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Lobbying by Capilano Students' Union: 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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Capilano Students' Union

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

Most recent reported meeting: May 8, 2026.

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Aug 31, 2026 Receives government funding

Consultant Benisse Zinga

Consultant lobbyists

  • Benisse Zinga

Institutions they may lobby: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan)

What they're lobbying on (13)
  • The Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, with respect to increasing the number of hours an international student is permitted to work off-campus during a regular academic session from 24 to 32, and extending permission to work to part-time international students.
  • The creation of a federal student loan and financial aid program that is accessible to part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate international students and is not contingent on program completion.
  • Reverse the $5 billion cut to public transit funding and increase the Building Communities Strong Fund’s overall size so transit agencies such as TransLink and BC Transit can proceed with urgently needed expansion projects that improve access to education and employment.
  • Provide stable, recurring operations funding so TransLink and BC Transit can implement necessary service improvements and start work on key regional transportation projects.
  • Provide ongoing funding to municipalities for the infrastructure upgrades necessary to support an increasing population.
  • Increase the allocation for post-secondary education in the Canada Social Transfer so provinces can properly fund institutions to help manage growing deficits brought on by underfunding and over reliance on student tuition.
  • Increased regulation of grocery stores by the federal government to prevent price gouging and excess profit generation.
  • Ensure fair and predictable treatment for international students already studying in Canada by red-circling study permit renewals for current students and allowing them to transfer institutions or take courses at other institutions without requiring a new study permit application.
  • Enforcement of the Canada Health Act principle of “universality” to prohibit the province of British Columbia from charging international students a $75 health fee to access government-insured medical services.
  • Direct financial assistance from the federal government to help students afford good food.
  • Convert the CMHC Apartment Construction Loan Program — Student Housing stream to grants so post-secondary institutions can access financing to build on-campus student housing, helping address the growing shortage of affordable housing for students in British Columbia.
  • Climate Change action, with respect to the federal government taking all actions necessary to keep global warming at 1.5c including emissions reductions, ending fossil fuel expansion, and investment in green transportation.
  • Childcare funding, with respect to federal financial assistance to British Columbia to create and operate a fully functional $10-a-day program.

Registration 964794-385965-3. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Benisse Zinga · Consultant

    Convert the CMHC Apartment Construction Loan Program — Student Housing stream to grants so post-secondary institutions can access financing to build on-campus student housing, helping address the growing shortage of affordable housing for students in British Columbia. Read more

    Reverse the $5 billion cut to public transit funding and increase the Building Communities Strong Fund’s overall size so transit agencies such as TransLink and BC Transit can proceed with urgently needed expansion projects that improve access to education and employment.

    Provide stable, recurring operations funding so TransLink and BC Transit can implement necessary service improvements and start work on key regional transportation projects.

    Ensure fair and predictable treatment for international students already studying in Canada by red-circling study permit renewals for current students and allowing them to transfer institutions or take courses at other institutions without requiring a new study permit application.

    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.