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Lobbying by NATURE CANADA: 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

NATURE CANADA

Meetings this Parliament
89
With MPs
29
Since Nov 2021
351
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Aug 25, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Oct 20, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Emily McMillan, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Lobbyists

  • Akaash Maharaj · Policy Director
  • Andrew Van Iterson · Green Budget Manager
  • Autumn Jordan · Urban Nature Organizer
  • David Wallis · Reforestation and Campaign Manager
  • Emily McMillan · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • Hannah Dean · Organizing Director
  • Jason Barron · NatureHood Organizer
  • Julia Laforge · Policy Manager, Protected Areas
  • Julie Baxter · Digital Marketing Manager
  • Mark Butler · Senior Advisor
  • Paul Gregory · Senior Nature Network Organizer
  • Priscilla Costa Dos Santos · Policy and Campaigns Officer
  • Stephen Hazell · Director of Conservation

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), 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, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), National Capital Commission (NCC), National Defence (DND), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG), Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (14)
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-Kyoto protocol The Government of Canada is required to: prepare a Climate Change Plan; prepare a statement on GHG emissions; and ensure that Canada meets its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol
  • The mission of the Green Budget Coalition is to present an analysis of the most pressing issues regarding environmental sustainability in Canada and to make a consolidated annual set of recommendations to the federal government regarding strategic fiscal and budgetary opportunities.
  • Species at Risk Act The purposes of this Act are to prevent wildlife species from being extirpated or becoming extinct, to provide for the recovery of wildlife species that are extirpated, endangered or threatened as a result of human activity and to manage species of special concern to prevent them from becoming endangered or threatened.
  • Secured funding from Canadian International Development Agency Partnership Branch Funding for projects in the Americas
  • Oceans Act WHEREAS Canada holds that conservation, based on an ecosystem approach, is of fundamental importance to maintaining biological diversity and productivity in the marine environment
  • National Parks Act and Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act Maintenance or restoration of ecological integrity, through the protection of natural resources and natural processes, shall be the first priority of the Minister when considering all aspects of the management of parks and marine conservation areas.
  • Migratory Bird Convention Act This Act and its complementary Regulations ensure the conservation of migratory bird populations by regulating potentially harmful human activities.
  • Metal Mining Effluent Regulation Seeking regulatory change to strengthen processes by which the owner or operator of a mine can obtain the Government's approval to deposit a deleterious substance into a natural water body or a tailings impoundment area that is added to Schedule 2 of the Regulations.
  • Great Lakes Fisheries Convention Act An Act to implement a Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between Canada and the United States
  • Federal Marine Protected Areas sestablished under the Oceans Act to ensure the conservation and protection of species at risk and their habitats, the conservation and protection of unique habitats, and the conservation and protection of marine areas of high biodiversity or high biological productivity.
  • Convention on Biodiversity To promote the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources
  • Canadian Wildlife Act and Complimentary Regulations. The Act allows for the creation, management and protection of wildlife areas for wildlife research activities, or for conservation or interpretation of wildlife, seeking regulatory and legislative change to strengthen the prohibitions in the Act.
  • Canadian Environmental Protection Act. CEPA regulates toxins and 'animate products of biotechnology'. We are seeking to ensure the Act adequately protects biodiversity from toxins and other harmful products.
  • Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to ensure that projects are considered in a careful and precautionary manner before federal authorities take action in connection with them, in order to ensure that such projects do not cause significant adverse environmental effects

Registration 954555-441-53. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Emily McMillan (263), Graham Saul (88).

  • Reported by Graham Saul · In-house (organization)

    • michael keenan · deputy minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Arun Thangaraj · Associate deputy minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Serge Bijimine · Assistant Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    • craig Hutton · Associate assistant deputy minister, Transport Canada (TC)

    Environment

    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.