Organization
Global Automakers of Canada
- Meetings this Parliament
- 100
- With MPs
- 30
- Since Nov 2021
- 276
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 28, 2026.
Lobbying by Global Automakers of Canada: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Aug 27, 2026
Filed by Lucas Malinowski, President and Chief Executive Officer
Lobbyists
- Greg Overwater · Director, Technical and Regulatory Affairs
- Lucas Malinowski · President and Chief Executive Officer
- Maria Norris · Office Manager
- Patrice Maltais · Director of Stakeholder Relations & Quebec Affairs
Institutions they may lobby: CUSMA Secretariat, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), Montreal Port Authority, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (Port Metro Vancouver), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
What they're lobbying on (22)Hide details
- Canada-China strategic partnership and implications for Canada's automotive industry
- Vehicle Emissions Standards - Ensuring achievable standards support the competitiveness of the Canadian automotive industry and support a unified national approach to vehicle emissions standards and sales.
- On-Road Vehicle and Emissions Regulations - ensure ongoing competitiveness of Canada's automotive sector.
- Ensuring Canada Revenue Agency's application of the Green Levy to Zero Emissions Vehicles is consistent with other policies and regulations across government.
- Addressing organized crime vehicle theft through banning the sale and possession of auto theft tools, stronger sentencing provisions for those stealing vehicles, increased law enforcement coordianation across Canada and with international partners, as well as export controls on used vehicles exiting Canada through our ports, and increased inspection of containers in particular through the Port of Montreal by CBSA
- Canada's response to potential changes to U.S. treatement of Canadian imports.
- Review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement - Supporting continued competitiveness and investment in an integrated North American automotive industry.
- Proposed legislation to eradicate forced labour from Canadian supply chains and strengthen enforcement of its existing forced labour import prohibition as set out in Budgets 2023 and 2024
- Transport Canada - Federal infrastructure - New crossing between Windsor and Detroit. Vancouver Gateway, Halifax Gateway -to facilitate international trade
- renewable fuels, altnerantive fuels and associated fuel quality issues to ensure motor vehicles and vehicle systems are not adversely impacted
- Regulatory Cooperation Council work on Transportation and Environment sub-committees to align vehicle safety standards, connected vehicle infrastructure and emission standards on a North American basis
- Privacy legislation and overhaul of the PIPEDA to effect the balance between the protection of personal information and appropriate commercial uses of personal information as well as the need for federal oversight over privacy legislation
- Privacy and protection of consumer information as vehicles become more connected and automated
- NRCan fuel consumption test methods - Ensuring consistency of test methodology with the United States as well as ensuring appropriate provisions for Canada-unique vehicles
- Motor Vehicle Safety Act - any proposed changes to the Act are consistent with provisions in the United States
- Industry Canada - Strategic Policy for Automotive Sector - pertaining to retention of North American production footprint as well as incentives or other mechanisms employed to ensure all manufacturers and distributors are treated equitably
- Federal Luxury Tax and Implementation of same and ensuring the electric vehicles are exempted from the legislation
- Extended Producer Responsibilty - proposals for end of life management for ozone depleting substances and volatile organic compounds (VOC's)
- Ensuring that voluntary Canadian Automotive Service Standard (CASIS) prevails as mechanism for automotive aftermarket to secure service and repair information and to ensure that any Right to Repair legislation considered has an automotive carve out because of CASIS
- Elimination of tariff on finished vehicles
- Chemical Management Plan under Canadian Environmental Protection Act,1999 - risk management plans for chemical substance of concern potentially contained within the automobile or its components.
- Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards - Consultation and discussion on proposed amendments to various standards to align with similar Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in the United States with consideration to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) standards
Registration 871952-394-41. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
SpreadsheetFiled by Dave Adams (261), Lucas Malinowski (15).
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Maninder Sidhu · Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Jack Jenkins · Special Assistant, Operations, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Meghan Pritchard · Director of Planning and Tour, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Niloo Boroun · Director of Policy, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canada's response to potential changes to U.S. treatement of Canadian imports. Read more
Elimination of tariff on finished vehicles
Review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement - Supporting continued competitiveness and investment in an integrated North American automotive industry.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
Canada's response to potential changes to U.S. treatement of Canadian imports.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Rick Perkins · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Canada's response to potential changes to U.S. treatement of Canadian imports. Read more
Potential changes and future viability of the government's Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program.
Review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement - Supporting continued competitiveness and investment in an integrated North American automotive industry.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Randy Hoback · Member of Parliament
On-Road Vehicle and Emissions Regulations - ensure alignment of standards with the United States Read more
Review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement - Supporting continued competitiveness and investment in an integrated North American automotive industry.
Potential changes and future viability of the government's Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program.
