Lobbying registration dated 2026-01-15
Registrant: Candace Laing
Client: Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Targeted institutions:
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Service Canada (ServCan)
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
VIA Rail Canada
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Shared Services Canada (SSC)
Transport Canada (TC)
Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
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)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Port Alberni Port Authority
Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL)
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (Port Metro Vancouver)
Bank of Canada
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Health Canada (HC)
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Competition Tribunal (CT)
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
Leaders’ Debates Commission
Marine Atlantic Inc.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Halifax Port Authority
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)
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
Acts: Patent Act
Competition Act
Canada Labour Code
Government funding received:
Institution: Halifax Port Authority
Amount: 11500.00
Institution: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
Amount: 28743.75
Institution: Export Development Canada (EDC)
Amount: 150481.25
Institution: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Amount: 45992.50
Institution: Montreal Port Authority
Amount: 51738.75
Institution: Canada Infrastructure Bank
Amount: 33900.00
Institution: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (Port Metro Vancouver)
Amount: 74497.50
Institution: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Amount: 1888921.25
Institution: Trans Mountain Canada Inc.
Amount: 10500.00
Institution: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Amount: 5203.00
Institution: ATB Financial
Amount: 70000.00
Institution: Investissement Quebec
Amount: 575.00
Lobbying activity details:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE – With respect to issues relating to trade controls, including tariffs, import and export controls, sanctions, and trade remedies.
TAXATION AND FINANCE - Responding to proposals addressing taxation of digital services.
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING – National Workforce Strategy, programs that support small and medium sized enterprises, improving collection and dissemination of Labour Market Information, establishing the Employment Insurance Council to institutionalize social dialogue between workers and employers on issues related to employment and training needs, addressing barriers to labour mobility, improving effectiveness of employment supports and skills training.
DEFENCE - Creating industrial opportunities for Canadian businesses through increased defence procurement and related defence policies.
TAXATION AND FINANCE - Maintaining and expanding real-time data made freely available to Canadian businesses, municipalities, academic researchers, and community groups.
IMMIGRATION - Reducing regulatory burdens for employers; promoting immigration to small, rural and northern communities; supporting regional and local community immigration strategies; maintaining and modernizing the Temporary Foreign Worker Program; Facilitating pathways to permanent residency for temporary residents (international students and TFWs; expediting and simplifying foreign credential recognition, calling for an international student and global talent strategy; improving language training as well as settlement and employment supports to newcomers, aligning immigration programs with labour market needs, improving the Start-Up Visa process, improving client services to potential immigrants and newcomers.
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (EI) - Conducting a comprehensive review of the EI program; reducing the regulatory and financial burden for employers; equalizing premium rates between employer and employee contributions; phasing out EI funding to programs that are not core to the mandate.
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT - Creating more opportunities for Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises, Indigenous, female and other under-represented entrepreneurs to learn about and compete for federal procurement opportunities.
PRIVACY AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION - Ensure that the modernization of Canada’s privacy legislation strikes the right balance between protecting consumers and promoting the ability of firms to innovate and compete by responsibly and securely using data.
TAXATION AND FINANCE –  With regard to undertaking a comprehensive and independent tax system review.
NATIONAL SECURITY/ECONOMIC SECURITY - Advancing policies related to enhancing Canada’s economic and national security. Key priorities include strengthening economic resilience, prudently navigating geopolitical challenges to trade and international relations, safeguarding business operations against new and emerging threats, and fostering conditions for economic growth.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Border infrastructure and CBSA programs/policies affecting importers and exporters.
AGRICULTURE - Promoting policies to enhance the domestic and international competitiveness of Canada's agriculture sector.
HEALTH – Ensuring we improve access to necessary medicines by building on rather than displacing the important role of private insurers and respecting provincial and territorial jurisdiction.
HOUSING - Advocate for policies and legislation that enable the creation of more housing supply, incentivize investment in residential construction and housing – enabling infrastructure, and support the development of skilled labour we need, whether domestically or through immigration, to restore housing affordability to Canadian families.
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT - Reform Canada’s procurement system to support investment and ensure a competitive business environment.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Creating the right investment incentives to foster vibrant competition in the sector as a whole; responding to decisions regarding third-party access that will impact the deployment of internet services in rural and remote communities; and responding to regulatory proposals re: cell phone pricing.
INFRASTRUCTURE - In regard to the development of a national infrastructure plan, priority infrastructure projects, border infrastructure, public private partnerships, funding models and government consultations.
INFRASTRUCTURE – Improvement of Canada’s infrastructure through the National Infrastructure Assessment, National Supply Chains Strategy, and establishment of a Canada Trade Infrastructure Plan.
