Lobbying organisation

Business Council of Canada

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184 meetings with public office holders, May 5, 2025 to Jul 22, 2026.

1,450 meetings on record since the registry opened in 2008.

Meetings over time

  • May 2025: 11 meetings, with Peter Dawe, Wendy Hadwen, Philip Jennings, Angus Topshee, Sami Khoury
  • Jun 2025: 11 meetings, with Aaron Fowler, Kirsten Hillman, Patrick Boucher, Miro Froehlich, Wendy Hadwen
  • Jul 2025: 12 meetings, with Shelby Kramp-Neuman, Caroline Xavier, Bridget Walshe, Daniel Rogers, Nicole Giles
  • Aug 2025: 12 meetings, with Terence Hubbard, Paul Thoppil, Alison Nankivell, Wendy Hadwen, Nancy Healey
  • Sep 2025: 22 meetings, with Zaib Shaikh, Tricia Geddes, Richard Bilodeau, Charles Reeves, Michael Chong
  • Oct 2025: 17 meetings, with Nadia Hadj Mohamed, Daniel Rogers, Lisa Jorgensen, Sarah Manney, Sara Wilshaw
  • Nov 2025: 13 meetings, with Yash Nanda, Tim Krupa, Maninder Sidhu, Jed Graham, James Christie
  • Dec 2025: 7 meetings, with Anita Anand, Natalka Cmoc, Frank Des Rosiers, Christiane Fox, Stephane Dion
  • Jan 2026: 9 meetings, with Michael Chong, Weldon Epp, Michael Ma, Sarah Manney, Mollie Johnson
  • Feb 2026: 10 meetings, with Steven MacKinnon, Sarah Manney, Salman Arif, Rajiv Gupta, Claude Guay
  • Mar 2026: 17 meetings, with Francois-Phillipe Champagne, Nancy Healey, Aaron Fowler, Tim Krupa, Selena McCuiag
  • Apr 2026: 10 meetings, with Aaron Fowler, Sara Wilshaw, Bill Blair, Sarah Jackson, Mark Wiseman
  • May 2026: 8 meetings, with Claude Guay, Brandan Rowe, Dominic LeBlanc, Cameron McKay, Janice Charette
  • Jun 2026: 13 meetings, with Nancy Healey, Paul Thompson, Mike MacPhee, Duncan Wilson, Morgan Breitkreutz
  • Jul 2026: 12 meetings, with Dawn Farrell, Janice Charette, Morgan Breitkreutz, Cameron MacKay, Francois-Phillipe Champagne
May 2025peak 22 in a monthJul 2026

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What they lobby about

The registry's own subject categories, chosen by the lobbyist on each filing. Each one opens its own page.

Who they met

Conservative2 met · 5 meetings
Not in Arena's member list27 met · 88 meetings
  • Nancy Healey
  • Marc-Andre Blanchard
  • Tim Krupa
  • Wendy Hadwen
  • Cameron McKay
  • Daniel Rogers
  • Ian McKay
  • Janice Charette
  • Lisa Jorgensen
  • Rajiv Gupta
  • Sarah Manney
  • Tricia Geddes
  • Aaron Fowler
  • Bridget Walshe
  • Glenn Purves
  • Kirsten Hillman
  • Weldon Epp
  • Brandan Rowe
  • Charles Reeves
  • Christiane Fox
  • Elysee Atangana
  • James Christie
  • Jed Graham
  • John Hannaford
  • Mark Wiseman
  • Matthew Trnkus
  • Mollie Johnson

The 40 most-met of 137 people named in these filings.

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) (69) · Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (36) · House of Commons (22) · Public Safety Canada (PS) (15) · National Defence (DND) (14) · Transport Canada (TC) (12)

In their own words

  • CANADA-EUROPEAN UNION RELATIONS: Policies, negotiations and research respecting trade relations between Canada and the European Union, including implementation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), with respect to new tariff regimes and provisions related to trade in goods and services, government procurement, investment promotion and protection, protection of intellectual property, supply-managed agricultural products, rules governing admittance of qualified immigrants and recognition of professional skills for employment purposes
  • CANADA/US BORDER: Input to government deliberations on how to enhance trade and security at the Canada/United States border; with respect to inspection of vehicles and persons at border crossings, pre-clearance at key border points, NEXUS program labelling and inspection of containers, admittance of qualified professionals, development of enhanced passports and other documentation
  • INTERNAL TRADE: Negotiations and agreements among the federal and provincial governments to establish free trade in people, goods and services among all regions of Canada; reducing current restrictions on trade in goods among provinces, qualifications for government procurement from out-of-province companies, and recognition of professional credentials from another jurisdiction

Meetings from the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. Canada does not require lobbyists to disclose what they spend, so there is no lobbying budget to report here — only the meetings they filed.