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Lobbying by Canadian Council for Refugees: 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

Canadian Council for Refugees

Meetings this Parliament
18
With MPs
5
Since Nov 2021
39
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 23, 2026.

Bills they've lobbied on

Named in their own descriptions of meetings or of their registration. Their words are quoted below each bill.

Who they meet

Since the current Parliament opened.

MPs

Institutions

  • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)10
  • House of Commons4
  • Senate of Canada3
  • Public Safety Canada (PS)1

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Sep 1, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Gauri Sreenivasan, CO - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Lobbyists

  • Gauri Sreenivasan · Co-Executive Director Former public office holder

    Formerly Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Leader of the Opposition, House of Commons (2011–2014)

  • Janet Dench · Senior Policy Advisor
  • Justine Chenier · Policy and Advocacy Manager
  • Lauren Lallemand · Co Executive Director

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Justice Canada (JC), Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG), Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada, Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (20)
  • Public policy for undeclared family members - with respect to the need for reinstatement of the provisions that allowed refugees to apply for previously undeclared family members to be reunited with them in Canada.
  • CBSA Removals- with respect to ensuring that immigration enforcement is done consistent with human rights standards, respecting Canada's support for family unity and the best interests of the child, and principles of equity, fairness , and human dignity.
  • Implementation of Public Complaints and Review Commission Act- regarding setting up oversight of CBSA and the need to ensure third party access for raising a complaint as well as need for recourse and redress in relation to removals where a complaint has been made
  • Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act, related to sweeping new powers and ineligibilities for Canada's refugee and immigration system
  • Temporary Foreign Worker Program- with respect to the need to end closed work permits and create open work permts
  • Temporary Foreign Worker PRogram- Need for pathways to Permanent status for migrant workers
  • Safe Third Country Agreement with the US, with respect to its current application ensuring the availability of the safety valves the Supreme Court referred to (this could be a regulation and is also shaped by policy(
  • Safe Third Country Agreement - Seeking its termination
  • Regularization of non status people- Need for a broad and comprehensive program with simple application process
  • Refugee Resettlement- Timely and Equitable processing and effective support services
  • Refugee Claimants- Need for a National Plan to address claimant needs and rights
  • Immigration response to global crises- Need for an equitable policy framework to guide these responses.
  • Immigration Refugee Board- policies and processes affecting refugee rights
  • Immigration Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons
  • Federal Budget - Funding for refugee support Services, resettlement, eligibility and determination processes.
  • Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees
  • CBSA- The need to seek alternatives to Detention and work with community based organizations to find them
  • CBSA- Guidelines on Gender based violence and gender considerations
  • Canadian Border Service Agency- Processing of refugee Claimants at the Border
  • Anti Trafficking- Use of Temporary Resident Permits to support rights of trafficked migrants

Registration 957487-569-59. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Gauri Sreenivasan (36), Janet Dench (3).

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Clara Geddes · Senior Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Matthieu Saint-Wril · Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Jonathan Alomoto · Policy Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Temporary Foreign Worker Program- with respect to the need to end closed work permits and create open work permts

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Nina Sartor · Senior Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Public policy for undeclared family members - with respect to the need for reinstatement of the provisions that allowed refugees to apply for previously undeclared family members to be reunited with them in Canada. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Jonathan Alomoto · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Clara Geddes · Senior Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Public policy for undeclared family members - with respect to the need for reinstatement of the provisions that allowed refugees to apply for previously undeclared family members to be reunited with them in Canada. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Clara Geddes · Senior Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Jonathan Alomoto · Policy Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees Read more

    Public policy for undeclared family members - with respect to the need for reinstatement of the provisions that allowed refugees to apply for previously undeclared family members to be reunited with them in Canada.

    Immigration Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Catherine Scott · Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Public policy for undeclared family members - with respect to the need for reinstatement of the provisions that allowed refugees to apply for previously undeclared family members to be reunited with them in Canada. Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Ted Gallivan · Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Catherine Scott · Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Scott Harris · Associate Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Immigration Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons Read more

    Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees

    Refugee Resettlement- Timely and Equitable processing and effective support services

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Clara Geddes · Senior Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees Read more

    Immigration Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    C-12

    CBSA Removals - Seeking a moratorium on removals ahead of the regularization program Read more

    Bill C-12- Parts- 5-8 related to sweeping new powers and ineligibilities for Canada's refugee and immigration system

    Canadian Border Service Agency- Processing of refugee Claimants at the Border

    Safe Third Country Agreement with the US, with respect to its current application ensuring the availability of the safety valves the Supreme Court referred to (this could be a regulation and is also shaped by policy(

