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Lobbying by Payward Canada Inc., d/b/a Kraken: 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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Payward Canada Inc., d/b/a Kraken

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

Registrations in effect

Consultant In effect since Jun 2, 2026

Consultant Mark Johnson of PAA Advisory | Conseils

Consultant lobbyists

  • Mark Johnson Former designated public office holder

    Formerly Issues Manager, Biomanufacturing Strategy Implementation Team, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (2021–2021)

    Formerly Associate Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Conservative Resource Group, House of Commons (2018–2020)

    Formerly Project Leader, Professional Practises Directorate, Canada Border Services Agency (2017–2018)

    Formerly Policy and Stakeholder Relations Advisor, Office of the Member of Parliament for Portage-Lisgar, House of Commons (2016–2017)

Institutions they may lobby: Bank of Canada, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada

What they're lobbying on (2)
  • To advocate for the regulation of stablecoins as a payment instrument under the Retail Payment Activities Act.
  • To engage with officials regarding the transparent, secure, and well-regulated growth of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

Registration 950023-386578-1. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

No meetings reported since November 2021.

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.