Lobbying by TransAlta Corporation: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
Laura Arnold · Vice President, External Affairs, Regulatory and Market Policy
Nadine Barber · Director, Policy and External Affairs
Nancy Brennan · Executive Vice President & Chief Legal, People and Corporate Affairs Officer
Institutions they may lobby: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Canada Infrastructure Bank, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Parks Canada (PC), Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan), 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)
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TransAlta participated in the Canada Electricity Advisory Council launched in 2023 by Minister Wilkinson.
The Electricity Council will provide advice to the Minister of Natural Resources to accelerate investment, and promote sustainable, affordable and reliable electricity systems. The Council’s work will cover both the reduction of emissions in the electricity sector needed to achieve net-zero by 2035 and the rapid growth of electricity generation needed to power a net-zero-emissions economy in 2050.
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.
Matthew Paisley · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Mollie Johnson · Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.Read more
Jeff Labonté · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Julie Dabrusin · Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Dawn Farrell · CEO, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Matthew O'Connell · Deputy Director Financial Sector Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.Read more
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.
Caroline Lee · Chief of Staff, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Claude Guay · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Advocate for a policy and regulatory environment that supports Canadian data sovereignty and the development of date centres in Canada.Read more
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.
Work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.Read more
Mark Schaan · Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Electricity - To work with the government regarding the country's electricity sector, goals for continued leadership in clean energy policies, and support for partnerships between First Nations and industry.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.
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