Lobbying organisation

Rick Hansen Foundation

www.rickhansen.com ↗

80 meetings with public office holders, May 23, 2025 to Jul 30, 2026, on 1 bill Arena tracks.

851 meetings on record since the registry opened in 2008.

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Meetings over time

  • May 2025: 1 meeting, with Dino Zuppa
  • Jun 2025: 2 meetings, with Lealie Church, Kevin Murphy
  • Jul 2025: 3 meetings, with Lorraine Pelot, Stephanie Cadieux, Sarah Kraemer, Elisabeth Lacoursiere, Lesia Manchulenko
  • Aug 2025: 4 meetings, with Ron Hallman, Mark LeBlanc, Pierre LeBlanc, Karen Hall, Kyle Fox
  • Sep 2025: 10 meetings, with Stephanie Cadieux, Catherine Demers, Leslie Church, Tina Namiesniowski, Lori Brooks
  • Oct 2025: 4 meetings, with Jill McKnight, Dana Shami, Michael Hamm, Atiq Rahman, Christina Norris
  • Nov 2025: 0 meetings
  • Dec 2025: 2 meetings, with Amen Benahmouda, Kyle Lambier, Marie-Josee Houle
  • Jan 2026: 12 meetings, with Christine Loth-Brown, Geri Syroteuk, Lesia Manchulenko, Leslie Church, Dino Zuppa
  • Feb 2026: 4 meetings, with Marie-Hélène Brisson, Manjeet Vinning, Nathalie Nye, Mike Davis, Amen Ben Ahmouda
  • Mar 2026: 4 meetings, with Jean Lamirande, Deyan Kostovski, Lorraine Pelot, Rupa Bhawal-Montmorency, Eric Costen
  • Apr 2026: 17 meetings, with Steven MacKinnon, Marc-André Blanchard, Manjeet Vinning, Thomas Simpson, Tanveer Kaur Tur
  • May 2026: 4 meetings, with Dino Zuppa, Thomas Simpson, James Christie
  • Jun 2026: 5 meetings, with Eric Costen, Marie-Josee Houle, Christopher Sutton, Christine Short, Ian Hamilton
  • Jul 2026: 8 meetings, with Paul Halucha, Nelson Barbosa, Jean Lamirande, Murielle Peyer, David Bhamjee
May 2025peak 17 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.

Bills they lobbied on

  • C-4Making Life More Affordable for Canadians Act4

    Makes representations to the government on Bill C-4 as it relates to its impact on persons with disabilities

    • Karen Hall · Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy · Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Lealie Church · Member of Parliament · House of Commons
    • Pierre LeBlanc · Director General, Personal Income Tax · Finance Canada (FIN)

Who they met

Not in Arena's member list35 met · 65 meetings
  • Dino Zuppa
  • Thomas Simpson
  • Dana Shami
  • Eric Costen
  • Manjeet Vinning
  • Catherine Demers
  • Eamonn Schwartz
  • Jean Lamirande
  • Karen Hall
  • Lesia Manchulenko
  • Lori Brooks
  • Lorraine Pelot
  • Marc-André Blanchard
  • Marie-Josee Houle
  • Pierre LeBlanc
  • Rupa Bhawal-Montmorency
  • Stephanie Cadieux
  • Alana Powell
  • Amen Ben Ahmouda
  • Amen Benahmouda
  • Andre Baril
  • Andrea Podruski
  • Angad Dhillon
  • Atiq Rahman
  • Benjamin Ebadi
  • Carla Pino
  • Catherine Adam
  • Christina Norris
  • Christine Loth-Brown
  • Christine Short
  • Christopher Sutton
  • Daria Alshehabi
  • David Bhamjee
  • Deyan Kostovski
  • Dilys Fernandes

The 40 most-met of 81 people named in these filings.

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) (42) · Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) (18) · Finance Canada (FIN) (9) · Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) (8) · Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (8) · Parks Canada (PC) (7)

In their own words

  • Work with the various government programs that support accessibility, inclusion, and a world without barriers, particularly in the built environment around an accessibility Certification Program which will assess and rate the built environment of Canada against a common standard (example Canadian Standards Association).
  • Work with various government departments that support accessibility, inclusion, and a world without barriers, particularly in the built environment around an accessibility certification program which will assess and rate the built environment of Canada against a common standard (example CSA).
  • Communication with the Government of Canada, to keep them informed of the use and outcomes of their investment in spinal cord injury research, as well as the outcomes of any projects around which we collaborate in order to maintain funding and to seek future funding.

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.