Lobbying
Who is lobbying the federal government, whom they meet and on what. Paid lobbyists must register, and must report every arranged meeting with ministers, MPs, senators, their senior staff and senior officials.
- Meetings reported this Parliament
- 63,431
- Organizations lobbying
- 5,887
- Meetings with MPs
- 19,604
- Active registrations
- 7,937
Latest reported meetings
Most recent meeting: Oct 30, 2026
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Reported by Sophie Anne Lévesque · Consultant
- Élyse Moisan · Quebec Desk, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Laura Colleony · Quebec desk, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Cédrick Devedeux Delorme · Directeur adjoint aux opérations, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
- Penela Guy · Strategic Advisor for the Province of Quebec, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Efforts to raise awareness of TRUE Sports' manufacturing activities in Canada and to discuss policies, programs, funding opportunities, financial support measures, tariff relief mechanisms, and federal procurement opportunities that could support the company's growth, competitiveness, and long-term investment in Canada. Read more
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Reported by Mathieu Frigon · In-house (organization)
- Penela Guy · Strategic Advisor for the Province of Quebec, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Lisa Xie · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.
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Reported by Emily Gruenwoldt · In-house (organization)
- Rosemary Moodie · Independent Senator, Senate of Canada
Advancing a National Children's Strategy to advance child and youth health and well-being outcomes.
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Reported by Emily Gruenwoldt · In-house (organization)
- Lori Idlout · Member of Parliament
Advancing a National Children's Strategy to advance child and youth health and well-being outcomes. Read more
Top up and broaden the eligibility for the Youth Mental Health Fund, with a focus on prevention, early assessment and rapid intervention in the early years;
Include Children’s Priorities in Nation-Building Investments : Asking for capital investments in the children’s healthcare system, including support for research, workforce planning, and the implementation of learning health systems.
Protect and expand capacity to deliver on Jordan’s Principle and the Inuit Child First Initiative (a federal responsibility);
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Reported by Maryam Mughal · Consultant
- Juan David Gonzalez · Senior Policy Advisor, House of Commons
Policies or Program • Connect with government officials to discuss opportunities to support Canada's health care system and to improve seniors care in Canada.
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Reported by Maryam Mughal · Consultant
- Justine Frame · Policy Advisor, Health Canada (HC)
Discuss Canada's response to the proposed bulk importation of medications from Canada to the United States. Read more
Ensure patient organizations are consulted and provide feedback on policies, processes, patient representation and other initiatives from Canada's Drug Agency.
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Reported by Michael Mueller · In-house (organization)
- Niloo Boroun · Director of International Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
Discussing Canadian export controls and trade measures, including the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, to provide the industry’s perspective and ensure their effectiveness. Read more
Discussing the aerospace industry perspective on international trade negotiations and agreements to ensure their effectiveness.
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Reported by Michael Mueller · In-house (organization)
- Miro Froehlich · Director of Policy, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Discussing Canadian export controls and trade measures, including the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, to provide the industry’s perspective and ensure their effectiveness. Read more
Discussing the aerospace industry perspective on international trade negotiations and agreements to ensure their effectiveness.
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Reported by Roberto Chávez · Consultant
- Martin Kolacz · Senior Policy and Major Projects Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Engagement with government with respect to economic security and trade policy design. Read more
Supporting Energy Storage Canada in its engagement on climate and energy policy and regulations, including the clean electricity regulation, Regional Resource Tables, Pan-Canadian Grid Council, amongst others as further dialogues, and policy instruments emerge.
Supporting Energy Storage Canada's engagement with the Government of Canada concerning its proposed clean technology Investment Tax Credit.
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Reported by Jean Michel Laurin · Consultant
- Lisa Xie · Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Penela Guy · Strategic Advisor for the Province of Quebec, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada’s trade policy and Tariff Rate Quota allocation and administration regarding dairy products.
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Reported by Natalie Sutton · Consultant
- Parm Bains · Member of Parliament
Communicating with government officials about government funding for skills training initiatives, including for the company's "Level UP" program. Read more
Communicating with government officials about the company's solutions and services, including but not limited to (i) its work-integrated learning services and (ii) experiential education solutions. The goal of these communications is to secure contracts with the federal government.
Communicating with government officials about skills training initiatives, including the federal government's Innovative Work-Integrated Learning ("I-WIL") Initiative.
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Reported by Madison Oliver · In-house (organization)
- David Myles · Parliamentary Secretary
Discussions with government officials to increase funding to the Canada Music Fund and to ensure that the Canada Music Fund reflects the contribution of live music to the music ecosystem. Read more
Working with government to ensure that funding programs recognize the economic, social and cultural benefits of live music through funding mechanisms that recognize its value as an economic and tourism driver.
Discussing investment recommendations as it relates to the Canadian tourism sector, including live music.
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Reported by Natalie Sutton · Consultant
- Andrew Green · Regional Advisor, Ontario, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Communicating with government officials about the Port of Sault Ste. Marie, more specifically federal government support for the development and expansion of the Port and for the development and expansion of a regional trade corridor. Read more
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Reported by Paul Deegan · In-house (organization)
- Scott Shortliffe · Vice-President, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Ensure that the Online News Act continues and that funding is distributed in accordance with the Act and its Regulations. Ensure social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses. Read more
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Reported by Paul Deegan · In-house (organization)
- Francis Bilodeau · Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Blair McMurren · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Amy Awad · Director General, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses. Read more
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Protect intellectual property by preventing LLMs from scraping journalistic content. Ensure search engines cannot abuse their dominant position by de-indexing Canadian news sites if publishers block their AI bots from crawling our protected content without consent, credit, and compensation.
