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Lobbying by Baking Association of 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

Baking Association of Canada

Meetings this Parliament
3
With MPs
1
Since Nov 2021
16
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Nov 5, 2025.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Jan 14, 2026

Filed by Martin Barnett, Executive Director/General Manager

Lobbyists

  • Martin Barnett · Executive Director/General Manager

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (8)
  • Issues that affect the bakery sector in Canada - trade, supply, skilled workers, education
  • Voluntary Sodium Reduction: provide comments and recommendations to Health Canada on adjustments to voluntary sodium reduction targets for baked goods.
  • Providing a baking industry perspective to Health Canada's consultation “Toward Front-of-Package Labels for Canadians”.
  • Grocery Code of Conduct: advocate for introduction of a grocery code of conduct with the objective of bringing fairness into the business relations between large retailers and their suppliers.
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada Zero Plastic Waste initiative which seeks to ban single use plastics. Provide program with information related to the use of single use plastics in the baking industry and rational for their use. Work to seek alternatives.
  • COVID-19: Advocate for bakery workers and their supply chain to receive vaccine prioritization after vulnerable populations, health care workers and first responders.
  • CFIA Openness and Transparency Policy: provide baking industry perspective along with amendments.
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency Regulatory Modernization Regulations: provide baking industry input on proposed changes

Registration 949996-465-58. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Jay Barber · Director, Internal Trade, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Adrienne Morin · Executive Director, Commercial Operations and Marketing, Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC)
    • Matthew Smith · Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Warren Gould · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Canadian Food Inspection Agency Regulatory Modernization Regulations: provide baking industry input on proposed changes

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Jay Barber · Director, Internal Trade, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Adrienne Morin · Executive Director, Commercial Operations and Marketing, Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC)
    • Warren Gould · Deputy Director, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Matthew Smith · Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    Canadian Food Inspection Agency Regulatory Modernization Regulations: provide baking industry input on proposed changes

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    Environment and Climate Change Canada Zero Plastic Waste initiative which seeks to ban single use plastics. Provide program with information related to the use of single use plastics in the baking industry and rational for their use. Work to seek alternatives. Read more

    Grocery Code of Conduct: advocate for introduction of a grocery code of conduct with the objective of bringing fairness into the business relations between large retailers and their suppliers.

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Market and Industry Services Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Donald Boucher · Director General, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Rechie Valdez · Member of Parliament
    • Tom Rosser · Assistant Deputy Minister, Market and Industry Services Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Small Business

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Maria Ivancic · Senior Industry Development Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Faye Wu · Senior Program Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Shirley Choi · Senior Industry Development Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Lana Popham · Minister of Agriculture Saanich South, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Faye Wu · Senior Industry Development Officer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Kate Barlow · Senior Industry Development Officer, Market and Industry Services Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Karen McIntyre · Director General, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Stephen Norman · Director, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Francis Drouin · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Christine Boutin · Senior Director, Commercial Operations and Marketing, Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Francis Drouin · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Martin Barnett · In-house (organization)

    • Dean Rogers · Senior Policy Analyst, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Industry

    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.