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News Media Canada/Médias d'Info Canada / PAUL DEEGAN, President and Chief Executive Officer

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Active - Last Updated: 2025-02-26

Who is lobbying?

News Media Canada/Médias d'Info Canada (Address, activities & membership)

PAUL DEEGAN, President and Chief Executive Officer

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Yes

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Intellectual Property, Media	Abuse of dominance and blocking Canadian user access to trusted news sources.	Policies or Program
Justice and Law Enforcement, Media	Anti‑competitive business practices related to online search, search advertising and display advertising services in Canada.	Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Media	Change to Canada Post's Consumers' Choice program, which is harming community newspapers.	Policies or Program
Intellectual Property, Media	Copyright Act, with respect to copyrights and remuneration rights for news media organizations.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Government Procurement, Media	Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.	Policies or Program
Media	Eliminating commercial advertising, including branded content, associated with CBC/Radio-Canada’s news and public affairs properties.	Policies or Program
Intellectual Property, Media	Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.”	Policies or Program, Regulation
Media	Extending the Local Journalism Initiative.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Government Procurement, Media	Fairness in federal advertising expenditures and placement.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Media, Taxation and Finance	Tax measures related to journalism labour and advertising.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

Subject matter details in previous versions

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Intellectual Property, Media	Governor in Council and CRTC regulations related to An "Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada" (C-18, the Online News Act)	Regulation
Taxation and Finance	Tax treatment of print newspaper subscriptions under Bill C-78	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Subject matters added through a communication report:

Consumer Issues
Government Procurement
Intellectual Property
Media
Taxation and Finance

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
House of Commons
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Justice Canada (JC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Senate of Canada
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

Communication techniques

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

Oral communication
Written communication

Who are the lobbyists?

PAUL DEEGAN, President and Chief Executive Officer | No public offices held

Registration number: 775906-369981
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Monthly Communication Reports

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?
Date	DPOH, Position Title \| Government Institution	Subject Matters
2025-05-01	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Media
2025-04-08	Annie Trepanier, Director General Information Services Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)	Government Procurement, Media
2025-04-04	Daniel Pye, Director, News Remuneration Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Intellectual Property, Media
2025-04-02	Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director \| Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Intellectual Property, Media
2025-03-11	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Media
2025-02-26	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH) Pascale St-Onge, Minister Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Media
2025-02-06	Meaghan Harris, Manager Canadian Heritage (PCH) Pierre-Marc Lauzon, Director Canadian Heritage (PCH) Kimberly Ng, Manager Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Consumer Issues, Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Media
2025-02-05	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Media
2025-02-03	Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director \| Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Intellectual Property, Media
2025-01-30	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Media, Taxation and Finance
2025-01-28	Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director \| Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Intellectual Property, Media
2025-01-24	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2025-01-22	Pierre-Marc Lauzon, Director Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2025-01-20	Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director \| Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Intellectual Property, Media
2025-01-17	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2025-01-07	Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director \| Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-12-23	Michael Lartigau, Chief of Staff Canadian Heritage (PCH) Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-12-20	Amy Awad, Director General Canadian Heritage (PCH) Lina-Galina Budigi, Policy Analyst Canadian Heritage (PCH) Pietro Cimino, Manager Canadian Heritage (PCH) Stephan Paape, Gestionnaire Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-12-19	Pierre-Marc Lauzon, Director Canadian Heritage (PCH) Ramzi Saad, Director General \| Cultural Industries, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Media, Taxation and Finance
2024-12-17	Adam Balkovec, Senior Legal Counsel Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Daniel Pye, Director News Remuneration Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Jacquilynne Schlesier, Analyst Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director \| Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-12-16	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-12-03	Christophe Cinqmars-Viau, Senior Policy Advisor Finance Canada (FIN)	Taxation and Finance
2024-11-21	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Media
2024-11-06	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Media
2024-11-04	Michael Lartigau, Chief of Staff Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-10-29	Emelyana Titarenko, Special Assistant, Communications and Issues Management Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)	Consumer Issues, Government Procurement, Media
2024-10-29	Jasmine Gill, Senior Policy Advisor Prime Minister's Office (PMO)	Consumer Issues, Government Procurement, Media
2024-10-10	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-10-03	Laurel Chester, Sr Advisor \| Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Media
2024-10-03	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Media
2024-10-03	Owen Ripley, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-09-09	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-09-06	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-08-28	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Media
2024-08-06	James Christie, Senior Policy Advisor Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)	Consumer Issues, Media
2024-07-23	Harry Orbach-Miller, Policy Advisor and Senior Coordinator \| Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)	Government Procurement, Media
2024-07-23	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Media
2024-06-26	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-06-17	Owen Ripley, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media, Taxation and Finance
2024-06-14	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-06-10	Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director \| Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-06-07	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-06-07	Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director \| Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-06-03	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-05-31	Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director \| Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Intellectual Property, Media
2024-05-31	Brian MacKay, Director of Policy & Stakeholder Engagement \| Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Intellectual Property, Media

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End date of the last completed financial year: 2024-12-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canadian Heritage (PCH)	$11,376,447.00	Yes

Government funding in previous versions

List of Government Funding
End date of the last completed financial year	Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
2023-12-31	Canadian Heritage (PCH)	$10,626,903.00	Yes

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12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

News Media Canada/Médias d'Info Canada / PAUL DEEGAN, President and Chief Executive Officer

Who is lobbying?

News Media Canada/Médias d'Info Canada (Address, activities & membership)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter Details

Subject matters added through a communication report:

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Communication techniques

Who are the lobbyists?

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

News Media Canada/Médias d'Info Canada / PAUL DEEGAN, President and Chief Executive Officer

News Media Canada/Médias d'Info Canada (Address, activities & membership)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Subject Matter Details

Subject matters added through a communication report:

Government Institutions

Communication techniques

News Media Canada / Médias d'Info Canada - Address, activities & membership