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Lobbying by Transat A.T. Inc.: 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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Corporation

Transat A.T. Inc.

Meetings this Parliament
69
With MPs
6
Since Nov 2021
215
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 9, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (corporation) In effect since Apr 1, 2026

Filed by Annick Guérard, President & Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Annick Guerard · President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Daniel Desjardins · Chair of the Board of Directors
  • Howard Liebman · Vice President, Government Relations Former public office holder

    Formerly Executive Assistant and Chief of Staff to the Hon. Irwin Cotler, Member of Parliament for Mount-Royal, House of Commons (2004–2015)

  • Jean-François Pruneau · Chief Financial Officer
  • Marc-Philippe Lumpé · Chef des opérations aériennes
  • Marie-Claude Labelle · Senior Director, Safety, Quality and Security - Air Transat
  • Nathalie Forcier · Chief Legal and Government Relations Officer and Corporate Secretary
  • Richard Bilodeau · Vice President, Corporate Finance & Treasurer

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV), Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Competition Bureau Canada (COBU), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA), National Defence (DND), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (10)
  • Reduction in federal taxation regarding the collection of airport rents, aeronautical fees, aviation fuel excise taxes, air navigation charges and the Air Transport Security Charge.
  • Labour laws and regulations, health and occupational safety standards impacting the airline industry, including collective bargaining and labour relations.
  • COVID-19 Pandemic: Communications and interactions regarding potential economic and financial assistance / relief in the context of the revenue collapse resulting from the COVID-19 crisis and post-pandemic recovery.
  • Competitiveness of Canada's air transportation network and underlying infrastructure including airports, air traffic control, customs and security pre-screening services.
  • Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.
  • Canada's national tourism strategy and enhancement of the overall competitiveness of Canada's travel and tourism industry.
  • Canada's international air policy (Blue Sky) and resulting negotiating mandates extended to the Chief Air Negotiator in establishing international air transport framework. Designation and allocation of frequencies to Air Transat under applicable air agreements.
  • Aviation environmental policy concerning the application of emissions trading schemes, carbon taxes and domestic policies related to aviation, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
  • Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations.
  • Accessibility-related policies, laws and regulations as they relate to the airline industry and all related standards and regulations.

Registration 949339-5101-45. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • James Christie · Director of Policy, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Emmaleigh Munro · Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Alexis Conrad · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Arun Thangaraj · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Désirée Sauvé · Chief of Staff, Transport Canada (TC)
    Competitiveness of Canada's air transportation network and underlying infrastructure including airports, air traffic control, customs and security pre-screening services. Read more

    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Ben Chin · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat. Read more

    Competitiveness of Canada's air transportation network and underlying infrastructure including airports, air traffic control, customs and security pre-screening services.

    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Leo Housakos · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Aaron Wudrick · Director of Policy, House of Commons
    Competitiveness of Canada's air transportation network and underlying infrastructure including airports, air traffic control, customs and security pre-screening services. Read more

    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations.

    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat. Read more

    Competitiveness of Canada's air transportation network and underlying infrastructure including airports, air traffic control, customs and security pre-screening services.

    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations. Read more

    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Competitiveness of Canada's air transportation network and underlying infrastructure including airports, air traffic control, customs and security pre-screening services.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations. Read more

    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • James Christie · Director of Policy, Transport Canada (TC)
    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations. Read more

    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Alex Axiotis-Perez · Director of Operations, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Brandan Rowe · Chief of Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Arun Thangaraj · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    Air transportation policies, legislation and regulations. Read more

    COVID-19 Pandemic: Communications and interactions regarding potential economic and financial assistance / relief in the context of the revenue collapse resulting from the COVID-19 crisis and post-pandemic recovery.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Stephanie Cadieux · Chief Accessibility Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Sherri van de Hoef · Manager, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Accessibility-related policies, laws and regulations as they relate to the airline industry and all related standards and regulations.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Ben Chin · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Julie Harb · Policy Advisor (Air), Transport Canada (TC)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Samuel Saint-Vincent · Exempt Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Arun Thangaraj · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Bud Sambasivam · Director of Policy, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Chris Forbes · Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Julie Harb · Policy Advisor (Air), Transport Canada (TC)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Arun Thangaraj · Deputy Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Vasken Vosguian · Chief of Staff, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Patricia Sibal · Director of Policy, Transport Canada (TC)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Bud Sambasivam · Director of Policy, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Chris Forbes · Deputy Minister, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Samuel Saint-Vincent · Exempt Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Vasken Vosguian · Chief of Staff, Transport Canada (TC)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    Official report

  • Reported by Annick Guérard · In-house (corporation)

    • Shannon Zimmerman · Chief of Staff, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Canada's post-pandemic strategy as it relates to travel and tourism, including financial support for Transat.

    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.