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Lobbying by Arctic Research Foundation: 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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Arctic Research Foundation

Meetings this Parliament
3
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
3
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Aug 27, 2026.

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since May 25, 2026 Receives government funding

Consultant Ben Carriere of Blackbird Strategies

Consultant lobbyists

  • Ben Carriere Former public office holder

    Formerly Legislative Assistant, Office of Blake Desjarlais, Parliament of Canada (2024–2025)

    Formerly Legislative Assistant, Office of Lori Idlout, Parliament of Canada (2023–2024)

    Formerly Student, Regulatory Affairs Unit, Department of Finance (2018–2018)

    Formerly Student, Cabinet & Parliamentary Affairs Unit, Department of Justice (2017–2017)

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), National Defence (DND), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC)

What they're lobbying on (5)
  • Meeting with public office holders to raise awareness and seek input on the Arctic Research Foundation’s Arctic National Strategy.
  • Discussing federal skills training and apprenticeship support programming, and the steps that can be taken to better enable training opportunities in Inuit and Northern communities.
  • Seeking funding to support ARF vessel procurement, operational costs and subsidized vessel time for research organizations and Indigenous communities.
  • Discussing the need for increased investments in Indigenous led environmental conservation and Northern scientific research initiatives.
  • Meeting with public office holders to raise awareness of the Arctic Research Foundation and its work to advance the scientific research, environmental conservation, and infrastructure development priorities of Inuit and Northern communities

Registration 961619-386490-1. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

  • Reported by Ben Carriere · Consultant

    • Eamonn Carroll · Acting Director of Policy, House of Commons
    • Justine Lemoine · Policy Advisor, House of Commons
    Discussing the need for increased investments in Indigenous led environmental conservation and Northern scientific research initiatives. Read more

    Meeting with public office holders to raise awareness of the Arctic Research Foundation and its work to advance the scientific research, environmental conservation, and infrastructure development priorities of Inuit and Northern communities

    Official report

  • Reported by Ben Carriere · Consultant

    • Lisa Xie · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Meeting with public office holders to raise awareness of the Arctic Research Foundation and its work to advance the scientific research, environmental conservation, and infrastructure development priorities of Inuit and Northern communities Read more

    Discussing the need for increased investments in Indigenous led environmental conservation and Northern scientific research initiatives.

    Official report

  • Reported by Ben Carriere · Consultant

    • Manuela Tomic · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Meeting with public office holders to raise awareness of the Arctic Research Foundation and its work to advance the scientific research, environmental conservation, and infrastructure development priorities of Inuit and Northern communities Read more

    Discussing federal skills training and apprenticeship support programming, and the steps that can be taken to better enable training opportunities in Inuit and Northern communities.

    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.