Client of a consultant lobbyist
The Shipping Federation of Canada
- Meetings this Parliament
- 1
- With MPs
- 1
- Since Nov 2021
- 1
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Apr 15, 2026.
Lobbying by The Shipping Federation of Canada: 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 In effect since Apr 15, 2026
Consultant Hugues Théorêt of Sandstone Group
Consultant lobbyists
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Hugues Théorêt
Former public office holder
Formerly Speech writer (contractual), Commissioner of Official Languages, Commissioner of Official Languages (2016–2016)
Institutions they may lobby: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
What they're lobbying on (14)Hide details
- Labour Minister's review of the structural issues underlying port labour disputes on the west coast, with respect to comments on the terms of reference developed by the Industrial Inquiry Commission leading the review
- Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), with respect to the ability of vessels destined to the Arctic to report cargo and conveyance information electronically rather than having to deviate to a designated CBSA port
- Shipping Conference Exemption Act, with respect to the role that shipping alliances and vessel sharing agreements play in Canada's international trade.
- International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO) Amendments 2006: support for ratification by Canada
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), as relates to admissibility requirements and seafarer identity documents (including visas and work permits) that enable foreign seafarers to travel to Canada to work on foreign fag ships
- Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Transport Canada (TC) with respect to implementation of maritime single window concept in Canada.
- International trade agreements negotiated by Canada, with respect to internatonal shipping services.
- Strengthening the Port System and Railway Safety in Canada, with respect to increasing the efficiency, resilience and security of the marine transportation system.
- Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), with respect to the assignment of a carrier code to foreign ocean carriers and issuance of bonds.
- Amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012 with respect to the use of temporary replacement workers during a strike or lockout in federally regulated industries.
- Supply chain efficiency, with respect to working with the Supply Chain Office to make Canada's supply chains more fluid, reliable and resilient.
- Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), with respect to enforcement of the requirement that all ships with import containers on board must stop at one of five designated container ports in order to have the containers scanned for radiation.
- Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) with respect to governance and financing of container examination centers.
- Providing users and tenants a mechanism for challenging new or revised port fees through the Canadian Transportation Agency, amongst other items.
Registration 936668-385733-1. Look it up in the official Registry
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Shipping Conference Exemption Act, with respect to the role that shipping alliances and vessel sharing agreements play in Canada's international trade. Read more
International trade agreements negotiated by Canada, with respect to internatonal shipping services.
Amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012 with respect to the use of temporary replacement workers during a strike or lockout in federally regulated industries.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), as relates to admissibility requirements and seafarer identity documents (including visas and work permits) that enable foreign seafarers to travel to Canada to work on foreign fag ships
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Transport Canada (TC) with respect to implementation of maritime single window concept in Canada.
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), with respect to enforcement of the requirement that all ships with import containers on board must stop at one of five designated container ports in order to have the containers scanned for radiation.
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) with respect to governance and financing of container examination centers.
Labour Minister's review of the structural issues underlying port labour disputes on the west coast, with respect to comments on the terms of reference developed by the Industrial Inquiry Commission leading the review
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), with respect to the assignment of a carrier code to foreign ocean carriers and issuance of bonds.
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), with respect to the ability of vessels destined to the Arctic to report cargo and conveyance information electronically rather than having to deviate to a designated CBSA port
Providing users and tenants a mechanism for challenging new or revised port fees through the Canadian Transportation Agency, amongst other items.
International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO) Amendments 2006: support for ratification by Canada
Supply chain efficiency, with respect to working with the Supply Chain Office to make Canada's supply chains more fluid, reliable and resilient.
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.