Lobbying registration dated 2026-03-09
Registrant: John Downey
Client: International Union of Operating Engineers
Targeted institutions:
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Service Canada (ServCan)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Transport Canada (TC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Elections Canada
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Health Canada (HC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
Legislative bills: C-5
Acts: Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act
Building Canada Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the creation of the various Workforce Alliances
Discussions on the Employment Insurance system and positive changes that can be made to better protect workers.
Advocating for Implementation of a national, universal pharmacare program
Advocating for a program to promote labour mobility between areas of higher unemployment and labour shortages. This program would grant favoured tax status to participants (workers) in the construction and maintenance sector travelling to obtain full time employment in a trade deemed to be experiencing labour shortages.
Discuss the impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian jobs and the economy
Addressing the high cost of living and investing affordable housing
Clean electricity regulations and emissions cap
Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the use of Temporary Foreign Workers
Federal Budget - with respect to infrastructure funding,  tax incentives for skilled labour and funding for union training centres.
Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the  Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) review  of possible expansion and future viability of the Baffinland Mine and  the impact these matters have on the workers (our members) at the mine.
Conversations with Government and elected officials regarding the Sustainable Jobs Action Plan and the Sustainable Jobs Partnership Council
Advocate for support of Enbridge's Sunrise Expansion Program (T-South).
Advocating for federal support and policies to develop and deploy Small Modular Rectors and promote the nuclear industry to meet Canada's Climate change goals within Canada and assist Canada in its transition to a low carbon economy
Advocating for increased funding to the apprenticeship incentive grant and completion grant and the Union Innovation Training Program (UTIP)
Amendments to the Red Seal Program with respect to criteria of certification
Advocating that Elections Canada amend or clarify rules around unions ability to communicate with their members during a Federal Election
Conversations with Government around their framework on the Oil and Gas emmissions cap and the impact it may have on workers and the idea of using some of the funds from the cap to go to training for existing and emerging new energy sectors
Advocate for support the future and livelihood of oil and gas workers and their communities as Canada moves to a low-carbon economy.
C-5 An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.
Foreign Workers Program - with respect to Foreign Credentials and Temporary Workers