Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-24
Registrant: Regan Watts
Client: The Canada Life Assurance Company
Targeted institutions:
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
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
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Health Canada (HC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Acts: Financial Institutions
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Discussion of taxation policy for financial institutions relating to dividends, share buybacks, and general corporate tax rates.
Federal tax policy and regulatory matters concerning the application of GST/HST to mutual fund trailing commissions. Engagement regarding implementation timelines, administrative guidance, and related impacts on financial services firms and investors.
The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act with respect to privacy, customer data, and data security
Guidelines of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions as they relate to insurance companies.
Federal Financial Services legislation review, with respect to Financial Institutions policies, infrastructure, open banking, and financial technology
Healthcare policy and potential legislation relating to employee benefit programs and the cost of pharmaceuticals, and healthcare policy related to virtual care services
Clarification of Goods and Services Tax (GST) / Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) with respect to the treatment of financial services.
To ensure that the needs of the financial sector in matters related to human resources as well as its capacity to service customers are properly reflected in legislation, policies and regulations in the context of the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis.
Digital Services Taxes and the introduction of Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 899 included in a recent Bill passed through the United States House of Representatives.
Working with policy makers to ensure adequate pension and retirement products and services are available to Canadians.
Seeking to raise awareness about prescription drug coverage policy considerations and concerns in context of national universal pharmacare proposals directly and as a participant in the Together for Better Health Coalition. Other related initiatives include high cost drugs for rare disease and PMPRB regulations
Review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act as it relates to insurance contracts.