Direct Sellers Association of Canada
25 meetings with public office holders, Jun 10, 2025 to Aug 12, 2026.
160 meetings on record since the registry opened in 2008.
Meetings over time
- Jun 2025: 6 meetings, with Blaine Calkins, Stephen Norman, Judy Sgro, Randy Hoback, Ziad Aboultaif
- Jul 2025: 2 meetings, with Garnett Genuis, Roy Karam
- Aug 2025: 0 meetings
- Sep 2025: 0 meetings
- Oct 2025: 7 meetings, with Blaine Calkins, Varun Srivatsan, Richard Duke, Carina Gabriele, Manuela Tomic
- Nov 2025: 0 meetings
- Dec 2025: 1 meeting, with Galen Richardson
- Jan 2026: 0 meetings
- Feb 2026: 0 meetings
- Mar 2026: 0 meetings
- Apr 2026: 0 meetings
- May 2026: 7 meetings, with David McKenzie, Galen Richardson, Judy Sgro, John Zerucelli, Sima Acan
- Jun 2026: 1 meeting, with Juanita Nathan
- Jul 2026: 0 meetings
- Aug 2026: 1 meeting, with Raquel Dancho
Jun 2025peak 7 in a monthAug 2026
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What they lobby about
- International Trade19
- Industry16
- Health14
- Consumer Issues5
- Economic Development5
- Internal Trade5
- Labour5
- Employment and Training2
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Who they met
Conservative8 met · 10 meetings
Liberal4 met · 5 meetings
Not in Arena's member list9 met · 15 meetings
- Galen Richardson
- Carina Gabriele
- Manuela Tomic
- Richard Duke
- Varun Srivatsan
- Brad Norwood
- Michael Mosier
- Roy Karam
- Stephen Norman
House of Commons (15) · Finance Canada (FIN) (4) · Privy Council Office (PCO) (3) · Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) (2) · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) (2) · Global Affairs Canada (GAC) (2)
In their own words
- International trade and tariffs. Particularly related to U.S. tariffs placed on Canadian products, as well as U.S. products subject to counter tariffs imposed by the Canadian government.
- Gig economy - Ensuring that the independent sales contractors (ISCs) status continues to be recognized by the government during consultations and potential changes
- Ensuring that the needs of Canada's direct selling industry are accounted for within any future trade agreement signed by the Government of Canada.
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.