Lobbying registration dated 2026-03-17
Registrant: Carole Saab
Client: FEDERATION OF CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES
Targeted institutions:
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Canada Infrastructure Bank
Service Canada (ServCan)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
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)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Justice Canada (JC)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
National Research Council (NRC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Health Canada (HC)
Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
CUSMA Secretariat
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Government funding received:
Institution: Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Amount: 2942000.00
Institution: Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Amount: 1300.00
Institution: Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Amount: 235000.00
Institution: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Amount: 6480700.00
Institution: Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Amount: 7195600.00
Lobbying activity details:
International municipal development;
Canadian foreign policy with regard to Global Affairs Canada (GAC) funded programs overseas in various countries
Emergency preparedness and security measures:
Emergency preparedness policies and programs with regard to the cost and implementation of emergency equipment and first responder support;
Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund;
Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA);
Wildfire response;
Flood mapping;
Community safety and crime prevention. National/contract policing; Community-based mental health and substance use care; Opioids and harm reduction; Auto thefts; Crime prevention through social development; Community corrections; Federal and municipal roles and responsibilities regarding policing duties and funding
Rural, remote and northern municipal issues:
Federal policies and programs with regard to delivering infrastructure funding in rural, remote and northern communities, trade irritants effecting rural, remote and northern communities, the development and implementation of the northern strategy in the three territories and the development of a rural champion at the federal cabinet level.
Telecommunications and Technology: 
Telecommunications policies with regard to universal broadband access throughout Canadian communities, antenna tower and municipal rights-of-ways.
Federal policies and programs with regard to improving accesses to affordable housing, reducing homelessness, increasing social infrastructure required for immigration and refugee settlement and integration support.
Homelessness;
Encampments;
Affordable housing;
Housing supply;
Refugee and asylum seeker settlement;
Housing Accelerator Fund;
Reaching Home;
Rapid Housing Initiative;
Housing-enabling infrastructure;
Federal policies and programs with regard to improving accesses to affordable housing, reducing homelessness, increasing social infrastructure required for immigration and refugee settlement and integration support. Homelessness; Encampments; redevelopment of public lands required to support communities that support the Canadian Armed Forces and its members.

Affordable housing;
Housing supply;
Refugee and asylum seeker settlement;
Housing Accelerator Fund;
Rapid Housing Initiative;
Housing-enabling infrastructure;
Redevelopment of public lands;
Discussions with government officials concerning carbon emissions from fertilizer as it relates to municipalities and efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
Environmental and sustainable development policies and programs with regard to local climate change mitigation and adaptation;
Disaster mitigation and adaptation;
Capacity building for sustainable community planning;
Greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions;
Water management, watershed planning, wastewater, and stormwater policy;
Urban forest management and stewardship;
Brownfield redevelopment;
National Adaptation Strategy;
Greener Homes Grant;
Green Building Strategy;
Green Municipal Fund.
Municipal Finance and Intergovernmental Arrangements Revenue sharing with the federal and provincial governments:  Federal policies and programs with regard to the payments in lieu of taxes (PILTs) system,  intergovernmental partnerships, recognition of municipal governments contributions to economic growth, the fiscal imbalance between each order of governments revenues options and their responsibilities to provide services and programs to Canadians.
Municipal Growth Framework.
Rail, Airports and Ports: Federal policies and programs with regard to access to national and international markets for trade, intra-city movement of people and goods and sustainability of small and rural communities. Municipal role in the G-7 &G-20 and trade negotiations with foreign countries surrounding tarrifs.
Guidelines for urban transit, intra and extra urban transit systems:
Infrastructure and Transportation policy with regard to the development of guidelines, policy and dedicated funding for urban, intra and extra urban transit systems;
Intercommunity bus;
Aerodromes and airports;
Intra and extra urban transit systems;
Municipal/railway proximity issues;
Trade corridors;
Shipping routes and sea ports;
Municipal-aboriginal relations issues: 
Federal policies and programs with regard to municipal-aboriginal relations, resources to meet the needs of the aboriginal population living in municipalities, municipal consultation and communication regarding land management and additions to reserve.
Urban and Rural Indigenous Housing;
Municipal-aboriginal relations
Federal infrastructure program funding, including (but not limited to) Infrastructure Canada
Canada Community Building Fund;
Infrastructure programs and funding;
Permanent Public Transit Fund;
Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) financing;
Investing in Canada infrastructure Plan;
Universal Broadband;
Rural, remote and northern infrastructure;
Support for farmer-centric policies and strategies that improve resiliency in the face of extreme weather, mitigate against rising costs and inflation, support food security, improve access to new markets while partnering to share the costs of reaching Canada's climate targets; Carbon emission-reduction targets related to fertilizer