Lobbying registration dated 2026-03-11
Registrant: Michelle Brenneman
Client: Mennonite Central Committee Ontario
Targeted institutions:
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
House of Commons
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Government funding received:
Institution: Region of Waterloo
Amount: 170000.00
Institution: Canada Summer Jobs
Amount: 49877.00
Lobbying activity details:
Immigration and refugee protection policies and regulations relating to the sponsorship and settlement of refugees, in particular with respect to Canada's Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program
Encouraging strengthened nation-to-nation relations with Indigenous peoples through the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission final recommendations (ie. a public inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women, etc.)
Monitoring and encouraging implementation of Canada's Paris Agreement commitments around climate change.
Expressing concern around Canada's military response to global conflict, with encouragement for investing instead in diplomacy, more development aid, support for peacebuilding efforts, and humanitarian assistance for displaced peoples.
Monitoring Canadian policies relating to environmental justice and encouraging Canada to take concrete steps to rectify past environmental injustices and prevent future environmental harms.
Monitoring Canadian policies related to grassroots peacebuilding and encouraging more Canadian support for peacebuilding programming especially to address the root causes of forced displacement.