Lobbying organisation

Merck Canada Inc.

52 meetings with public office holders, May 15, 2025 to Jul 2, 2026.

274 meetings on record since the registry opened in 2008.

Meetings over time

  • May 2025: 1 meeting, with Ritu Banerjee, Rodrigo Arancibia
  • Jun 2025: 2 meetings, with Jay Allen, Christopher Rose, Pamela Aung-Thin, Ed Morgan, david k lee
  • Jul 2025: 1 meeting, with Manuela Tomic
  • Aug 2025: 3 meetings, with Matthew Hall, Rodrigo Arancibia, Miro Froehlich, Galen Richardson
  • Sep 2025: 3 meetings, with Mackenzy Metcalfe, David K Lee, Pamela Aung-Thin, Klara Hupel, Michael Paramathasan
  • Oct 2025: 7 meetings, with David K Lee, Maggie Chi, David McFarlane, Karina Gould, Jade Mallette
  • Nov 2025: 2 meetings, with Jocelyne Voisin, Daniel MacDonald, Mark Schaan, Rodrigo Arancibia
  • Dec 2025: 4 meetings, with Sandenga Yeba, Justine Frame, Annahat Kochhar, Hosai Zurmati Halim, Elizabeth Wong
  • Jan 2026: 2 meetings, with Martin Moen, Loris Mirella, Gabrielle Dolgoy, David Norris, David K Lee
  • Feb 2026: 3 meetings, with Chanel Sterie, Kabisan Thanendran, Dominic LeBlanc, Karim Bardeesy, Janice Charette
  • Mar 2026: 4 meetings, with Justine Frame, Ritu Banerjee, Rodrigo Arancibia, Manuela Tomic, Caroline Menard
  • Apr 2026: 8 meetings, with Sandenga Yeba, Ritu Banerjee, Maggie Chi, Elizabeth Wong, Annahat Kochhar
  • May 2026: 3 meetings, with Mark Wiseman, Carlos Vanderloo, Shalene Curtis-Micallef, Ali Ehsassi
  • Jun 2026: 8 meetings, with Mélanie Joly, Udita Samuel, Manuela Tomic, Martin Moen, Chloe Hanes
  • Jul 2026: 1 meeting, with Kayla Slobodnik, Kaitlyn Pritchard
May 2025peak 8 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

Not in Arena's member list34 met · 115 meetings
  • Ritu Banerjee
  • Sandenga Yeba
  • Justine Frame
  • Elizabeth Wong
  • Manuela Tomic
  • Pamela Aung-Thin
  • Shalene Curtis-Micallef
  • Jocelyne Voisin
  • Mackenzy Metcalfe
  • Martin Moen
  • Rodrigo Arancibia
  • Annahat Kochhar
  • Nasser Haidar
  • David K Lee
  • David McFarlane
  • Janice Charette
  • Kabisan Thanendran
  • Kaili Levesque
  • Linsey Hollett
  • Shahad Khalladi
  • Sony Perron
  • alysha Croker
  • Arianne Reza
  • Brandan Rowe
  • Bryn Savage
  • Carlos Vanderloo
  • Caroline Menard
  • Celia Lourenco
  • Chanel Sterie
  • Chase Knight
  • Chloe Hanes
  • Christopher Rose
  • Daniel MacDonald
  • Darren Hall

The 40 most-met of 85 people named in these filings.

Health Canada (HC) (60) · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) (35) · Global Affairs Canada (GAC) (17) · House of Commons (16) · Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS) (13) · Finance Canada (FIN) (9)

In their own words

  • Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) with respect to the protection of data, Access to Medicines, and TRIPs "flexibility". Merck is seeking to ensure Canada's continued compliance with its obligations under TRIPs relevant to the biopharmaceutical industry within all domestic legislation in addition to ongoing and future trade negotiations. Relevant domestic legislation includes the Food and Drugs Act, the Patent Act, and related regulations and guidance documents. Beyond TRIPs, Merck is seeking enhancements to increase the stability and global competitiveness of Canada’s intellectual Property legislation, regulations and policies relevant to the biopharmaceutical industry. Such enhancements may result from domestic policy in addition to bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations (e.g. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
  • Any and all free trade treaty agreements as it relates to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and trade negotiations between Canada as it relates to the European Union, India, Japan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. International trade policies in support of the biopharmaceutical industry, including competitive and predictable intellectual property protection, product regulation and patient access to medicines.
  • Health Canada's Legislative and Regulatory Modernization (LRM) as it relates to the review, approval, transparency and compliance activities of biopharmaceutical products. Health Canada's Regulatory Roadmap for Health Products and Food as it relates to proposed policy and regulatory changes related to the review, approval, transparency and compliance activities of biopharmacuetical products.

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.