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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.

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)

    • Julia Carbone · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Julia Carbone · Policy Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Mike Burton · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Julia Carbone · Policy Director, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Marc Miller · Minister of Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    ImmigrationJustice and Law Enforcement

    Official report

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

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Mike Burton · Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Julia Carbone · Policy Director, Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Steven Guilbeault · Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Julia Carbone · Policy Director, Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Mike Burton · Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Julia Carbone · Policy Director, Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Mike Burton · Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

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

    • Peter Julian · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    ImmigrationJustice and Law Enforcement

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet Dench · In-house (organization)

    • Michael Kurliak · Policy Advisor, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet Dench · In-house (organization)

    • Emily Horonowitsch · Senior Policy and Québec Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Gowthaman Kurusamy · Director of Operations, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    ImmigrationJustice and Law Enforcement

    Official report

  • Reported by Janet Dench · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Nicholson · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    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.