Lobbying registration dated 2026-01-16
Registrant: Adam Legge
Client: Business Council of Alberta
Targeted institutions:
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Transport Canada (TC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Justice Canada (JC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
House of Commons
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
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)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Federal natural resources and environment policy. Unlocking investment and growth in Canada's natural resource industries, and how they can contribute to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and environmental goals. Discriminatory and/or counterproductive impacts on Alberta and Alberta-concentrated industries.
Preserving and enhancing Canada’s access to trade opportunities in global markets; addressing trade disputes, including the differing impact of those disputes across Canada.
Increased supports for training, skills development and re-training to help Albertans and Canadians access high-quality jobs and help businesses address labour and skills shortages. The need is especially acute given the changing nature of work and the opportunities created by energy transition.
Attracting investment to Alberta and Canada by exploring ways to address regulatory barriers to business investment and create a competitive business landscape.
Maintaining access to US markets in the face of tariff threats and CUSMA renewal. Discussing how issues related to defence spending, border crossings and illegal drug/gun trafficking impact trade and trade policy.
Providing information via our "Alberta Update" to senior government officials on economic developments in the province. Exploring ways to improve co-operation and collaboration between the federal and provincial governments.
Working to address labour force challenges through targeted immigration efforts for skilled and in-demand occupations, and to increase social and economic prosperity. Modernizing Canada's approach to selection of economic immigrants and addressing outstanding issues in terms of foreign credential recognition, process modernization and newcomer supports.
Removing barriers to interprovincial trade.
We are seeking to enhance Indigenous economic opportunities through the creation of a federal equivalent to Alberta's AIOC. Doing so would promote Indigenous economic participation and equity sharing agreements in resource development and other projects.
Exploring strategies to support economic growth in Alberta and Canada while ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability and broad-based prosperity. Providing an update on the Business Council of Alberta’s priorities, including productivity, competitiveness, labour shortages, infrastructure, and housing, and identifying opportunities to collaborate with the federal government on advancing shared policy goals.
Proposing amendments to the new greenwashing provisions which, as written, will undermine Canadian businesses’ ability to raise capital, take risks, innovate, and make good-faith environmental progress in uncertain conditions.
Enhancing global market access for Alberta exports - tidewater access for pipelines, need for investment in trade-related transportation infrastructure, need to address internal trade barriers.
Expressing our opposition to the proposed emissions cap as being bad for the environment, the economy, the federation, and Canada’s international standing.
Exploring opportunities to increase economic activity and value-added processing in agriculture; and discussing the removal of barriers to achieving that goal.
The federal government should respect the CRTC’s Fibre to the Premise decision, which supports a more competitive telecommunications sector and reinforces regulatory autonomy, a principle that is key to investor confidence and a dynamic business environment across all sectors of the Canadian economy.
Improving Canada's system of major project approvals and permitting to allow projects to get built faster, generate economic growth and advance Indigenous Economic Diversification. Issues range from speeding up environmental impact assessments, to removing fed/prov duplication, to better coordinating permitting processes across the federal government.
The merits and drawbacks of the federal government's proposed oil and gas sector emissions cap; and the most efficient, cost-effective ways to promote a competitive energy sector in Alberta while working towards deep emissions cuts.
Federal policy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050: The future of Alberta's energy sector and the role it can play in helping to achieve that policy goal.
Proposing amendments to the Clean Electricity Regulations that reflect  the concerns of Alberta businesses.