To halt the theft of copyright protected news content, Public Services and Procurement Canada and Treasury Board should ensure those on the government’s list of interested artificial intelligence suppliers sign a "supplier commitment to support the Government of Canada’s effort in leading the way on ethical AI” that includes a commitment to the principles of transparency, consent, and attribution with respect to all copyright-protected source content.
Ensure that the Online News Act continues and that funding is distributed in accordance with the Act and its Regulations. Ensure social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.
Ensure Canada Post continues to perform its vital role deliver community newspapers to Canadians. Have Canada Post return to the long-standing policy of exempting community newspapers with commercial inserts (e.g., flyers from local hardware and grocery franchisees) from the Consumers’ Choice program. Community newspapers with commercial inserts are not ‘junk mail’.
Ensure that the Copyright Act is not modified through an exception permitting Text and Data Mining (TDM) allowing AI companies to use Canadian news publishers' protected works to train generative AI systems without consent, credit, or compensation.
Ensure retailer flyer printing and distribution in Canada remains competitive.
Ensuring Canada preserves its digital and cultural policy sovereignty and maintains the Online News Act.
At a time when the news publishing industry is facing soaring costs due to inflation, advertising competition from foreign Big Tech giants, and the theft of journalistic content by AI companies, ensure Canada Post offers community newspaper publishers the same rates and level of service they are offering to the dominant commercial printer in Canada. Ensure there is healthy competition in the flyer printing and distribution markets across Canada.
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Reported by Paul Deegan · In-house (organization)
- Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Ensure that the Copyright Act is not modified through an exception permitting Text and Data Mining (TDM) allowing AI companies to use Canadian news publishers' protected works to train generative AI systems without consent, credit, or compensation. Read more
Ensure that the Online News Act continues and that funding is distributed in accordance with the Act and its Regulations. Ensure social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.
Ensuring Canada preserves its digital and cultural policy sovereignty and maintains the Online News Act.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
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Reported by Todd Minerson · In-house (organization)
- Varun Strivatsan · Director Of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Mackenzy Metcalfe · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
Movember advocates for federal policies and investments that improve men’s health outcomes across Canada. It lobbies for the creation and funding of a National Men’s Health Strategy, focusing on mental health, suicide prevention, and early detection of conditions that disproportionately affect men. Movember’s efforts include advancing Indigenous-led health initiatives, addressing systemic health inequities, and improving men’s health literacy. Movember strives to support systems supporting healthier outcomes for men and boys, in healthcare spaces, online and digital spaces, in workplaces and in communities. Read more
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Reported by Lindsay Keeley · Consultant
- Emmaleigh Munro · Senior Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
Funding for facility expansion.
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Reported by Nicolas Laflamme · Consultant
- Owen Crawford-Lem · Conseiller en politiques, Transport Canada (TC)
- James Christie · Directeur des politiques, Transport Canada (TC)
Démarches et orientations auprès des autorités fédérales pour contribuer à l’élaboration ou à la mise à jour de politiques, programmes et cadres réglementaires visant à atténuer les perturbations de la chaîne d’approvisionnement canadienne et à améliorer la fluidité du transport maritime et intermodal. Read more
Démarches et orientations auprès des autorités fédérales afin d'obtenir des subventions, contributions, prêts, garanties ou autres avantages financiers publics nécessaires à la planification et à la réalisation de projets d’infrastructures et d’innovations logistiques alignés sur les autres objectifs du mandat.
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Reported by Bob Dosanjh · In-house (corporation)
- Tim Hodgson · Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Peter Fragiskatos · Member of Parliament
- Arielle Kayabaga · Member of Parliament
- Santhana Thevarajah · Operations and Tour Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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- Kimiko McLean · Special Assistant, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Discussion regarding the use of mass timber products in new housing development projects and the benefits of saving/acquiring an active sawmill to increase synergies within our organization. Read more
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Reported by Lisa Baiton · In-house (organization)
- Mark Wiseman · Canadian Ambassador to the United States, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Communicating with the Government of Canada about energy trade between the United States and Canada, including the construction and operation of prospective pipeline projects and the imposition of potential tariffs on oil and gas and the renegotiation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (“CUSMA”), formerly known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”). Read more
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Reported by Dennis Darby · In-house (organization)
- Mélanie Joly · Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Matters related to trade with USA as they related to trade policies, tariffs, trade agreements, regulatory reform, retaliatory measures, tariff policy, remissions/relief policies considered by the federal government, provincial impact of implementing tariffs, etc. Read more
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Reported by Dennis Darby · In-house (organization)
- Mélanie Joly · Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Advocated for broad supports to Canada's manufacturing sector to cope with U.S. trade developments. This includes relief for technology investment, on-the-job training, excise duty, broad red tape reduction, using both grants (e.g. SIF) and taxation (e.g. capital gains, corporate tax, excise duty). Read more
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Reported by Darrell Petras · In-house (organization)
- Sarah Carson · Communications Manager, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Marianne Bruin · Team Leader, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Dorothy Caldwell · Communications Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Innovation, Science, Economic Development (ISED) Strategic Response Fund (SRF) - Funding renewal under SRF funding will allow CAAIN to sustain momentum in network-building and accelerate the growth, adoption, and commercialization of agricultural technologies that enhance productivity, competitiveness, and outcomes for Canadian producers, while advancing food sovereignty, security, and affordability. The funding will expand AI-driven tools, national agriculture data capacity, and innovation adoption through connected smart and commercial farms. It will also support Indigenous and remote community food systems, and reduce waste through precision technologies. Read more
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Reported by Daniel Kelly · In-house (organization)
- Mélanie Joly · Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Advocating on behalf of small and medium-sized businesses to facilitate trade between Canada and other countries (CAN-US tariffs, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, Chinese tariffs). Read more
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.