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Lobbying by United Way Greater Toronto: 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

United Way Greater Toronto

Meetings this Parliament
1
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
1
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Jul 30, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jul 13, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Heather McDonald, President & CEO

Lobbyists

  • Abigail Tait · Senior Manager, Public Affairs and Government Relations Former public office holder

    Formerly Constituency Assistant, Member of Parliament for Burlington, House of Commons (2021–2021)

    Formerly Policy Analyst (co-op), Communications Security Establishment, Department of National Defence (2020–2020)

    Formerly Project Lead (co-op), Communications Security Establishment, Department of National Defence (2019–2019)

    Formerly Junior Analyst (co-op), Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada (2019–2019)

  • Adaoma Patterson · Director, Community Service Investments
  • Alex Dow · Director, Neighbourhood Solutions
  • Christine Hill · Senior Manager, Community Initiatives
  • Daniel O'Brien · Senior Manager, Public Affairs and Government Relations
  • Fabio Crespin · Senior Manager, Inclusive Employment
  • Heather McDonald · President & CEO
  • Jessica Kwik · Director, Peel Newcomer Strategy Group
  • Juliana Dutkay · Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives
  • Lori Galway · Director, Public Policy and Public Affairs
  • Michelle MacDonald · Senior Manager, Indigenous Collaboration
  • Nation Cheong · Vice President, Community Impact & Mobilization
  • Sadora Asefaw · Executive Lead, Reconciliation, Equity & Inclusion
  • Sarah Calderwood · Vice President, Communications, Public Affairs and Research
  • Stefphon Nibbs · Director, Community Real Estate & Capital Grants
  • Stephanie Procyk · Director, Research & Evaluation
  • Tasleem Thawar · Director, Strategic Initiatives

Institutions they may lobby: Alto (VIA HFR - VIA TGF Inc.), Build Canada Homes, Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (8)
  • Advocating for sustained investment for the immigration, newcomer and settlement sector.
  • Advocating for workforce development tools such as Community Benefits Agreements on federal infrastructure and capital projects, and opportunities for local community employment and training.
  • Discussions with ESDC surrounding the government’s investments in workforce development, labour market development and training programs.
  • Working with government to close the gap between employers and job seekers by investing in workforce development programs that increase financial stability for low-income neighbourhoods and advocating for practices that minimize precarious employment.
  • Advocating for increased investment in and improved accessibility of the Canada Disability Benefit.
  • Advocating about the importance of investing in robust income supports, including comprehensive Employment Insurance (EI) reforms that require lower qualification thresholds, higher rates of benefits and better access for self-employed workers.
  • Advocating for increased leadership, coordination and strategic investment into non-profit and co-op housing providers and federal programs that preserve existing affordable housing, including programs such as Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy.
  • Discussions on the role, mandate, and implementation of Build Canada Homes in order to expand community-led, non-profit housing projects in the Greater Toronto Area.

Registration 964994-386226-5. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Heather McDonald · In-house (organization)

    • Ana Bailão · Chief Executive Officer, Build Canada Homes, Build Canada Homes
    • Jefferey Coles · Senior Vice President, Investments, Build Canada Homes, Build Canada Homes
    Discussions on the role, mandate, and implementation of Build Canada Homes in order to expand community-led, non-profit housing projects in the Greater Toronto Area. Read more

    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.