Lobbying organisation

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)

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192 meetings with public office holders, May 5, 2025 to Jul 28, 2026.

2,210 meetings on record since the registry opened in 2008, and 38 sponsored trips since 2012.

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Also sponsors members' travel

Paid for 38 trips by 37 members, worth $436,061.

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: 10 meetings, with Frank Caputo, Leslie Church, Adam Gordon, Anthony Housefather, Meredith Caplan Jamieson
  • Jun 2025: 15 meetings, with Matt Jeneroux, Oz Jungic, Andie Habert, Anthony Housefather, Gabriel Broderick
  • Jul 2025: 4 meetings, with Yves-François Blanchet, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Nicole Giles, Adam Carroll, Michael D. Chong
  • Aug 2025: 10 meetings, with Leslie Church, Hilary Leftick, Anthony Housefather, Rachel Bendayan, John-Paul Danko
  • Sep 2025: 6 meetings, with Gary Anandasangaree, Anthony Housefather, Mark Carney, Sarah Cozzi, Zachary Torok
  • Oct 2025: 11 meetings, with Vincent Ho, Andrew Lawton, Ali Ehsassi, Jasraj Singh Hallan, Sean Phelan
  • Nov 2025: 13 meetings, with Yasir Naqvi, Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, Sylvain Abramowicz, Izabel Czuzoj-Shulman, Jessica Fullerton
  • Dec 2025: 8 meetings, with Matt Strauss, Rachael Thomas, Larry Brock, Melissa Lantsman, Tricia Geddes
  • Jan 2026: 18 meetings, with Carla St. Croix, Jennifer Esdaile, Chad Westmacott, Anthony Housefather, Gary Anandasangaree
  • Feb 2026: 25 meetings, with Leslie Church, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Anna Roberts, Sandra Cobena, Ali Ehsassi
  • Mar 2026: 30 meetings, with Sean Phelan, Gary Anandasangaree, Megan Furi, Maggie Chi, Joshua Mariampillai
  • Apr 2026: 12 meetings, with Sébastien Aubertin-Giguère, Mélanie Théberge, Sharmila Khare, Daniel Rogers, Matthiew Kimmel
  • May 2026: 8 meetings, with Matthieu Kimmel, Graham Dattels, Ruslan Hrabovskyi, Anthony Housefather, Wade Grant
  • Jun 2026: 18 meetings, with Grant Jackson, Kelly DeRidder, Julie Lalonde, Colin Reynolds, Kathy Borelli
  • Jul 2026: 4 meetings, with Eric Duncan, Shuvaloy Majumdar, Zachary Torok, Eleanor Olszewski
May 2025peak 30 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

Had travel paid for by this organisationSome had no meeting filed by this organisation, only travel.
Met only
Liberal3 met · 30 meetings · $124,814 travel

The 40 most-met of 184 people named in these filings.

House of Commons (192) · Public Safety Canada (PS) (41) · Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (33) · Global Affairs Canada (GAC) (14) · Justice Canada (JC) (11) · Canadian Heritage (PCH) (7)

In their own words

  • National Security/Security (2): Continued support for revocation of citizenship in cases involving war crimes, crimes against humanity, terrorism, and extreme promotion of hate; strengthened screening to bar entry and deny citizenship to individuals who pose security threats or have ties to extremist or terrorist organizations; removal of individuals already in Canada who obtained status through false representation; establishment of a fast-track removal stream for high-risk individuals linked to foreign extremist organizations; accelerated removals for individuals convicted of violent crimes; and standalone immigration consequences for expressing support for listed terrorist entities, even in the absence of criminal convictions.
  • Justice and Law Enforcement: Canada should pursue a comprehensive, accountable approach to combating hate and promoting inclusion by strengthening legal tools, enforcement capacity, and public institutions. This includes modernizing human rights and criminal frameworks to address hate speech and antisemitism, guided by the IHRA definition; investing in anti-racism, tolerance, and genocide education initiatives; and ensuring police are properly resourced to prevent and respond to hate crimes, with clear accountability for results. Bail reform to include a reverse onus on hate related offences.
  • Taxation and Finance: Canada must ensure, fairness, accountability and transparency regarding CRA decisions that impact Jewish charities. Provide economic support for the charitable and not-for-profit sector through a direct granting program. Donations from Canadians should be incentivized through a temporary enhancement of the charitable giving tax credit, or through a donor matching program, whereby the government matches donations from Canadians.

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.