Canada's response to potential changes to U.S. treatement of Canadian imports.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Philip Jennings · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Benoit Tessier · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Charles Vincent · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Francis Bilodeau · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry Canada - Strategic Policy for Automotive Sector - pertaining to retention of North American production footprint as well as incentives or other mechanisms employed to ensure all manufacturers and distributors are treated equitably Read more
Review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement - Supporting continued competitiveness and investment in an integrated North American automotive industry.
On-Road Vehicle and Emissions Regulations - ensure alignment of standards with the United States
Potential changes and future viability of the government's Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program.
Canada's response to potential changes to U.S. treatement of Canadian imports.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Patrick Halley · Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
Canada's response to potential changes to U.S. treatement of Canadian imports.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Patrick Halley · Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
Canada's response to potential changes to U.S. treatement of Canadian imports.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Wilder Walker-Stewart · Senior Special Assistant, Transport Canada (TC)
Potential changes and future viability of the government's Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Paula Viera · Director General, Transport Canada (TC)
Potential changes and future viability of the government's Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Tyler Norman · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
The appropriate metrics and implementation for a zero emission vehicle mandate Read more
Federal Luxury Tax and Implementation of same and ensuring the electric vehicles are exempted from the legislation
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Benoit Tessier · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement - Supporting continued competitiveness and investment in an integrated North American automotive industry. Read more
Industry Canada - Strategic Policy for Automotive Sector - pertaining to retention of North American production footprint as well as incentives or other mechanisms employed to ensure all manufacturers and distributors are treated equitably
On-Road Vehicle and Emissions Regulations - ensure alignment of standards with the United States
Proposed legislation to eradicate forced labour from Canadian supply chains and strengthen enforcement of its existing forced labour import prohibition as set out in Budgets 2023 and 2024
Privacy and protection of consumer information as vehicles become more connected and automated
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Maja Kostic · Senior Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
- Miro Froehlich · Senior Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
Encouragement of the federal government to create a National Task Force to address the issue of rampant auto theft in Canada Read more
Vehicle Theft has risen exponentially over the course of the last 2 years. To address vehicle theft we seek stronger sentencing provisions for those stealing vehicles, export controls on used vehicles exiting Canada through our ports and increased inspection of containers in particular through the Port of Montreal by CBSA
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Chrystia Freeland · Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Mathew Hall · Senior Policy Advisor and Special Advisor on Foreign and Defense Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
Review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement - Supporting continued competitiveness and investment in an integrated North American automotive industry.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Aaron Fowler · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister for International Trade and Deputy Chief Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement - Supporting continued competitiveness and investment in an integrated North American automotive industry.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Niloo Boroun · Director of Policy, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Jonathan Alomoto · Senior Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Proposed legislation to eradicate forced labour from Canadian supply chains and strengthen enforcement of its existing forced labour import prohibition as set out in Budgets 2023 and 2024 Read more
Review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement - Supporting continued competitiveness and investment in an integrated North American automotive industry.
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Randy Hoback · Member of Parliament
Industry Canada - Strategic Policy for Automotive Sector - pertaining to retention of North American production footprint as well as incentives or other mechanisms employed to ensure all manufacturers and distributors are treated equitably Read more
Canadian Environmental Protection Act - the implementation of the regulations regarding Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles from 2022-2025 and beyond
Federal Luxury Tax and Implementation of same and ensuring the electric vehicles are exempted from the legislation
On-Road Vehicle and Emissions Regulations - ensure alignment of standards with the United States
Review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement - Supporting continued competitiveness and investment in an integrated North American automotive industry.
