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Lobbying by Magna International 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

Magna International Inc.

Meetings this Parliament
30
With MPs
11
Since Nov 2021
50
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Oct 13, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (corporation) In effect since Jul 31, 2026

Filed by Swamy Kotagiri, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Caroline Liethen · Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs
  • Dex Battista · Director, Global Government Affairs
  • Eric Wilds · Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer
  • John Broderick · Government Affairs Coordinator
  • Misti Rice · Vice President, Government Affairs
  • Swamy Kotagiri · Chief Executive Officer

Institutions they may lobby: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Transport Canada (TC)

What they're lobbying on (3)
  • Issues related to manufacturing, supply chain development, and Canada's new industrial strategy.
  • Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future.
  • North American cross-border commerce.

Registration 948292-5695-48. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet
  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Maninder Sidhu · Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Michael Sabia · Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Tim Krupa · Chief Economist and Deputy Chief of Staff, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Olivier Quirion · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • David Vickers · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Michael Mosier · Director, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Jennifer McLean · Senior Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    and 3 more
    • Gwen Hamilton · Senior Trade Policy Officer, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Jean-Sebastien Nadon · Deputy Director, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Jacob Miller · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Martin Moen · Chair of the Canada-U.S. Trade Task Force, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Tim Krupa · Director of Policy, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Brandan Rowe · Chief of Staff, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Martin Moen · Chair of the Canada-U.S. Trade Task Force, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Melanie Vanstone · Director General, Transport Canada (TC)
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Doug Guzman · Chief Executive Officer, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    Issues related to manufacturing, supply chain development, and Canada's new industrial strategy.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Dominic LeBlanc · President of the King's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs
    • Kristina Tesser Derksen · Member of Parliament, Milton East—Halton Hills South
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future. Read more

    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Mélanie Joly · Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Issues related to manufacturing, supply chain development, and Canada's new industrial strategy. Read more

    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Olivier Quirion · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Benoit Tessier · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future. Read more

    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Marc-Andre Blanchard · Chief of Staff, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Tim Krupa · Director of Policy, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future. Read more

    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Conor Lewis · Policy Advisor, National Defence (DND)
    • Renee Filiatrault · Senior Advisor, National Defence (DND)
    • Hilary Hendriks · Policy Advisor, National Defence (DND)
    Issues related to manufacturing, supply chain development, and Canada's new industrial strategy.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Mélanie Joly · Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Yasmin Atassi · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • David McFarlane · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Charles Vincent · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    and 1 more
    • Brian Botting · Senior Advisor - Defense, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future. Read more

    North American cross-border commerce.

    Issues related to manufacturing, supply chain development, and Canada's new industrial strategy.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Dominic LeBlanc · President of the King's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs
    • Ali Ehsassi · Member of Parliament
    • Cameron MacKay · Ambassador of Canada to Mexico, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Rob Stewart · Deputy Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    and 3 more
    • Alex Axiotis-Perez · Deputy Chief of staff, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Marie-Michelle Poulin · Director General, Regional Network, Intergovernmental Relations and Trade Missions, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Annabelle Larouche · Consul General of Canada in Monterrey, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Alison Grant · Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Yasmin Atassi · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future. Read more

    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Mélanie Joly · Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Jay Allen · Minister (Economic), Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Dominic LeBlanc · President of the King's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs
    • Karim Bardeesy · Member of Parliament
    • Kirsten Hillman · Ambassador of Canada to the United States, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Benoit Tessier · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Yasmin Atassi · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future. Read more

    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • David McFarlane · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    North American cross-border commerce.

    Official report

  • Reported by Swamy Kotagiri · In-house (corporation)

    • Yasmin Atassi · Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Issues affecting the automotive industry, including supply chain and innovation and infrastructure requirements of the future. Read more

    North American cross-border commerce.

    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.