INDUSTRY - Encouraging the government to strengthen regulatory cooperation and alignment through bodies like the Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); modernizing and streamlining regulatory frameworks to reduce red tape for businesses; supporting innovation by fostering regulatory flexibility that accommodates emerging technologies and industries; and enhancing the competitiveness of Canadian businesses by promoting harmonized standards across borders, facilitating smoother trade and market access.
INTERNAL TRADE - removing interprovincial barriers to trade, investment, and labour mobility within Canada
PENSIONS - Treatment of corporate pensions in the event of bankruptcy.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Advocate for policies and strategic investment that make education and talent development a national priority, support research and innovation, and champion science driven solutions, while strengthening commercialization and growing the capacity of businesses to adopt new technologies and to succeed at digital transformation.
INDUSTRY - Improving the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit program to drive innovation; increase the role that the federal government plays in creating opportunities for small and medium sized businesses to digitalize and conduct more business activities online; developing a digital economy strategy for Canada.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - Strengthening legislation to better protect businesses and IP through the Trademark, Copyright, and Patent Act; investigating the possibility of a Canadian form of a patent or innovation box to enhance the development and commercialization of intellectual property, including patents.
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE - Improving clarity and specificity for businesses around sustainable finance measures and advocating for made in Canada tools which reduce regulatory burden for Canadian businesses.
INDUSTRY – Ensuring that the Competition Act and related competition policy measures support a productive business environment.
NATURAL RESOURCES - Support for the adoption of policy recommendations to strengthen Canada’s world-leading position in the mining industry, oil and gas, and forestry products.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Advocate for future-proofed, globally competitive, and interoperable policies that position artificial intelligence as a positive economic driver, and support the responsible development, deployment, and use of AI in business.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Encouraging private sector generated economic development in Canada’s provinces and territories
TRANSPORTATION - Regarding the consistent funding of trade-enabling infrastructure projects; the development of a competitive and efficient transportation network including all modes of transportation; the fluidity and stability of supply chain operations, minimizing disruptions.
EDUCATION - Aligning employer and workforce needs with education and training; expanding skilling, upskilling, reskilling and work integrated learning opportunities.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Negotiating bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements and promoting them to Canadian businesses.
SMALL BUSINESS – Legislation, regulations and support programs that give Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the tools to grow in Canada and internationally, including reducing their red tape and compliance burden.
ENVIRONMENT - Policies regarding energy inputs for the mining of cryptocurrencies within Canadian jurisdictions and coordination with established Canadian utilities.
CYBER SECURITY - Encouraging the government to prioritize cybersecurity innovation, talent development, and critical infrastructure resilience; modernize research and development; accelerate commercialization in the space; support the secure digitalization of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and improve the global competitiveness of Canada’s cybersecurity industry.
INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS - With respect to federal government policies to improve the economic potential, contribution and capacity of Canada's Indigenous peoples as well as providing more clarity regarding the role of business in the duty to consult and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
INDUSTRY - Encouraging the government to invest in cybersecurity research & development (R&D) and innovation; expanding and diversifying the cyber workforce and talent pipeline; supporting the secure digitalization of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and improving the global competitiveness of Canada’s cybersecurity industry.
INDUSTRY – Expand investments in broadband and 5G internet to provide more access to rural and remote communities
CLIMATE - Regulations and programs related to zero emission vehicles, their sale, and deployment of necessary infrastructure.
TAXATION AND FINANCE – With regard to the measurement and improvement of Canada’s tax competitiveness, including: reforming the taxation, remittance, filing and audit processes of Canadian businesses and tax policy which improves the competitiveness of the Canadian business environment
INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Improving federal laws and regulations pertaining to responsible business conduct rules for Canadian companies.
ENVIRONMENT – Promoting the harmonization of regulations with provinces; impacts of the federal carbon pricing legislation on businesses; implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework for Clean Growth and Climate Change; review of Canada's environmental assessment process, and the Canadian Energy Regulator; carbon pricing regimes; carbon border adjustments; offset markets; and other policy measures towards Net Zero 2050 goals.
PRIVACY AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION - Improving digital privacy legislation to meet the needs of industry.
OPEN DATA - Maintaining and expanding real-time data made freely available to Canadian businesses, municipalities, academic researchers, and community groups.
ENERGY – Support policies to ensure the diversification of Canada’s trade in energy products to world markets, especially pipelines, transmission lines, renewable energy assets and Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) related major infrastructure projects.
LABOUR - Ensuring that any changes to the Canada Labour Code are implemented in response to defined and demonstrated issues and not to increase regulatory burdens for employers; minimizing labour disruption impacts on Canadian businesses and workers.
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT - Ensuring fair and open procurement practices to drive innovation and technology adoption in Canada.