Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-16
Registrant: Celeste van Tonder
Client: Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation
Targeted institutions:
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Transport Canada (TC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Acts: Fisheries Act
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
To raise awareness with respect to impacts that legislative, regulatory, policy or program changes may have on operations in Nunavut.
Policies or programs that pertain to trade-enabling infrastructure investment in northern regions at Infrastructure Canada, Transport Canada. CANNOR and other departments and agencies.
Reviews of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, the Fisheries Act and the Navigation Protection Act regarding potential impacts to arctic mining projects. Environmental Assessment recommendations.
Discussion of process following Government response to Nunavut Impact Review Board report re Phase Two Application. Discussion of Steensby component including financing through EDC.
Climate Change in relation to providing input and feedback regarding federal strategies/programs/policies to address Green House Gas emissions