Lobbying organisation

Food and Beverage Canada

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94 meetings with public office holders, Jun 5, 2025 to Sep 2, 2026, on 1 bill Arena tracks.

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

Meetings over time

  • Jun 2025: 1 meeting, with Lawrence Hanson, Hilary Peirce, Heath MacDonald
  • Jul 2025: 3 meetings, with Lawrence Hanson, Giovanna Mingarelli, Serena Smith
  • Aug 2025: 8 meetings, with James Christie, Sarah Jackson, Robert Ianiro, Evelyn Soo, Jay Holmes
  • Sep 2025: 28 meetings, with Kerry Diotte, Holly Duggan, Jared Borgersen, Juan David Gonzalez, Jacob Mantle
  • Oct 2025: 3 meetings, with Sophie Chatel, Serena Smith, Jeremy Keats, Tim Louis
  • Nov 2025: 3 meetings, with Mathew Hall, Serena Smith, Jeremy Keats, Olwyn Parkinson, Lisa Xie
  • Dec 2025: 4 meetings, with Julie Dabrusin, Isabelle Hurley, Juan David Gonzalez Camacho, Sebastian Clarke, Mackenzy Metcalfe
  • Jan 2026: 1 meeting, with Serena Smith
  • Feb 2026: 6 meetings, with Roy Karam, Kody Blois, Mackenzy Metcalfe, Niloo Boroun, Laura Bourns
  • Mar 2026: 4 meetings, with Miles Wu, Serena Smith, Olwyn Parkinson, Nancy Healey, Jonathan Alomonto
  • Apr 2026: 0 meetings
  • May 2026: 25 meetings, with Niloo Boroun, Serena Smith, Jack Lewis, Olwyn Parkinson, Jeremy Keats
  • Jun 2026: 5 meetings, with Sophie Chatel, Evelyn Soo, Celia Lourenco, Joyce Boye, Melissa Kardaras
  • Jul 2026: 1 meeting, with Jonathan Alomoto, Matthieu Saint-Wril, Arash Rahmani
  • Aug 2026: 1 meeting, with Mackenzy Metcalfe
  • Sep 2026: 1 meeting, with Roy Karam
Jun 2025peak 28 in a monthSep 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-5One Canadian Economy Act22

    Bill C-5: An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act - and considerations around food safety and export diversification.

    • Galen Richardson · Senior Advisor, Stakeholder Relations · Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Serena Smith · Director of Policy · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Donald Boucher · Director General · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Elysee Atangana · Policy Advisor · Privy Council Office (PCO)
    • Lawrence Hanson · Deputy Minister · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Steven Jurgutis · Director General · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Arianna Myers · Policy Advisor · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • Audree Dumouchel · Director · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
    • and 20 more people

Who they met

Bloc1 met · 1 meeting
Not in Arena's member list24 met · 59 meetings
  • Serena Smith
  • Lawrence Hanson
  • Roy Karam
  • Galen Richardson
  • Jeremy Keats
  • Lisa Xie
  • Mackenzy Metcalfe
  • Olwyn Parkinson
  • Donald Boucher
  • Elysee Atangana
  • Evelyn Soo
  • Manuela Tomic
  • Melissa Kardaras
  • Nancy Healey
  • Niloo Boroun
  • Steven Jurgutis
  • Alice Zheng
  • Arash Rahmani
  • Arianna Myers
  • Audree Dumouchel
  • Brandan Rowe
  • Celia Lourenco
  • Charles Vincent
  • Elizabeth Cheesbrough

The 40 most-met of 100 people named in these filings.

House of Commons (44) · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) (34) · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) (11) · Privy Council Office (PCO) (8) · Health Canada (HC) (8) · Finance Canada (FIN) (7)

In their own words

  • Health: Policies and regulations related to food and beverage products including the federal government's Health Eating Strategy, Front of Pack labelling regulations, Marketing to Children regulations, modifications to the Food Guide, modifications the Food and Drugs Regulations.
  • International Trade: The provisions of the text of the USMCA as they relate to agriculture and agri-food, including tariff schedules, Tariff Rate Quotas, regulatory cooperation and measures related to non-tariff barriers. Tariff and non-tariff barriers with the United States.
  • Temporary Foreign Worker Program - with respect to amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and the access of food and beverage manufacturers to various elements within the program.

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.