Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-02
Registrant: Philip Rizcallah
Client: Engineers Canada
Targeted institutions:
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Transport Canada (TC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
National Research Council (NRC)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Acts: Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act
Official Languages Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act and other laws or regulations related to the employment of federal public servants, with respect to the licensure of professional engineers.
Infrastructure funding, with respect to the scope of regulation of specified engineering work.
Global Affairs Canada, with respect to the role of professional licensure in established criteris for the express entry system.
Federal government funding and policy support for equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives
Employment and Social Development Canada - Foreign Credential Recognition Program (FCRP) - with respect to the programs to improve the integration of international engineering graduates into the engineering profession and workforce in Canada
Canadian Free Trade Agreement, regarding interprovincial labour mobility, including the specifications that regulatory bodies must meet under the CFTA and the scope of legitimate objections to labour mobility provisions, measures to streamline recognition for engineers and other regulated professionals.
Climate change policies and climate-related legislation, with respect to measures to improve climate adaptation and resilience and incentivize investment in new technologies.
Women and Gender Equality Canada, with respect to new funding opportunities for gender equality programming as announced in Budget 2025.
Housing policy, with respect to the creation of a Housing Design Catalogue and expanding support for prefabrication.
Natural Resources Canada with respect to the climate change adaptation and mitigation programs, development of standards and codes for adaptation of Canada's infrastructure towards the effects of climate change.
Budget and all subsequent budget implementation bils, with respect to new policies and programs that impact the engineering profession, including infrastructure funding and housing construction, as well as the promotion of engineering regulation within the federal public service and in federal procurement.
Infrastructure funding, with respect to climate change resiliency, mitigation and adaptation.
The Official Languages Act, with respect to the implications of the Act for the federal procurement process according to PSPC policy notification 48R-1 and 48R-2
The National Research Council, with regard to the National Building Code and associated policy development initiatives for building and construction.