Lobbying by Society of Composers, Authors & Music Publishers of Canada / Société canadienne des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SOCAN): its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
Andrea Kokonis · Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
Fraser Turnbull · Legal Counsel & Privacy Officer
Jennifer Brown · Chief Executive Officer
Julia Werneburg · Legal Counsel
Martin Lavallée · Head of Reproduction Rights
Institutions they may lobby: Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Finance Canada (FIN), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada
What they're lobbying on (7)Hide details
Inform the government's approach to Artificial Intelligence with the goal of ensuring that creators and their works are protected in the digital environment.
Regulations pursuant to the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (Bill C-27) to ensure that creators and their works are protected in the digital environment.
Copyright policy with respect to private copying levies and their applicability to digital media.
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regulations in the context of evolving television, radio and online/digital broadcasting frameworks.
Amendments to the Copyright Act - To bring the Copyright Act in line with advances in technology and current international standards and provide fair and predictable rules for copyright in the digital environment.
Amendments to the Broadcasting Act - to ensure that the Broadcasting Act protects and supports Canadian music creators and their works in the digital environment.
Amendments to the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (in Bill C-27) to ensure that creators and their works are protected in the digital environment.
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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