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Meetings with Rechie Valdez reported by registered lobbyists. Lobbyists must report every oral, arranged meeting with an MP, minister or other designated public office holder.

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Newest first, back to November 2021 if Rechie Valdez held office then.

  • Reported by Inès Lkassbi · Consultant

    Workplace Health & Security Act – ensure cruise ships meet requirements of Health Canada Cruise Ship Inspection Program with regard to compliance. Read more

    Canada Border Services Agency – long range planning policies regarding access of passengers and crews at ports and airports to ensure efficiencies in processing of passengers

    Fisheries Act: pertaining to regulations for prevention of pollution from ships and as it relates to pollution prevention in the Canada Shipping Act

    Canada Oceans Act: pertaining to regulations for prevention of pollution from ships and as it relates to pollution prevention in the Canada Shipping Act

    Seeking confirmation from the Government of Canada that crew work permits are not required on vessels involved in international itineraries and home porting in Canadian ports

    Pilotage Authority Regulations governed under the Canada Marine Act and the Pilotage Act and its authorities – ensure fairness in fee structure Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and for Dangerous Chemicals – with respect to all proposed amendments, more specifically regarding food waste and waste water.

    Marine Transportation Security Clearance Program (MTSCP) – regarding security clearance procedures to ensure program and personnel meet cruise ship needs for port activities.

    Marine Transportation Security Regulations – with respect to review of all proposed amendments

    Official report

  • Reported by Jasmin Begagic · In-house (corporation)

    Work with government to facilitate the process of selling goods and services online, and delivering them to consumers.

    Official report

  • Reported by Stephen Brown · In-house (organization)

    Advocating for upholding Canada's commitments to international human rights. Read more

    Advocating for policies to enhance the security and safety of Canadian Muslim communities and other at-risk communities given the rise in hate crimes; countering white supremacist groups

    Official report

  • Reported by Deborah Flint · In-house (corporation)

    Proposal related to the implementation of Arrivals Duty Free to permit the sale of duty free goods at Canadian airports to international travellers upon arrival Read more

    Engagement with respect to planning, development and construction of Pearson LIFT

    Engagement on planning for FIFA related to tourism, economic development, and opportunities to pilot programs at Toronto Pearson to improve passenger experience.

    Official report

  • Reported by Reynolds Mastin · In-house (organization)

    • Rechie Valdez · Minister of Women and Gender Equality (Minister) and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)
    • Nathanielle Morin · Senior Regional Advisor for Quebec to the Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Seeking to ensure the interests of Canada’s independent producers are considered in any amendments to the Broadcasting Act, Telecommunications Act, or Copyright Act. Read more

    Broadcasting regulations, including regulations related to Canadian programming.

    Broadcasting polices, including policies related to Canadian programming expenditures, digital media, and independently-produced programming.

    Canada Income Tax Act relating to Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit program and to Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit Program

    Official report

  • Reported by William Huber · Consultant

    • Rechie Valdez · Member of Parliament
    • Francine Pauvif · Policy Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Karla Atanacio · West and North Regional and Outreach Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    Irrigation infrastructure for agriculture in Saskatchewan. Need a joint infrastructure agreement with Saskatchewan. Read more

    Infrastructure Funding: Ensure that eligibility criteria and thresholds enable rural municipalities to access infrastructure funding, while also maintaining consistent funding programs that account for inflation and meet ongoing rural needs.

    Bridge and Road Funding – Supply chain impacts Canada’s economy which shows the importance of maintaining strong transportation infrastructure. Rural Saskatchewan needs more funding for maintaining bridges and roads in order to carry agriculture, mining and forestry products to market.

    Official report

  • Restaurants Canada

    Reported by Kelly Higginson · In-house (organization)

    Taxation policy with regard to corporate, small business and personal income taxes Read more

    Immigration policy with respect to workers programs and permits

    Official report

  • YWCA Canada

    Reported by Aline Nizigama · In-house (organization)

    and 7 more
    • Juanita Nathan · Member of Parliament
    • Marie-Gabrielle Ménard · Parliamentary Secretary, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Rechie Valdez · Minister, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Farah Mohamed · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Carina Gabriele · Director of Policy, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Alyth Roos · Special Assistant, Policy, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Elyse Moisan · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    Investments in Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care, rollout of childcare agreements across Canada. Read more

    We are seeking investments in women's labour market participation, including investments in re-skilling programs that are gender-responsive.

    Official report

  • Reported by Timothy Ross · In-house (organization)

    • Rechie Valdez · Member of Parliament
    • Libby Setadi · Constituency Assistant, House of Commons
    Lobbying for the development of new affordable housing, including co-operative housing. Read more

    Lobbying for new low-income subsidies for federal co-ops (including Section 95 program co-op housing).

    Official report

  • YWCA Canada

    Reported by Aline Nizigama · In-house (organization)

    • Rechie Valdez · Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    Women's Housing and Homelessness, ensuring a gender equity lens in federal housing policy and affordable housing investments, and the renewal of funding for housing dedicated to women. Read more

    We are seeking investments in women's labour market participation, including investments in re-skilling programs that are gender-responsive.

    Advancing policies, programs and investments in gender-based violence prevention and intervention, including the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence.