The appropriate metrics and implementation for a zero emission vehicle mandate
Transport Canada - Federal infrastructure - New crossing between Windsor and Detroit. Vancouver Gateway, Halifax Gateway -to facilitate international trade
Vehicle Theft has risen exponentially over the course of the last 2 years. To address vehicle theft we seek stronger sentencing provisions for those stealing vehicles, export controls on used vehicles exiting Canada through our ports and increased inspection of containers in particular through the Port of Montreal by CBSA
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Ted Falk · Member of Parliament
- Lianne Rood · Member of Parliament
- Blaine Calkins · Member of Parliament
- Francesco Sorbara · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
and 4 moreShow fewer
- Irek Kusmierczyk · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Shaun Chen · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Alistair MacGregor · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
- Colin Carrie · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Industry Canada - Strategic Policy for Automotive Sector - pertaining to retention of North American production footprint as well as incentives or other mechanisms employed to ensure all manufacturers and distributors are treated equitably Read more
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Mathew Hall · Senior Policy Advisor and Special Advisor on Foreign and Defense Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
The appropriate metrics and implementation for a zero emission vehicle mandate Read more
Industry Canada - Strategic Policy for Automotive Sector - pertaining to retention of North American production footprint as well as incentives or other mechanisms employed to ensure all manufacturers and distributors are treated equitably
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Trish Sibal · Director of Policy, Transport Canada (TC)
- Wilder Walker-Stewart · Senior Special Assistant, Transport Canada (TC)
Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards - Consultation and discussion on proposed amendments to various standards to align with similar Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) in the United States with consideration to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) standards Read more
Canadian Environmental Protection Act - the implementation of the regulations regarding Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles from 2022-2025 and beyond
Regulatory Cooperation Council work on Transportation and Environment sub-committees to align vehicle safety standards, connected vehicle infrastructure and emission standards on a North American basis
Motor Vehicle Safety Act - any proposed changes to the Act are consistent with provisions in the United States
Vehicle Theft has risen exponentially over the course of the last 2 years. To address vehicle theft we seek stronger sentencing provisions for those stealing vehicles, export controls on used vehicles exiting Canada through our ports and increased inspection of containers in particular through the Port of Montreal by CBSA
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Bryce McRae · Manager of Stakeholder Relations, House of Commons
- Darren Hall · Policy Advisor, House of Commons
- Elan Harper · Policy Lead, House of Commons
Industry Canada - Strategic Policy for Automotive Sector - pertaining to retention of North American production footprint as well as incentives or other mechanisms employed to ensure all manufacturers and distributors are treated equitably Read more
On-Road Vehicle and Emissions Regulations - ensure alignment of standards with the United States
Vehicle Theft has risen exponentially over the course of the last 2 years. To address vehicle theft we seek stronger sentencing provisions for those stealing vehicles, export controls on used vehicles exiting Canada through our ports and increased inspection of containers in particular through the Port of Montreal by CBSA
Canadian Environmental Protection Act - the implementation of the regulations regarding Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles from 2022-2025 and beyond
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Ian Foucher · Chief of Staff, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Bronwen Jervis · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry Canada - Strategic Policy for Automotive Sector - pertaining to retention of North American production footprint as well as incentives or other mechanisms employed to ensure all manufacturers and distributors are treated equitably Read more
Privacy legislation and overhaul of the PIPEDA to effect the balance between the protection of personal information and appropriate commercial uses of personal information as well as the need for federal oversight over privacy legislation
Proposed legislation to eradicate forced labour from Canadian supply chains and strengthen enforcement of its existing forced labour import prohibition as set out in Budgets 2023 and 2024
Vehicle Theft has risen exponentially over the course of the last 2 years. To address vehicle theft we seek stronger sentencing provisions for those stealing vehicles, export controls on used vehicles exiting Canada through our ports and increased inspection of containers in particular through the Port of Montreal by CBSA
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Samir Kassam · Director of Policy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
The appropriate metrics and implementation for a zero emission vehicle mandate Read more
On-Road Vehicle and Emissions Regulations - ensure alignment of standards with the United States
Canadian Environmental Protection Act - the implementation of the regulations regarding Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles from 2022-2025 and beyond
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Jason Easton · Strategic Advisor Special Projects, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Zachary Nixon · Regional Advisor, Ontario, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Chemical Management Plan under Canadian Environmental Protection Act,1999 - risk management plans for chemical substance of concern potentially contained within the automobile or its components. Read more
Canadian Environmental Protection Act - the implementation of the regulations regarding Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles from 2022-2025 and beyond
Extended Producer Responsibilty - proposals for end of life management for ozone depleting substances and volatile organic compounds (VOC's)
Discriminatory trade actions by the United States related to EV Tax Credits and Regional Value Content (RVC) as it relates to core parts with the view to ensuring the provisions of the USMCA are respected in both cases
Industry Canada - Strategic Policy for Automotive Sector - pertaining to retention of North American production footprint as well as incentives or other mechanisms employed to ensure all manufacturers and distributors are treated equitably
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Joshua Swift · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Eddy Perez · Senior Internaltion Affairs Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Chemical Management Plan under Canadian Environmental Protection Act,1999 - risk management plans for chemical substance of concern potentially contained within the automobile or its components. Read more
Canadian Environmental Protection Act - the implementation of the regulations regarding Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles from 2022-2025 and beyond
On-Road Vehicle and Emissions Regulations - ensure alignment of standards with the United States
Extended Producer Responsibilty - proposals for end of life management for ozone depleting substances and volatile organic compounds (VOC's)
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Reported by Dave Adams · In-house (organization)
- Victoria Dempster · Senior Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Noémie Fiset-Tremblay · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Proposed legislation to eradicate forced labour from Canadian supply chains and strengthen enforcement of its existing forced labour import prohibition as set out in Budgets 2023 and 2024 Read more
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.