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The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie / David Harney, President and Chief Executive Officer

Registration Summary

Active - Last Updated: 2026-01-19

Who is lobbying?

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie (Address & business activities)

David Harney, President and Chief Executive Officer

Responsible officer in previous versions
- Paul Mahon, President and Chief Executive Officer

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Business Relationships

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie is a subsidiary of the following parent companies

Great-West Lifeco Inc. (Address information)

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie has the following subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd./Gestion de placements Canada Vie Ltée (Address information)
Canada Life Securities Ltd./Valeurs mobilières Canada Vie ltée (Address information)
ClaimSecure Inc. (Address information)
Financial Horizons Group Inc. (Address information)
GWL Realty Advisors Inc./Conseillers immobiliers GWL inc. (Address information)
Investment Planning Counsel Inc. (Address information)
Quadrus Investment Service Ltd/Services d'investissement Quadrus ltee (Address information)
Value Partners Group Inc. (Address information)

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Science and Technology	AI, with respect to the regulation of AI in financial institutions and insurance, and use and protection of data and information.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
Taxation and Finance	Clarification of Goods and Services Tax (GST) / Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) with respect to the treatment of financial services.	Regulation
Economic Development, Financial Institutions, Housing, Infrastructure, Taxation and Finance	Federal Financial Services legislation review, with respect to Financial Institutions policies, infrastructure, open banking, and financial technology	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Financial Institutions	Guidelines of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions as they relate to insurance companies.	Policies or Program
Health	Healthcare policy and potential legislation relating to employee benefit programs and the cost of pharmaceuticals, and healthcare policy related to virtual care services	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Financial Institutions, Infrastructure	Infrastructure investment, with respect to institutional investment and government partnerships.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
Financial Institutions, Pensions, Taxation and Finance	Pension and Retirement products and income security	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Financial Institutions	Review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act as it relates to insurance contracts.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Financial Institutions, Taxation and Finance	Taxation - discussion of taxation policy for financial institutions.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Privacy and Access to Information	The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act with respect to privacy, customer data, and data security	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Subject matter details in previous versions

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Health	Seeking to raise awareness about prescription drug coverage policy considerations and concerns in context of national universal pharmacare proposals directly and as a participant in the Together for Better Health Coalition. Other related initiatives include high cost drugs for rare disease and PMPRB regulations	Policies or Program
Consumer Issues, Health	To ensure that the needs of the financial sector in matters related to human resources as well as its capacity to service customers are properly reflected in legislation, policies and regulations in the context of the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis.	Policies or Program, Regulation

Subject matters added through a communication report:

Economic Development
Financial Institutions
Health
Housing
Infrastructure
Science and Technology
Taxation and Finance

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Justice Canada (JC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Transport Canada (TC)

Communication techniques

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

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Who are the lobbyists?

Senior officers whose lobbying activities represent less than a significant part of their duties

Colleen Bailey Moffitt, Executive Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Officer | No public offices held
Mike Dibden, Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer | No public offices held
Sharon Geraghty, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel | No public offices held
David Harney, President & Chief Executive Officer | No public offices held
Nancy Hudson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Internal Auditor | No public offices held
Linda Kerrigan, Senior Vice-President and Appointed Actuary | No public offices held
John Melvin, Chief Investment Officer | No public offices held
Amy Metzger, Senior Vice-President and Chief Compliance Officer | No public offices held
Fabrice Morin, President and Chief Operating Officer, Canada | No public offices held
Jon Nielsen, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer | No public offices held
David Simmonds, Senior Vice-President, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer | No public offices held
Dervla Tomlin, Executive Vice-President, Chief Risk Officer | No public offices held

Senior officers and employees whose lobbying activities represent a significant part of their duties

Nadege Adam, Manager, Government Relations | Designated public offices held
Nina Chiarelli, VP Public Policy and Government Relations | Designated public offices held

