12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant

Metis Nation-Saskatchewan / Tom Potter, Consultant

Registration Summary

Active - Last Updated: 2024-07-10

Who is lobbying?

Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (Address & client representative)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Yes

Business Relationships

Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.
Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is not a coalition.

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

The activities of Metis Nation-Saskatchewan are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.
Metis Nation-Saskatchewan does not have any subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Aboriginal Affairs, Health, Housing, Infrastructure	Discussing matters related to Métis housing, community infrastructure and mental health support in Saskatchewan.	Policies or Program
Constitutional Issues	Discussing matters related to self-governance with elected officials and designated public office holders to amend MN-S's Agreement to ensure that s. 35 of the Constitution, 1982, is upheld.	Policies or Program
Aboriginal Affairs, Arts and Culture	Discussing matters related to the revitalization of the Michif language and the memorialization of Métis Residential School Survivors.	Policies or Program
Constitutional Issues	Meeting with public office holders to discuss Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments in Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan, to give effect to treaties with those governments and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

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	Discussing matters related to Métis housing, community infrastructure and mental health support in Saskatchewan.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Discussing matters related to self-governance with elected officials and designated public office holders to amend MN-S's Agreement to ensure that s. 35 of the Constitution, 1982, is upheld.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Discussing matters related to the revitalization of the Michif language and the memorialization of Métis Residential School Survivors.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Meeting with public office holders to discuss Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain Métis governments in Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan, to give effect to treaties with those governments and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Subject matters in previous versions

Aboriginal Affairs
Arts and Culture
Constitutional Issues
Health
Housing
Justice and Law Enforcement
National Security/Security

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Justice Canada (JC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Senate of Canada

Government institutions added through a communication report:

Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

Communication techniques

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

Written communication
Oral communication
Arrange one or more meetings

Who is the lobbyist?

Tom Potter, Consultant (Business address and contact information)

Public offices held

Consulting Firm

Blackbird Strategies, Ltd. (Address & contact information)

Registration number: 951796-372845
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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
2024-06-13	Jeremy Bruce, Policy Advisor Global Affairs Canada (GAC)	Constitutional Issues, Aboriginal Affairs
2023-12-05	Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Constitutional Issues, Aboriginal Affairs
2023-12-05	Lori Idlout, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Constitutional Issues, Aboriginal Affairs
2023-10-26	Matthew Gray, Senior Policy Advisor Canadian Heritage (PCH)	Aboriginal Affairs, Arts and Culture
2023-10-25	Fraser Tolmie, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Constitutional Issues, Aboriginal Affairs, Health, Housing
2023-10-25	Cathay Wagantall, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Constitutional Issues, Aboriginal Affairs, Arts and Culture, Housing
2023-10-24	Chelsea Madryga, Policy Advisor Health Canada (HC) Cameron Yung, Regional Advisor Health Canada (HC)	Aboriginal Affairs, Health
2023-10-23	Jenny Kwan, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Aboriginal Affairs, Housing
2023-10-23	Randy Hoback, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Constitutional Issues, Aboriginal Affairs, Arts and Culture, Housing
2023-10-23	Jamie Schmale, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Constitutional Issues, Aboriginal Affairs, Housing
2023-10-23	Blake Desjarlais, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Constitutional Issues, Aboriginal Affairs

View all monthly communication reports

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Legislative Assistant House of Commons, Office of MP Annie Koutrakis	March 2020 to March 2022	Not a designated office

End date of the last completed financial year: 2023-03-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency	$289,456.00	Yes
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)	$30,067,178.00	Yes
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$33,615,434.00	Yes
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)	$1,169,904.00	Yes
Health Canada (HC)	$3,844,853.00	Yes
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)	$22,777,555.00	Yes
Province of Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment	$25,000.00	Yes
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)	$450,000.00	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
2022-03-31	Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency	$138,605.00	Yes
2022-03-31	Canadian Heritage (PCH)	$300,000.00	Yes
2022-03-31	Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)	$60,875,702.00	Yes
2022-03-31	Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$24,267,264.00	Yes
2022-03-31	Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)	$540,170.00	Yes
2022-03-31	Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)	$52,734.00	Yes
2022-03-31	Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)	$286,000.00	Yes
2021-03-31	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)	$11,025.00	Yes
2021-03-31	Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)	$238,600.00	Yes
2021-03-31	Canadian Heritage (PCH)	$237,500.00	Yes
2021-03-31	Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)	$120,250.00	Yes
2021-03-31	Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)	$74,924,209.73	Yes
2021-03-31	Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$17,574,842.00	Yes
2021-03-31	Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)	$345,600.00	Yes
2021-03-31	Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)	$684,000.00	Yes

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12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant

Metis Nation-Saskatchewan / Tom Potter, Consultant

Who is lobbying?

Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (Address & client representative)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Business Relationships

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter Details

Subject matters in previous versions

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Government institutions added through a communication report:

Communication techniques

Who is the lobbyist?

Tom Potter, Consultant (Business address and contact information)

Consulting Firm

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant

Metis Nation-Saskatchewan / Tom Potter, Consultant

Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (Address & client representative)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Business Relationships

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

Subject Matter Details

Subject matters in previous versions

Government Institutions

Government institutions added through a communication report:

Communication techniques

Tom Potter, Consultant (Business address and contact information)

Consulting Firm

Metis Nation-Saskatchewan - Address & Client Representative

Blackbird Strategies, Ltd.