Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-16
Registrant: Sabrina Geremia
Client: Google Canada Corporation
Targeted institutions:
Service Canada (ServCan)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Shared Services Canada (SSC)
Transport Canada (TC)
Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Justice Canada (JC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
House of Commons
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Bank of Canada
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Health Canada (HC)
Competition Tribunal (CT)
Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Legislative bills: C-8
C-412
C-11
C-63
S-210
S-209
C-72
C-27
C-18
Acts: Income Tax Act
Criminal Code
Telecommunications Act
Bank Act
Online News Act
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act
Retail Payment Activities Act
Copyright Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Communicating with government officials about public service policies and programs designed to encourage more open government.
Communicating with government officials about the Online News Act (formerly Bill C-18), more specifically about the regulation of online content.
Communicating with government officials, in general, about digital sovereignty.
Communicating with government officials about Internet policy, more specifically as it relates to cyber-security and national security.
Communicating with government officials about public service policies and programs that will promote greater digital skills.
Communicating with government officials about the Income Tax Act, more specifically about expanding section 19 to cover digital advertising.
Communicating with government officials, in general, about broad-based opportunities and challenges facing the Canadian economy, including opportunities and challenges facing the technology sector.
Communicating with government officials about artificial intelligence (AI), including about (i) the potential regulation of AI by government, (ii) potential uses for AI in government, (iii) investments in AI by government, including via the AI Compute Access Fund, (iv) technological developments related to AI, (v) the promotion of AI literacy, training and skills development and (vi) the development, implementation and amendment of AI policies, including but not limited to the “Canadian Guardrails for Generative AI – Code of Practice”,  the “Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems” and the “Canadian AI Sovereign Compute Strategy.
Communicating with government officials about broadcasting policy, more specifically about governing online content.
Communicating with government officials about the Copyright Act, more specifically about user rights and intermediary liability.
Communicating with with government officials about the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 (formerly Bill C-27), more specifically the creation of the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act, and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act.
Communicating with government officials about Bill C-8 (“An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts”), including as it relates to the amendment of the Telecommunications Act, S.C. 1993, c. 38, and the enactment of Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act.
Communicating with government officials about the Online Streaming Act (formerly Bill C-11), more specifically about the regulation of online content.
Communicating with government officials about "An Act to enact the Protection of Minors in the Digital Age Act and to amend the Criminal Code" (formerly Bill C-412), more specifically about the regulation of online content.
Communicating with government officials, in general, about opportunities and challenges facing the creator economy, including as it relates to skills training, content creation and economic conditions.
Communicating with government officials about the Income Tax Act, more specifically about the 'digital renovation tax credit' for small and medium sized businesses.
Communicating with government officials about the provision of technology services.
Communicating with government officials about "An Act respecting the interoperability of health information technology and to prohibit data blocking by health information technology vendors" (formerly Bill C-72), more specifically about the regulation of digital content.
Communicating with government officials about existing and proposed credit counselling regulations under the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act, S.C. 2001, c. 9 and the Bank Act, S.C. 1991, c. 46.
Communicating with government officials about the design and implementation of the National Anti-Fraud Strategy (announced in November 2025).
Communicating with government officials about proposed and existing youth privacy and age assurance measures, including the potential establishment of a youth privacy code. These communications may touch on, but are not limited to, the consultation launched by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
Communicating with government officials about Bill S-209 (“An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material”), including as it relates to the enactment of the Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act.
Communicating with government officials about industry and government efforts to promote online safety including but not limited to (i) combatting misinformation and disinformation, (ii) ensuring child safety, (iii) reducing online scams and fraudulent activity, (iv) minimizing online spam and (v) removing harmful online content.
Communicating with government officials about immigration and visa policies, more specifically about policies that will promote and maintain a highly-skilled workforce.
Communicating with government officials about its proposed open banking regime, more specifically its proposed accreditation framework, rules and technical standards.
Communicating with government officials about "An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to sexually explicit material" (formerly in Bill S-210).
Communicating with with government officials about the Online Harms Act (formerly Bill C-63), more specifically about the regulation of online content.
Communicating with government officials about election integrity, more specifically measures to ensure the integrity of the 45th Canadian General Election.
Communicating with government officials about the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), formerly known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), more specifically about intellectual property and digital trade.
Communicating with government officials about Internet advertising policy, more specifically about the adoption of digital media and advertising by government.
Communicating with government officials about taxation policy, more specifically about proposed changes to the taxation of technology companies.
Communicating with government officials about innovation policy, more specifically about policies and programs related to the adoption of technology by small and medium-sized enterprises.
Communicating with government officials about the Copyright Act, more specifically about reforms to the Copyright Board of Canada.
Communicating with government officials about the Retail Payment Activities Act.