Lobbyists in previous versions
Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties
- Colleen Bailey Moffitt, Executive Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Officer | No public offices held
- Mike Dibden, Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer | No public offices held
- Sharon Geraghty, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel | No public offices held
- David Harney, Interim Global Chief Investment Officer | No public offices held
- David Harney, President & Chief Executive Officer | No public offices held
- Nancy Hudson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Internal Auditor | No public offices held
- Linda Kerrigan, Senior Vice-President and Appointed Actuary | No public offices held
- Paul Mahon, President and Chief Executive Officer | No public offices held
- John Melvin, Chief Investment Officer | No public offices held
- Amy Metzger, Senior Vice-President and Chief Compliance Officer | No public offices held
- Fabrice Morin, President and Chief Operating Officer, Canada | No public offices held
- Jon Nielsen, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer | No public offices held
- David Simmonds, Senior Vice-President, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer | No public offices held
- Dervla Tomlin, Executive Vice-President, Chief Risk Officer | No public offices held
Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties
- Nadege Adam, Manager, Government Relations | Designated public offices held
- Nina Chiarelli, VP Public Policy and Government Relations | Designated public offices held
- Andrew Fitzpatrick, Assistant Vice-President, Industry Affairs & Government Relations | No public offices held
- Ali Ghiassi, Vice-President, Industry Affairs & Government Relations | No public offices held
- Kate Julien, Director, Government Relations and Industry Affairs | No public offices held
- Jeffrey Kitchen, Vice-President, Counsel to Public Policy & Industry Affairs | No public offices held

Registration number: 961269-224181
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Monthly Communication Reports

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

Date	DPOH, Position Title \| Government Institution	Subject Matters
2026-02-27	David Jones, Director Health Canada (HC) Sarah Lawley, Assistant Deputy Minister Health Canada (HC)	Health, Science and Technology
2026-02-12	Justine Frame, Policy Advisor \| Minister's Office, Health Canada (HC) Sandenga Yeba, Director of Policy & Deputy Chief of Staff \| Office of the Minister of Health, Health Canada (HC)	Health, Science and Technology
2026-02-11	Daniel MacDonald, Director General Health Canada (HC) Margaret Sharp, Director Health Canada (HC)	Health
2026-02-10	Mackenzy Metcalfe, Policy Advisor \| Office of the Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)	Financial Institutions, Health, Infrastructure
2025-11-04	Jade Mallette, Chief of Staff Health Canada (HC)	Health
2025-10-23	Michael Vandergrift, Deputy Minister \| Deputy Minister's Office, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)	Financial Institutions, Infrastructure
2025-10-23	Greg Orencsak, Deputy Minister \| Deputy Minister's Office, Health Canada (HC)	Health
2025-10-23	Clement Gignac, Senator Senate of Canada	Financial Institutions, Health, Infrastructure
2025-10-23	Aaron Wudrick, Director of Policy \| Conservative - House Officers, House of Commons	Financial Institutions, Health, Infrastructure, Taxation and Finance
2025-10-23	Guillaume Freire, Legislative Assistant House of Commons	Financial Institutions, Infrastructure, Science and Technology
2025-10-23	Claude Carignan, Senator Senate of Canada	Financial Institutions, Infrastructure, Science and Technology
2025-10-23	Barbara Russell, Director \| Financial Institutions Division , Finance Canada (FIN) Khusro Saeedi, Director Finance Canada (FIN) David Tousignant, Director General \| Financial Institutions Division , Finance Canada (FIN)	Economic Development, Financial Institutions, Housing, Infrastructure, Taxation and Finance
2025-10-22	Chi Nguyen, MP House of Commons	Health
2025-10-22	Maggie Chi, MP House of Commons	Health
2025-10-22	Kevin Collins, Chief of Staff \| Office of the Secretary of State, Finance Canada (FIN) Wayne Long, Secretary of State Finance Canada (FIN)	Financial Institutions, Health, Infrastructure
2025-07-04	Anne David, Director Finance Canada (FIN) Greg Reade, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Finance Canada (FIN) Khusro Saeedi, Director Finance Canada (FIN) Manish Srivastava, Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister Finance Canada (FIN)	Economic Development, Financial Institutions, Housing, Infrastructure, Taxation and Finance
2025-05-29	Eric Costen, Associate Deputy Minister Health Canada (HC) Greg Orencsak, Deputy Minister Health Canada (HC) Jocelyne Voisin, Assistant Deputy Minister Health Canada (HC)	Health

