Best Before Dates" on food packaging. Read more

    Discussions with officials on the inclusion of food waste reduction and surplus food rescue initiatives in the proposed National Food Security Strategy.

    Discussions with officials with regards to measurement and monitoring of food loss and waste.

    Official report

  • Reported by Lori Nikkel · In-house (organization)

    • Shannon Nix · Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Discussions with officials on the inclusion of food waste reduction and surplus food rescue initiatives in the proposed National Food Security Strategy. Read more

    Discussions with officials with regards to the elimination of “Best Before Dates" on food packaging.

    Discussions with officials with regards to measurement and monitoring of food loss and waste.

    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.