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Lobbying by Retail Council of Canada: 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

Retail Council of Canada

Meetings this Parliament
78
With MPs
6
Since Nov 2021
157
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 16, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Nov 1, 2025

Filed by Kim Furlong, President & Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Alison Baxter · Senior Director, Nutrition & Social Responsibility
  • Avery Bruenjes · Director, Regulatory Affairs
  • Francis Mailly · Vice President, Public Affairs
  • Greg Wilson · Director, Government Relations (B.C.)
  • James Cormier · Director, Atlantic Canada
  • John Graham · Director, Government Relations (Prairies)
  • Karl Littler · Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs
  • Kate Skipton · Senior Policy Analyst
  • Kim Furlong · President & CEO
  • Matt Poirier · Vice President, Federal Government Relations
  • Michael Zabaneh · Vice President, Sustainability
  • Michel Rochette · President, RCC Quebec
  • Sebastian Prins · Director, Government Relations (Ontario)

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Bank of Canada, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Competition Tribunal (CT), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Standards Council of Canada (SCC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

What they're lobbying on (21)
  • Build Canada Homes and surrounding legislation. RCC is an interested stakeholder as it is a pivotal player in home building supply chains and would like to be included in government planning in this area.
  • Retail Crime and General Crime Legislation. RCC is advocating for changes to criminal justice systems to enable a decrease in violent retail crime. This includes asking for tighter bail through reform.
  • Grocery and Cost of Food remains a high priority concern for Canadians and for the food sector. Our discussions surround cost of food and inputs, the implementation of the industry led Grocery Code of Conduct, and other relevant subjects.
  • Government Procurement and "Buy Canada" policies. RCC discusses on a regular basis how procurement rules should not impact Canadian based companies in any negative manner.
  • Environmental Regulations, Plastics, Recycling, Environmental Sustainability. RCC regularly engages with ECCC on the development and implementation of environmental regulations to ensure Canada's standards are competitive and enable sustainability goals of retailers
  • CUSMA Renegotiations, trade, Canada-U.S. relations. RCC represents members who are integral members of the cross-border retail supply chains and have considerable interests in tariffs and the renegotiations of trade treaties, namely CUSMA. Tariffs being applied to retail goods is also of concern
  • Labour disruptions that impact retail supply chains and the retail industry
  • Safe Food for Canadian Act, formerly Bill S-11, An Act respecting food commodities, including their inspection, their safety, their labelling and advertising, their import, export and interprovincial trade, the establishment of standards for them, the registration or licensing of persons who perform certain activities related to them, the establishment of standards governing establishments where those activities are performed and the registration of establishments where those activities are performed.
  • RCC is interested in working with government to see regulations related to food safety and consumer product safety harmonizes with similar regulations that exist in the united states.
  • RCC is interested in seeing the elimination of import duties that still exist on finished goods.
  • Proposed legislation and policies related to prevention of forced and child labour in Canadian supply chains.
  • Proposed changes to the tax treatment of privately held corporations; concerns with income distribution by family businesses and passive investments.
  • Proposed changes to the tax treatment of privately held corporations
  • International Trade - Request for Tarriff Relief for Retail Goods
  • Formerly Bill C-243 - An Act to Amend the Payment Card Network Act (credit card acceptance fees)
  • Discussion of Retail Council of Canada's priorities and government intentions regarding Federal Digital Charter implementation Bill C-27
  • Copyright Act - with respect to possible changes introducing levies on blank media, digital rights management technology, parallel imports; changes to "notice and takedown" regulations contained within existing copyright legilsation; lobbying for exceptions for photo finishers.
  • Consumer Product Safety Act with respect to business confidentiality provisions and recall provisions
  • Changes to the payments industry in Canada as described in the proposed Voluntary Code of Conduct for the Debit and Credit Card Industry in Canada issued by Finance Canada. Possible legislation to regulate the payments industry in Canada, either designating the credit card companies under the Canadian Payments Act, or a similar legislative proposal. Implementation of certain provisions of "Transparency, Balance and Choice: Canada’s Credit Card and Debit Card Systems" - Report of the Senate Committee on Banking Trace and Commerce.
  • An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act (Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act) with repect to mandatory reporting requirements
  • An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Safeguarding Canadians’ Personal Information Act) with respect to the mandatory breach notification provisions

Registration 781088-6262-84. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Diane J. Brisebois (88), Kim Furlong (69).

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Tim Logan · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    AgricultureConsumer IssuesIndustry

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Bronwen Jervis · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Consumer Issues

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Simon Laberge · Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Consumer IssuesFinancial InstitutionsSportsTourism

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Kurtis Layden · Director of Policy, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Ryan Parmenter · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
    • Shannon Castellarin · Director, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    EnvironmentHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Nadia Kadri · Director of Policy, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and TrainingImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Zachary Nixon · Special Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Jason Easton · Strategic Advisor Special Projects, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Transportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Patricia Sibal · Director of Policy, Transport Canada (TC)

    Transportation

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Jennifer Lash · Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    IndustryTourism

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Graham O'Brien · Legislative Assistant, House of Commons

    Consumer Issues

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Marc Miller · Minister of Immigration, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
    • Randy Boissonnault · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    ImmigrationLabour

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Randy Boissonnault · Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Boyan Gerasimov · Director of Policy, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Consumer Issues

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    Agriculture

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Marty Morantz · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    AgricultureBudget

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Kurtis Layden · Adivisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

    Environment

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Youmy Han · Deputy Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Immigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Seamus O'Regan · Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

    Consumer Issues

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Chad Westmacott · Director General, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    Consumer Issues

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Shristi Radhakrishnan · Executive Assistant (Chief of Staff), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Budget

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Douglas Wong · Senior Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Budget

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Jean Pierre Bornais · Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)

    Consumer Issues

    Official report

  • Reported by Diane J. Brisebois · In-house (organization)

    • Jaxson Khan · Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Consumer Issues

    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.