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The Canada Life Assurance Company / de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie - Address & business activities

Address:

100 OSBORNE STREET NORTH
WINNIPEG, MB R3C 1V3
Canada

Telephone number: 416-552-5038

Contact information in previous versions
- 100 OSBORNE STREET NORTH
  WINNIPEG, MB R3C 1V3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 204-946-8691
- 330 University Avenue
  Toronto, ON M5G 1R8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 204-946-8691
- 330 University Avenue
  Toronto, ON M5G 1R8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 204-946-8691
  
  Fax number: 204-946-4405
- 330 University Avenue
  Toronto, ON M5G 1R8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 204-946-2943
  
  Fax number: 204-946-4405
- 330 University Avenue
  Toronto, ON M5G 1R8
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 204-926-5253
  
  Fax number: 204-946-4405

Description of activities:
The Canada Life Assurance Company is a financial services company with interests in the life insurance, health insurance, pensions, investment, retirement savings and reinsurance businesses, primarily in Canada and Europe (specifically the U.K., Ireland and Germany). The Canada Life Assurance Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco Inc. and is a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.

Descriptions of the corporation's activity in previous versions:
- The Canada Life Assurance Company is a financial services company with interests in the life insurance, health insurance, pensions, investment, retirement savings and reinsurance businesses, primarily in Canada and Europe (specifically the U.K., Ireland and Germany). The Canada Life Assurance Company is a major operating subsidiary of The Great-West Life Assurance Company. The Corporation is a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Director of Communications Office of the Prime Minister, Communications	April 2011 to May 2011	May 31, 2011
Director of Communication Transport Canada, Communications	January 2011 to March 2011	March 31, 2011
Director of Communications Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Communications	January 2010 to December 2010	December 31, 2010
Manager of Question Period Office of the Prime Minister, Issues Management	September 2009 to December 2009	December 31, 2009
Press Secretary Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Office of the Minister	October 2008 to August 2009	August 3, 2009
Communications Strategist Office of the Prime Minister, Strategic Communications	March 2007 to October 2008	October 30, 2008

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Director of Communications Status of Women, Office of the Minister	March 2016 to November 2016	November 26, 2016

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Director of Communications Office of the Prime Minister, Communications	April 2011 to May 2011	May 31, 2011
Director of Communication Transport Canada, Communications	January 2011 to March 2011	March 31, 2011
Director of Communications Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Communications	January 2010 to December 2010	December 31, 2010
Manager of Question Period Office of the Prime Minister, Issues Management	September 2009 to December 2009	December 31, 2009
Press Secretary Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Office of the Minister	October 2008 to August 2009	August 3, 2009
Communications Strategist Office of the Prime Minister, Strategic Communications	March 2007 to October 2008	October 30, 2008

Date Modified:: 2026-05-11

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12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Corporation

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie / David Harney, President and Chief Executive Officer

Who is lobbying?

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie (Address & business activities)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Business Relationships

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie is a subsidiary of the following parent companies

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie has the following subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking

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?

Senior officers whose lobbying activities represent less than a significant part of their duties

Senior officers and employees whose lobbying activities represent a significant part of their duties

Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties

Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Corporation

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie / David Harney, President and Chief Executive Officer

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie (Address & business activities)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Business Relationships

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie is a subsidiary of the following parent companies

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

The Canada Life Assurance Company/de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie has the following subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking

Subject Matter Details

Subject matters added through a communication report:

Government Institutions

Communication techniques

Senior officers whose lobbying activities represent less than a significant part of their duties

Senior officers and employees whose lobbying activities represent a significant part of their duties

Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties

Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties

The Canada Life Assurance Company / de la Compagnie d'Assurance du Canada sur la Vie - Address & business activities

Great-West Lifeco Inc.

Financial Horizons Group Inc.

ClaimSecure Inc.

Canada Life Securities Ltd. / Valeurs mobilières Canada Vie ltée

Canada Life Investment Management Ltd. / Gestion de placements Canada Vie Ltée

Value Partners Group Inc.

Quadrus Investment Service Ltd / Services d'investissement Quadrus ltee

Investment Planning Counsel Inc.

GWL Realty Advisors Inc. / Conseillers immobiliers GWL inc.