Lobbying organisation

National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM)

nccm.ca ↗

268 meetings with public office holders, May 28, 2025 to Sep 4, 2026, on 2 bills Arena tracks.

1,025 meetings on record since 2017, their first on record, and 1 sponsored trip since 2022.

Also sponsors members' travel

Paid for 1 trip by 1 member, worth $10,750.

Declared to the Ethics Commissioner, a separate registry. This is what the sponsor spent on travel, not money any member received, and it is not a lobbying budget.

Meetings over time

  • May 2025: 7 meetings, with Salma Zahid, Randeep Sarai, Julien Brazeau, Galen Richardson, Sameer Zuberi
  • Jun 2025: 53 meetings, with Salma Zahid, Jennifer McKelvie, Tim Uppal, Garnett Genuis, Randeep Sarai
  • Jul 2025: 4 meetings, with Jamil Jivani, Rob Oliphant, Mona Fortier, Shafqat Ali, Fares Al Soud
  • Aug 2025: 3 meetings, with Tim Hodgson, Jennifer McKelvie, Chi Nguyen
  • Sep 2025: 12 meetings, with Keiran Gibbs, Dahlia James, Amandeep Sodhi, Sameer Zuberi, salma zahid
  • Oct 2025: 23 meetings, with Rechie Valdez, Shaun Chen, Lori Idlout, Ruby Sahota, Mackenzy Metcalfe
  • Nov 2025: 11 meetings, with Dahlia James, Mackenzy Metcalfe, Darren Choi, Salman Arif, Arash Rahmani
  • Dec 2025: 9 meetings, with Tim Louis, Wade Chang, Salma Zahid, Fares Al Soud, Keiran Gibbs
  • Jan 2026: 78 meetings, with Abdelhaq Sari, Bardish Chagger, Parm Bains, Scott Reid, Bruce Fanjoy
  • Feb 2026: 4 meetings, with Mark Carney, Sameer Zuberi, Salma Zahid, Shafqat Ali, Iqra Khalid
  • Mar 2026: 25 meetings, with Andrew Lawton, Marc Miller, Jenny Kwan, Karim Bardeesy, Hanife Masoomifar
  • Apr 2026: 2 meetings, with Doly Begum, Braedon Clark
  • May 2026: 12 meetings, with Frank Caputo, Kody Blois, Harb Gill, Garnett Genuis, Brad Redekopp
  • Jun 2026: 8 meetings, with Tim Uppal, Jennifer McKelvie, Hilary Leftick, Jenny Kwan, Sameer Zuberi
  • Jul 2026: 13 meetings, with Judy Sgro, Robert Oliphant, Randeep Sarai, Maggie Chi, Jean Yip
  • Aug 2026: 3 meetings, with Sukhman Gill, Lena Diab, Tim Uppal
  • Sep 2026: 1 meeting, with Ryan Turnbull
May 2025peak 78 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

Who they met

Had travel paid for by this organisation
Met only
Liberal26 met · 129 meetings
Conservative4 met · 16 meetings · $10,750 travel
NDP4 met · 15 meetings
Not in Arena's member list5 met · 18 meetings
  • Dahlia James
  • Keiran Gibbs
  • Salman Arif
  • Darren Choi
  • Mackenzy Metcalfe

The 40 most-met of 144 people named in these filings.

House of Commons (270) · Justice Canada (JC) (12) · Canadian Heritage (PCH) (9) · Senate of Canada (7) · Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (6) · Finance Canada (FIN) (5)

In their own words

  • Advocating for policies to enhance the security and safety of Canadian Muslim communities and other at-risk communities given the rise in hate crimes; countering supremacist violent extremist groups
  • Advocating zero-tolerance for Islamophobia at national security agencies; improved whistle blower protections for agents; increasing transparency and accountability.
  • Advocating for policy initiatives related to combating Islamophobia and discrimination; Supporting various programs to protect fundamental freedoms in 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.