Lobbying registration dated 2026-04-01
Registrant: Michelle Brenneman
Client: Mennonite Central Committee Ontario
Targeted institutions:
House of Commons
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Government funding received:
Institution: Canada Summer Jobs
Amount: 49877.00
Institution: Region of Waterloo
Amount: 177116.00
Institution: City of Timmins
Amount: 10000.00
Institution: Canada Council for the Arts
Amount: 20000.00
Lobbying activity details:
Expressing concern around Canada's military response to global conflict, with encouragement for investing instead in diplomacy, more development aid, support for peacebuilding efforts, and humanitarian assistance for displaced peoples.
Monitoring and encouraging implementation of Canada's Paris Agreement commitments around climate change.
Monitoring Canadian policies relating to environmental justice and encouraging Canada to take concrete steps to rectify past environmental injustices and prevent future environmental harms.
Encouraging strengthened nation-to-nation relations with Indigenous peoples through the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission final recommendations (ie. a public inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women, etc.)
Immigration and refugee protection policies and regulations relating to the sponsorship and settlement of refugees, in particular with respect to Canada's Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program
Monitoring Canadian policies related to grassroots peacebuilding and encouraging more Canadian support for peacebuilding programming especially to address the root causes of forced displacement.