Lobbying organisation

Tech-Access Canada

19 meetings with public office holders, Aug 4, 2025 to Mar 11, 2026.

72 meetings on record since 2021, their first on record.

Meetings over time

  • Aug 2025: 2 meetings, with Raquel Dancho, Colin Deacon
  • Sep 2025: 4 meetings, with Jagsharan Singh Mahal, Ted Falk, Kelly DeRidder, Ryan Turnbull
  • Oct 2025: 0 meetings
  • Nov 2025: 4 meetings, with Jennifer McKelvie, Simran Arulraj, Brett Szmul, Tony Baldinelli
  • Dec 2025: 2 meetings, with Kathy Borrelli, Matthew O'Connell
  • Jan 2026: 0 meetings
  • Feb 2026: 5 meetings, with Mitch Davies, Shannon Quinn, Raquel Dancho, Samuel Millar, Nicholas Chesterley
  • Mar 2026: 2 meetings, with Jennifer McKelvie, Kristina Kisin, Chase Knight, Karim Bardeesy
Aug 2025peak 5 in a monthMar 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 list15 met · 15 meetings
  • Brett Szmul
  • Chase Knight
  • Colin Deacon
  • Edward Irving
  • Kristina Kisin
  • Laural Porth-Jones
  • Manal Bahubeshi
  • Matthew O'Connell
  • Michael Curry
  • Mitch Davies
  • Nicholas Chesterley
  • Robbyn Plumb
  • Samuel Millar
  • Shannon Quinn
  • Simran Arulraj

House of Commons (12) · National Research Council (NRC) (4) · Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) (3) · Finance Canada (FIN) (3) · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) (2) · Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) (1)

In their own words

  • Discussions concerning federal budget priorities including the creation of the College Network for Industrial R&D and the extension of the Boomerang-o-vation innovation internship program, proposed by Tech-Access Canada.
  • Seeking the participation of content matter experts from the Technology Access Centres in all relevant federal policy discussions concerning applied research and development, and business innovation.
  • Discussions concerning federal budget priorities including support for increasing capacity of Canada's Technology Access Centres, as proposed by Tech-Access 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.