Lobbying organisation

The Shipping Federation of Canada

38 meetings with public office holders, Jun 13, 2025 to Jun 19, 2026.

149 meetings on record since the registry opened in 2008.

Meetings over time

  • Jun 2025: 1 meeting, with Mario Pelletier
  • Jul 2025: 0 meetings
  • Aug 2025: 0 meetings
  • Sep 2025: 0 meetings
  • Oct 2025: 18 meetings, with Philip Lawrence, Peter Fonseca, Yasir Naqvi, Judy Sgro, Rodger Cuzner
  • Nov 2025: 1 meeting, with Mike Kelloway, Owen Crawford-Lem
  • Dec 2025: 0 meetings
  • Jan 2026: 0 meetings
  • Feb 2026: 0 meetings
  • Mar 2026: 8 meetings, with Serge Bijimine, Francois Marier, Owen Crawford-Lem, Mohammad Al Zaibak, Jacob Mantle
  • Apr 2026: 8 meetings, with Xavier Barsalou-Duval, Sonya Read, Kevin Brosseau, Owen Crawford-Lem, Michael Vandergrift
  • May 2026: 1 meeting, with Michael Vandergrift
  • Jun 2026: 1 meeting, with Owen Crawford-Lem
Jun 2025peak 18 in a monthJun 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

Conservative2 met · 9 meetings
Senators1 met · 2 meetings
Not in Arena's member list18 met · 35 meetings
  • Owen Crawford-Lem
  • Sonya Read
  • Arun Thangaraj
  • Farah Mohamed
  • Francois Marier
  • Martine Hebert
  • Michael Vandergrift
  • Sebastian Clarke
  • Serge Bijimine
  • Tricia Geddes
  • Amen Ben-Ahmouda
  • Cathy Toxopeus
  • Heather Moriarty
  • Kevin Brosseau
  • Mario Pelletier
  • Meghan Brown Deschamps
  • Mike McGuire
  • Roger Cuzner

Transport Canada (TC) (21) · House of Commons (21) · Senate of Canada (9) · Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) (4) · Public Safety Canada (PS) (3) · Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) (2)

In their own words

  • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), as relates to admissibility requirements and seafarer identity documents (including visas and work permits) that enable foreign seafarers to travel to Canada to work on foreign fag ships
  • Bill C-52, the Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in the Transportation System Act, with respect to providing users and tenants a mechanism for challenging new or revised port fees through the Canadian Transportation Agency, amongst other items.
  • The Shipping Conference Exemption Act (SCEA), with respect to the role that shipping alliances and vessel sharing agreements play in Canada's international trade, and the ongoing debate as to whether the Act should be modernized or repealed.

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.