    Official report

  • OXFAM CANADA

    Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Rechie Valdez · Minister for Women and Gender Equality Canada, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    Gender Equality programs, with regard to women's leadership and support to feminist movements.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Blair · In-house (organization)

    • Rechie Valdez · Minister of Women and Gender Equality, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    • Marie-Gabrielle Ménard · Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Women and Gender Equality, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
    Human Rights Concerns in the world

    Official report

  • Reported by Avigail Rucker · Consultant

    • Rechie Valdez · Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Chi Nyugen · Member of Parliament | Spadina—Harbourfront, House of Commons
    Raise awareness of Meetings Mean Business Canada and its ongoing work.

    Official report

  • Reported by John O'Leary · Consultant

    • Rechie Valdez · Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Raise awareness of Meetings Mean Business Canada and its ongoing work. Read more

    Discuss policies and programs relating to tourism funding.?

    Official report

  • Reported by John O'Leary · Consultant

    • Rechie Valdez · Secretary of State, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Chi Nguyen · Member of Parliament
    Raise awareness of Meetings Mean Business Canada and its ongoing work.

    Official report

  • Bothwell Accurate

    Reported by Mandeep Sharma · Consultant

    Seeking funding to facilitate the development of a new glass manufacturing facility and to expand current roofing and cladding business.

    Official report

  • Inter Pares

    Reported by Samantha McGavin · In-house (organization)

    • Marie-Gabrielle Ménard · Parliamentary Secretary, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Rechie Valdez · WAGE minister, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Francine Pauvit · Policy Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    Ensuring Canada maintain a strong presence promoting human rights domestically and in the South. Read more

    International Development (Inter Pares shares analysis on various facets of human rights, women's rights, economic justice, food sovereignty and migration globally).

    Overseas development assistance, with regard to quantity of support, thematic and geographic focus, and modalities of delivery.

    Official report

  • OXFAM CANADA

    Reported by Lauren Ravon · In-house (organization)

    • Rechie Valdez · Minister of Women and Gender Equality, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    Federal budget regarding international development assistance and provision of funding for gender equality initiatives. Read more

    Gender Equality programs, with regard to women's leadership and support to feminist movements.

    Official report

  • Reported by Thaïs Laborde · In-house (organization)

    C-2144-1

    Bill C-21: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), with respect to banning assault-style firearms and domestic/family violence provisions. Read more

    Federal Budget with respect to sustained funding for WAGE and for Women's Rights organizations.

    Official report

  • Reported by Thaïs Laborde · In-house (organization)

    Enacting legislative changes addressing the use of parental alienation accusations and associated pseudo-concepts in family law, to ensure safety for women and children who are victims of family violence. Stopping parental alienation accusations in family court. Read more

    Federal Budget with respect to sustained funding for WAGE and for Women's Rights organizations.

    Official report

  • Reported by Michael Bueckert · In-house (organization)

    and 15 more
    • Will Greaves · Member of Parliament
    • Jenna Sudds · Member of Parliament
    • Robert Oliphant · Member of Parliament
    • Zoe Royer · Member of Parliament
    • Kristina Tesser Derksen · Member of Parliament
    • Rechie Valdez · Member of Parliament
    • Salma Zahid · Member of Parliament
    • Iqra Khalid · Member of Parliament
    • Aslam Rana · Member of Parliament
    • Mohammad Al Zaibak · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Shinena Khara · Assistant, House of Commons
    • Marilou McPhedran · Senator, Senate of Canada
    • Jennifer Pedersen · Researcher, House of Commons
    • Sofiia Postolatii · Members Assistant, House of Commons
    • Yuen Pau Woo · Senator, Senate of Canada
    Advocating for Canada to end arms transfers to third party states through the US. Reform Canada's arms control regime to be better compliant with the Arms Trade treaty. Read more

    Advocating for Canada to impose an immediate Arms Embargo on Israel using Canada's Special Economic Measures Act and for Canada to suspend the Canada-Israel Strategic Partnership and the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement given Israel's violations of international law in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iran.

    Official report

  • Reported by Nolan Toscano · Consultant

    • Rechie Valdez · Member of Parliament, Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Seeking stable funding and access to capital (loan program) from the government to support Indigenous Financial Institutions (IFIs), as well as women and youth entrepreneurial programs across Canada. Read more

    Official report

  • Bothwell Accurate

    Reported by Mandeep Sharma · Consultant

    and 13 more
    • Laura Scaffidi · Director of Communications, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Vasken Vosguian · Chief of Staff to the Minister, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Chrystia Freeland · Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, House of Commons
    • James Christie · Director of Policy, Transport Canada (TC)
    • Kendra Wilcox · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Emelyana Titarenko · Director, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Chris Zhou · Director of Communications, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • roxane Cyrenne · Minister exempt staff, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • kelly Griffin · Minister's exempt staff, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • Elliott Lockington · Chief of Staff, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    • Keiran Gibbs · Minister Exempt Staff, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
    • Sarah Cozzi · Minister exempt staff, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
    • danielle boyle · Minister Exempt Staff, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
    Seeking funding to facilitate the development of a new glass manufacturing facility and to expand current roofing and cladding business.

    Official report

  • TELUS Corporation

    Reported by Darren Entwistle · In-house (corporation)

    Advocacy regarding fibre-to-the-premises wholesale access

    Official report

  • Amgen Canada Inc.

    Reported by Ugur Gunaydin · In-house (corporation)

    Communicating, in general, with government officials about research, development and innovation in Canada's biomedical and biotechnology sector. Read more

    Communicating with government officials about expanding equitable access to innovative therapies, diagnostics and vaccines.

    Communicating with government officials about a national pharmaceutical strategy, more specifically as it relates to (i) enhanced access to orphan drugs and (i) incentives for the development of rare disorder treatments.

    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.