Lobbying organisation

Canadian Payments Association (dba Payments Canada)

35 meetings with public office holders, Aug 12, 2025 to Jul 28, 2026.

65 meetings on record since 2022, their first on record.

Meetings over time

Aug 20252 meetingsJulien Brazeau, Matthew O'Connell
Aug 2025: 2 meetings, with Julien Brazeau, Matthew O'Connell
Sep 20251 meetingMatthew O'Connell
Sep 2025: 1 meeting, with Matthew O'Connell
Oct 20252 meetingsWayne Long, Joshua Mbandi, Matthew O'Connell
Oct 2025: 2 meetings, with Wayne Long, Joshua Mbandi, Matthew O'Connell
Nov 20252 meetingsJulien Brazeau
Nov 2025: 2 meetings, with Julien Brazeau
Dec 20251 meetingJulien Brazeau
Dec 2025: 1 meeting, with Julien Brazeau
Jan 20263 meetingsMatthew O'Connell, Julien Brazeau
Jan 2026: 3 meetings, with Matthew O'Connell, Julien Brazeau
Feb 20264 meetingsJulien Brazeau, Matthew O'Connell, Elizabeth Wong
Feb 2026: 4 meetings, with Julien Brazeau, Matthew O'Connell, Elizabeth Wong
Mar 20265 meetingsJoshua Mbandi, Chanel Sterie, Kabisan Thanendran, Julien Brazeau, Matthew O'Connell
Mar 2026: 5 meetings, with Joshua Mbandi, Chanel Sterie, Kabisan Thanendran, Julien Brazeau, Matthew O'Connell
Apr 20264 meetingsMatthew O'Connell
Apr 2026: 4 meetings, with Matthew O'Connell
May 20265 meetingsGreg McLean, Matthew O'Connell, Julien Brazeau
May 2026: 5 meetings, with Greg McLean, Matthew O'Connell, Julien Brazeau
Jun 20260 meetings
Jun 2026: 0 meetings
Jul 20266 meetingsShawn Grover, Varun Srivatsan, Tony Loffreda, Julien Brazeau, Tushara Williams
Jul 2026: 6 meetings, with Shawn Grover, Varun Srivatsan, Tony Loffreda, Julien Brazeau, Tushara Williams

Aug 2025peak 6 in a monthJul 2026

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What they lobby about

Financial Institutions35

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

Who they met

Liberal2 met · 2 meetings

Conservative1 met · 1 meeting

Greg McLean

Senators1 met · 1 meeting

Tony Loffreda

Not in Arena's member list9 met · 33 meetings

Matthew O'Connell
Julien Brazeau
Joshua Mbandi
Chanel Sterie
Elizabeth Wong
Kabisan Thanendran
Shawn Grover
Tushara Williams
Varun Srivatsan

Finance Canada (FIN) (29) · Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) (2) · House of Commons (2) · Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS) (1) · Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (1) · Senate of Canada (1)

In their own words

Engagement with government stakeholders regarding the governance, modernization, resilience, and security of Canada's payment clearing and settlement infrastructure. This includes matters such as the Real-Time Rail, digital payments, fraud and scams, and cybersecurity.
Engagement with government stakeholders on policy, legislation and regulations around Consumer-Driven Banking in Canada, including discussions on implementation-related enabling conditions and support structures.
Engagement with government stakeholders on policies, programs, and legislation impacting Canada’s payment clearing and settlement infrastructure, ranging from Real-Time Rail, digital payments, and cybersecurity.

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.