Lobbying registration dated 2026-03-02
Registrant: Gauri Sreenivasan
Client: Canadian Council for Refugees
Targeted institutions:
Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Justice Canada (JC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
House of Commons
Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Legislative bills: C-12
C-2
C-69
C-20
Acts: Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Government funding received:
Institution: Ministry of Families Children and Social development
Amount: 74188.00
Institution: Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Amount: 35000.00
Lobbying activity details:
Anti Trafficking- Use of Temporary Resident Permits to support rights of trafficked migrants
Regularization of non status people- Need for a broad and comprehensive program with simple application process
Immigration response to global crises- Need for an equitable policy framework to guide these responses.
Safe Third Country Agreement with the US, with respect to its current application ensuring the availability of the safety valves the Supreme Court referred to (this could be a regulation and is also shaped by policy(
Temporary Foreign Worker PRogram- Need for pathways to Permanent status for migrant workers
CBSA- The need to seek alternatives to Detention and work with community based organizations to find them
Safe Third Country Agreement - Seeking its termination
Refugee Claimants- Need for a National Plan to address claimant needs and rights
Bill C-12-  Parts- 5-8 related to sweeping new powers and ineligibilities for Canada's refugee and immigration system
Refugee Claimant System Legislation as it relates to new reforms being proposed by the Government post Bill C-69
Family Reunification- Timely and Equitable processing for protected persons and refugees
CBSA  Removals - Seeking a moratorium on removals ahead of the regularization program
CBSA- Guidelines on Gender based violence and gender considerations
Immigration Refugee Board- policies and processes affecting refugee rights
Federal Budget - Funding for refugee support Services, resettlement, eligibility and determination processes.
CBSA  Removals- ensuring  that changes to the fee structure does not harm rights of vulnerable migrants
Bill C-2, concerns with proposed changes to the Immigration and refugee protection Act, and to new authorities for data sharing, lack of consultation
Canadian Border Service Agency- Processing of refugee Claimants at the Border
Bill C-20 concerning oversight of CBSA and the need to ensure third party access for raising a complaint as well as need for recourse and redress in relation to removals where a complaint has been made
Refugee Resettlement- Timely and Equitable processing and effective support services
Immigration  Levels - Increasing the levels for Resettled refugees and Protected Persons
Temporary Foreign Worker Program- with respect to the need to end closed work permits and create open work permts