Lobbying registration dated 2026-01-16
Registrant: Gary Hart
Client: AltaLink Management Ltd.
Targeted institutions:
Canada Infrastructure Bank
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Transport Canada (TC)
Parks Canada (PC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
House of Commons
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
Government funding received:
Institution: Canada Infrastructure Bank
Amount: 39800000.00
Lobbying activity details:
Engaging government stakeholders in discussions regarding wildfire risk in Alberta, including the development of a mitigation and response strategy in collaboration with affected or at-risk communities.
Communicating to: learn about Government of Canada initiatives related to climate change and GHG reduction; learn about electricity infrastructure and energy infrastructure; and discuss interties, energy storage and renewable energy generation, including how those tools can help Canada achieve net-zero clean electricity grid by 2050.
Open-ended discussions regarding inter-jurisdictional electricity projects and system planning related to the Government of Canada’s Clean Electricity Strategy.
Open-ended discussions regarding spectrum management and radio frequency planning.
Requesting funding under the Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program to be used towards a high voltage, grid-connected energy storage system, and transmission infrastructure that supports renewable energy development in Alberta.
Requesting financial support for transmission infrastructure that supports renewable energy development in Alberta from the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
Commenting on the investment tax credit of up to 30% for investments in clean technologies.
Promoting measures that facilitate intertie development, including: clarifying the governance of interprovincial electricity transmission; implementing a one permit, one approval framework; encouraging provinces and territories to develop inter-regional transmission infrastructure; creating a national or regional energy strategy to identify potential trade corridors and projects of strategic importance of common interest; and providing financial support to interprovincial transmission projects.
Open-ended discussions regarding the status of the Public Safety Broadband Network.
Commenting on the proposed investment tax credit of up to 15% for investments in clean electricity.
AltaLink is engaging government stakeholders regarding participating in the Clean Electricity Regulations consultation process to comment on issues such as performance standards, phase-in, facility operations, and end of life for emitting units. As a transmission facility owner in Alberta, we are looking for CER design that helps to achieve a net-zero grid while maintaining reliability and affordability of the system.