Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-16
Registrant: Farhaz Thobani
Client: Kyndryl Canada Limited
Targeted institutions:
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Shared Services Canada (SSC)
Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Elections Canada
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
National Research Council (NRC)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Legislative bills: C-8
C-27
C-26
Acts: Telecommunications Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Communicating with government officials about policies related to artificial intelligence (AI), including about (i) the federal government's "Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems" and (ii) the federal government's proposed pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, including its proposed "AI Compute Access Fund" and proposed "Canadian AI Sovereign Compute Strategy".
Communicating with government officials about the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement ("CUSMA"), formerly known as the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"), more specifically those provisions related to digital trade.
Communicating with government officials about the "Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022" (formerly Bill C-27), more specifically about artificial intelligence.
Communicating with government officials about investments in Kyndryl systems and services.
Communicating with government officials about "An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts" (formerly Bill C-26), more specifically about cyber security.
Communicating with government officials, in general, about broad-based opportunities and challenges facing the information technology sector in Canada and the potential for collaboration between the information technology sector and government.
Communicating with government officials about procurement policies, procedures and processes, including those related to digital sovereignty and those related to "Buy Canadian".
Communicating with government officials about Bill C-8 ("An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts"), more specifically as it relates to the regulation cyber activities.
Communicating with government officials about digital IDs and credentials, more specifically about (i) the potential regulation of digital IDs and credentials and (ii) the potential uses of digital IDs and credentials.