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Catherine Scott · Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    C-12

    Bill C-12- Parts- 5-8 related to sweeping new powers and ineligibilities for Canada's refugee and immigration system Read more

    Immigration Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons

    Refugee Claimants- Need for a National Plan to address claimant needs and rights

    Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees

    Safe Third Country Agreement with the US, with respect to its current application ensuring the availability of the safety valves the Supreme Court referred to (this could be a regulation and is also shaped by policy(

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Arash Rahmani · Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Clara Geddes · Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    C-12

    Bill C-12- Parts- 5-8 related to sweeping new powers and ineligibilities for Canada's refugee and immigration system Read more

    Refugee Claimants- Need for a National Plan to address claimant needs and rights

    Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees

    Immigration Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Kristopher Wells · Senator, Senate of Canada

    C-12

    Bill C-12- Parts- 5-8 related to sweeping new powers and ineligibilities for Canada's refugee and immigration system

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Paula Simons · Senator, Senate of Canada

    C-12

    Bill C-12- Parts- 5-8 related to sweeping new powers and ineligibilities for Canada's refugee and immigration system

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    Immigration response to global crises- Need for an equitable policy framework to guide these responses. Read more

    Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    Bill C-2, concerns with proposed changes to the Immigration and refugee protection Act, and to new authorities for data sharing, lack of consultation

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Andrew Cardoso · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Bill C-2, concerns with proposed changes to the Immigration and refugee protection Act, and to new authorities for data sharing, lack of consultation

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    Bill C-2, concerns with proposed changes to the Immigration and refugee protection Act, and to new authorities for data sharing, lack of consultation

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees Read more

    Immigration Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons

    Safe Third Country Agreement with the US, with respect to its current application ensuring the availability of the safety valves the Supreme Court referred to (this could be a regulation and is also shaped by policy(

    Refugee Resettlement- Timely and Equitable processing and effective support services

    Immigration Refugee Board- policies and processes affecting refugee rights

    Canadian Border Service Agency- Processing of refugee Claimants at the Border

    Immigration response to global crises- Need for an equitable policy framework to guide these responses.

    Safe Third Country Agreement - Seeking its termination

    Refugee Claimants- Need for a National Plan to address claimant needs and rights

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Elizabeth Cheesbrough · Deputy Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Refugee Claimants- Need for a National Plan to address claimant needs and rights Read more

    Safe Third Country Agreement - Seeking its termination

    Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees

    Immigration Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons

    Refugee Claimant System Legislation as it relates to new reforms being proposed by the Government post Bill C-69

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Julia Carbone · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Safe Third Country Agreement with the US, with respect to its current application ensuring the availability of the safety valves the Supreme Court referred to (this could be a regulation and is also shaped by policy( Read more

    Refugee Claimant System Legislation as it relates to new reforms being proposed by the Government post Bill C-69

    Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Miro Froehlich · Senior Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Émilie Simard · Policy Analyst, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Maja Kostic · Policy Director, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    C-2044-1

    CBSA Removals- ensuring that changes to the fee structure does not harm rights of vulnerable migrants Read more

    Canadian Border Service Agency- Processing of refugee Claimants at the Border

    Bill C-20 concerning oversight of CBSA and the need to ensure third party access for raising a complaint as well as need for recourse and redress in relation to removals where a complaint has been made

    CBSA- The need to seek alternatives to Detention and work with community based organizations to find them

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Scott Harris · Associate Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    Temporary Foreign Worker Program- with respect to the need to end closed work permits and create open work permts Read more

    Refugee Claimants- Need for a National Plan to address claimant needs and rights

    Refugee Resettlement- Timely and Equitable processing and effective support services

    Safe Third Country Agreement - Seeking its termination

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Marc Miller · Minister for Immigration refugees and Citizenship, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Julia Carbone · Policy Director, Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
    Immigration Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons Read more

    Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Miro Froehlich · Senior Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Conor Lewis · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    C-2044-1

    Bill C-20 concerning oversight of CBSA and the need to ensure third party access for raising a complaint as well as need for recourse and redress in relation to removals where a complaint has been made Read more

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Julia Carbone · Policy Director, Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
    Refugee Claimant System Legislation as it relates to new reforms being proposed by the Government post Bill C-69

    Official report

  • Reported by Gauri Sreenivasan · In-house (organization)

    • Miro Froehlich · Senior Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    Immigration

    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.