Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-10
Registrant: Dennis Darby
Client: Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada (CME)
Targeted institutions:
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Transport Canada (TC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Justice Canada (JC)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
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)
Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Office of the Quebec Lieutenant
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Health Canada (HC)
Competition Tribunal (CT)
Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Government funding received:
Institution: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Amount: 301000.00
Lobbying activity details:
Matters related to military and defence procurement
Discussing issues within Quebec's manufacturing sector, including Temporary Foreign Workers.
Advocate for supply chain issues as they related to transportation and logistics, labour shortages/strikes, rising fuel and energy costs, regulatory changes such as ESG compliance laws, broken supply chains due to transportation barriers/strikes and long wait times for materials, etc.
Advocate for the simplification, modernization and harmonization of the Canada's border regulations, including Beyond the Border.
Advocating for extension of existing IRCC pilot programs
Matters related to the renewal of CUSMA.
Matters related to advancing female workforce in the manufacturing industry.
Advocated for broad supports to Canada's manufacturing sector to cope with U.S. trade developments. This includes relief for technology investment, on-the-job training, excise duty, broad red tape reduction, using both grants (e.g. SIF) and taxation (e.g. capital gains, corporate tax, excise duty).
Plastic issues as they are related to waste, pollution, health, single-use plastics, sources of plastic waste, government-industry cooperation in reducing plastic pollution, strengthening sustainable economies, protecting the environment, plastic registry, PFAS, etc
Advocate for an increase in the investment supports and funding available to manufacturers.
Advocating for Health Canada-related policies that impact manufacturing.
Advocating for specific implementation measures related to recent policies or measures outlined in the latest budget process.
Advocate for policies to enhance Canadian manufacturing productivity
Matters related to upcoming RNNR Committee priorities on energy, forest, minerals and metals, and earth sciences sectors, and the impacts on the industry.
Advocate for comprehensive harmonized policy and investment strategies that support Canadian manufacturers' ability to access and develop the efficient and effective labour force they require to sustain and grow business in respect to literacy and essential skills, manufacturing related occupational standards, technical innovation and entrepreneurship, labour, immigration and Foreign Workers.
Matters related to the impacts of rules limiting the intake of temporary foreign workers on manufacturing business.
Matters related to trade with USA as they related to trade policies, tariffs, trade agreements, regulatory reform, retaliatory measures, tariff policy, remissions/relief policies considered by the federal government, provincial impact of implementing tariffs, etc.
Advocating for improvements to Canada's trade-enabling transportation infrastructure.
Advocate for  Labour and skills shortages, support for workforce development training and education
Matters related to EI, worksharing program
Advocate for assistance to manage the frequent disruption of critical transportation infrastructure due to trade conflict and better financial support for trade corridors and a flexible regulatory approach for trucking regulations, renewal of iZEV program, removal of the luxury tax which impacts aircraft manufacturing
Advocate for reform to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program to make it easier for manufacturers and exporters, especially small and medium sized businesses, to access the program by reducing associated regulatory and paper burden.
Advocate for support for Canada's steel industry
Advocate for a national manufacturing and exporting strategy that includes innovation and investment supports, skills development and effective trade policies.
Critical minerals issues as they are related to barriers to extraction and processing, environmental impacts, social impacts, technological challenges, limited energy options, etc.
Advocate for improvements to Canada’s Hydrogen Strategy
Matters related to the expected impact of US tariffs on manufacturing sectors and discuss funding opportunities for BuyCanada and BuyOntario Campaigns.
Discuss the upcoming priorities of the RNNR Committee and its impact on the industry