12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

• Subject matter details in previous versions

  Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

  Subject matters	Details	Categories
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Buy America provision of the US government's federal stimulus package: Canadian policy with regard to the Buy America provision of the US government's federal stimulus package.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Citizenship and immigration: Immigration and refugee policies and programs with regard to federal & local programs supporting language training, skills development, foreign credential recognition, settlement services, access to affordable housing, access to affordable transit, and career and employment services.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Community safety and crime prevention: Community-based crime prevention policies and programs with regard to crime prevention through social development, community corrections, national/contract policing, and national and municipal drug strategies. Federal and municipal roles and responsibilities regarding policing duties and funding.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Emergency preparedness and security measures: Emergency preparedness policies and programs with regard to the cost and implementation of emergency equipment and first responder support.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Environmental issues and sustainable development: Environmental and sustainable development policies and programs with regard to local climate change mitigation and adaptation, the development and implementation of water management, watershed planning, wastewater, stormwater policy and accomplying federal funding, brownfield redevelopment, greenhouse gas (ghg) reductions, urban forest management and stewardship, capacity building for sustainable community planning and federal government involvement in sustainable community development.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Federal Programs Supporting Social Development: Federal policies and programs with regard to improving accesses to affordable housing, reducing homelessness, increasing social infrastructure required for immigration and refugee settlement and integration support.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Federal infrastructure program funding, including (but not limited to) infrastructure Canada: Seeking government funding through Infrastructure Canada, the Building Canada Fund, gas tax transfer, Goods and Services Tax municipal rebate and the economic developments agencies and programs for municipal infrastructure development.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Guidelines for urban transit, intra and extra urban transit systems: Infrastructure and Transportation policy with regard to the development of guidelines, policy and dedicated funding for urban, intra and extra urban transit systems, intra-modular transportation integration, municipal/railway proximity issues, shipping routes and sea ports, boarder crossings, highways, and provincial or federal owned roadways.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	International municipal development: Canadian foreign policy with regard to Global Affairs Canada (GAC) funded programs overseas in various countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe and Caribean and Middle East, providing technical assistance to local governments and national associations of local government.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Municipal Finance and Intergovernmental Arrangements Revenue sharing with the federal and provincial governments: Federal policies and programs with regard to the payments in lieu of taxes (PILTs) system, intergovernmental partnerships, recognition of municipal governments contributions to economic growth, the fiscal imbalance between each order of governments revenues options and their responsibilities to provide services and programs to Canadians.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Municipal-aboriginal relations issues: Federal policies and programs with regard to municipal-aboriginal relations, resources to meet the needs of the aboriginal population living in municipalities, municipal consultation and communication regarding land management and additions to reserve.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Rail, Airports and Ports: Federal policies and programs with regard to access to national and international markets for trade, intra-city movement of people and goods and sustainability of small and rural communities	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Rural Development and execution of federal policies and programs designed to ensure that rural, remote and northern municipalities and communities are able to a) access federal programs, b) strengthen local economic development c) provide residents with access to services d) work with local partners to develop locally appropriate solutions.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Rural, remote and northern municipal issues: Federal policies and programs with regard to delivering infrastructure funding in rural, remote and northern communities, trade irritants effecting rural, remote and northern communities, the development and implementation of the northern strategy in the three territories and the development of a rural champion at the federal cabinet level.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Telecommunications and Technology: Telecommunications policies with regard to universal broadband access throughout Canadian communities, antenna tower and municipal rights-of-ways.	Policies or Program

  Subject matters in previous versions

  • Aboriginal Affairs
  • Agriculture
  • Arts and Culture
  • Broadcasting
  • Budget
  • Climate
  • Economic Development
  • Elections
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Financial Institutions
  • Fisheries
  • Forestry
  • Government Procurement
  • Health
  • Housing
  • Immigration
  • Industry
  • Infrastructure
  • Internal Trade
  • International Development
  • International Relations
  • International Trade
  • Justice and Law Enforcement
  • Labour
  • Mining
  • Municipalities
  • National Security/Security
  • Regional Development
  • Science and Technology
  • Taxation and Finance
  • Telecommunications
  • Tourism
  • Transportation

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
• Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Canadian Heritage (PCH)
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
• Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
• Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
• Justice Canada (JC)
• National Defence (DND)
• National Research Council (NRC)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
• Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
• Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
• Senate of Canada
• Service Canada (ServCan)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
• Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
• Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

Communication techniques

Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:

• Written communication
• Grass-roots communication
• Oral communication
• Arrange one or more meetings

• Chris Boivin, Chief Development Officer and Managing Director of GMF | No public offices held
• Mathieu Bélanger, Executive Director, Policy and Public Affairs | Designated public offices held
• Marie Dolcetti-Koros, Advocacy Events Coordinator | No public offices held
• Mélisa Ferreira, Advisor, Outreach and Engagement | No public offices held
• Matt Gemmel, Director of Policy | No public offices held
• Sherri Hanley, Senior Manager, Policy, Research and Public Affairs | No public offices held
• Jarrah Hodge, Engagement Manager | No public offices held
• Leanne Holt, Senior Director - Governance & Membership | No public offices held
• Lauri Lidstone, Manager, Policy & Research | No public offices held
• Iman Mohamed, Director of Policy | No public offices held
• Carole Saab, CEO | No public offices held
• Gaby Senay, Director, International Programs | No public offices held
• Brandon Vieira, Advisor, Government Relations | No public offices held

• Lobbyists in previous versions

  • Akanksha Bhatnagar, GR Coordinator | No public offices held
  • Margot Cragg, Manager, Government Relations | No public offices held
  • Tyler Downey, Government Relations Coordinator | No public offices held
  • Jarrah Hodge, Manager of Outreach and Engagement | No public offices held
  • Joshua Medicoff, Advocacy Days Consultant | No public offices held
  • Rachel Rizzuto, Rural and Northern Policy Officer | No public offices held
  • Megan Stanley, Director of Government Relations | No public offices held