Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-16
Registrant: Patrick Deane
Client: Queen's University
Targeted institutions:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Shared Services Canada (SSC)
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Transport Canada (TC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
National Research Council (NRC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Bank of Canada
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Health Canada (HC)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Acts: Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Government funding received:
Institution: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Amount: 16798000.00
Institution: Health Canada (HC)
Amount: 96000.00
Institution: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Amount: 39421000.00
Institution: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Amount: 29689000.00
Institution: Canada Foundation for Innovation
Amount: 19653000.00
Institution: Other federal
Amount: 28691000.00
Institution: Other provinces
Amount: 562000.00
Institution: Foreign
Amount: 6427000.00
Institution: Canada Research Chairs
Amount: 9894000.00
Institution: Provincial
Amount: 265175000.00
Institution: Municipal
Amount: 145000.00
Lobbying activity details:
Funding for infrastructure to support advanced research and teaching
Science and Technology Policy - Operating funding for major scientific installations and equipment from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Student assistance and financial support for higher education, sources of funding to be determined.
Advocacy to increase support for university research, including research funding and granting programs administered by the tri-agencies (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR) and other departments and agencies.
Timeliness of decisions regarding Temporary Residence Visas in the recruiting of international faculty.
Indirect Costs of Research Program - increase in support to levels of international peers, source of funding to be determined.
FedDev Ontario Applied Research and Commercialization (ARC) initiative to support applied research and commercialization for SME-University partnerships
Regulations related to the provision of immigration advice (under section 91 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act)
Maintenance and growth in funding for investigator-driven grants from tricouncils.
Funding for health sciences initiatives - Obtain federal funding to extend the value chain of cancer clinical trails in Canada. Sources of funding to be determined.
Advocacy to advance Canadian leadership in priority areas to support world-class research, talent attraction and retention, and defence.
Advocacy to secure support in the budget for post-secondary education, research, innovation, and science.
Military and Veteran's Health - seeking support for the national research program of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health through Veterans Affairs Canada and the Department of National Defence.
Advocacy to enhance support for university research mobilization and commercialization.