Lobbying organisation

Centre for Digital Rights

23 meetings with public office holders, Sep 22, 2025 to Aug 12, 2026, on 2 bills Arena tracks.

41 meetings on record since 2018, their first on record.

Meetings over time

  • Sep 2025: 1 meeting, with Alan Cliff
  • Oct 2025: 0 meetings
  • Nov 2025: 6 meetings, with Andrew Cardozo, Colin Deacon, Pierre Dalphond, Philippe Dufresne, Sarah Pentney
  • Dec 2025: 0 meetings
  • Jan 2026: 3 meetings, with Ross Speer, Colin Deacon, David Dlab, Elizabeth May, Steven Parkinson
  • Feb 2026: 2 meetings, with Steven Parkinson
  • Mar 2026: 3 meetings, with Samir Chabra, Andrea Rousseau, Jill Patterson, Jeffrey Vezina, Aisha Rob
  • Apr 2026: 1 meeting, with Mark Schaan
  • May 2026: 2 meetings, with Philippe Dufresne, Mélanie Joly, Evan Solomon
  • Jun 2026: 0 meetings
  • Jul 2026: 4 meetings, with Andrea Rousseau, Runa Angus, Jill Paterson, Aisha Rob, Jeff Vezina
  • Aug 2026: 1 meeting, with Runa Angus, Anushka Kurian
Sep 2025peak 6 in a monthAug 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.

Bills they lobbied on

  • C-4Making Life More Affordable for Canadians Act12

    Bill C-4, Part 4 - privacy and data protection regimes applicable to federal political parties

    • Colin Deacon · Senator · Senate of Canada
    • Pierre Dalphond · Senator · Senate of Canada
    • Steven Parkinson · Legislative Director · House of Commons
    • Aisha Rob · Policy Advisor · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Alan Cliff · Senior Policy Advisor · Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Andrea Rousseau · Chief of Staff to Mark Schaan · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • David Dlab · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor · Senate of Canada
    • Jeffrey Vezina · Policy Advisor · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • and 9 more people
  • C-36An Act to enact the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act, to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and to make amendments to other Acts2

    PIPEDA modernization including Bill C-36

    No member Arena holds a page for is named in these filings — those present were:

    • Barbara Dourley · Senior Policy Advisor · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Colin Deacon · Senator · Senate of Canada
    • David Dlab · Parliamentary Affairs and Policy Advisor · Senate of Canada
    • David Warsaba · Senior Policy Advisor · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Jill Paterson · Senior Policy Advisor · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Runa Angus · Senior Director · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Samir Chhabra · Director General · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

Who they met

Liberal2 met · 2 meetings
Green1 met · 1 meeting
Senators1 met · 1 meeting
Not in Arena's member list25 met · 51 meetings
  • Colin Deacon
  • Runa Angus
  • Aisha Rob
  • Andrea Rousseau
  • Jill Paterson
  • Mark Schaan
  • Pierre Dalphond
  • Samir Chhabra
  • Steven Parkinson
  • David Dlab
  • David Warsaba
  • Jeffrey Vezina
  • Jill Patterson
  • Philippe Dufresne
  • Runa Davis
  • Alan Cliff
  • Alexandra Dostral
  • Anushka Kurian
  • Barbara Dourley
  • Jeff Vezina
  • Lara Ives
  • Marc Chenier
  • Ross Speer
  • Samir Chabra
  • Sarah Pentney

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) (34) · Senate of Canada (11) · Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) (5) · House of Commons (4) · Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (1)

In their own words

  • Bill C-4 - "An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure", Part 4 - "Canada Elections Act - Amendments to the Act" regarding privacy and data protection regimes applicable to federal political parties
  • PIPEDA modernization; acting on submission to ISED respecting anticipated re-introduction of PIPEDA reform bill;
  • Bill C-4, Part 4 - privacy and data protection regimes applicable to federal political parties

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.