Lobbying registration dated 2026-01-08
Registrant: Eric-Antoine Menard
Client: Amazon Web Services Canada, Inc.
Targeted institutions:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Shared Services Canada (SSC)
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Transport Canada (TC)
Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Justice Canada (JC)
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Finance Canada (FIN)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
National Research Council (NRC)
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Health Canada (HC)
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
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)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Legislative bills: C-8
C-2
C-27
Acts: Telecommunications Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Communicating with the Government of Canada about Bill C-8 (An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts).
Seeking to influence policy direction related to cloud based services.
Work with government to promote and support Canada’s digital economy, including advocating for the development of a high-skilled tech workforce.
AWS Canada is seeking government contracts with the Department of National Defence and other National Security Agencies with regard to Amazon Cloud-based solutions and related support services.
Communicating with the Government of Canada about the bill formerly known as C-27 (Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022), more specifically the creation of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act.
Communicating with the Government of Canada about Bill C-2 (An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related security measures).
Seeking government contract with multiple government departments and institutions with regards to Amazon Cloud based solutions and related support services.