Lobbying registration dated 2026-01-07
Registrant: Barry Sawyer
Client: United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW Canada)
Targeted institutions:
Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
House of Commons
Office of the Federal Housing Advocate
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Acts: Pay Equity Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Automation with respect to the creation of an advisory council and study.
With respect to making housing costs more affordable, rent support and national rent control standards.
Equity for First Nations Children in Canada with respect to the adoption of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society's Spirit Bear plan.
Employment Insurance with respect to lowering the accumulated hours needed to access E.I. sick benefits to 360 hours of work in the 52 week period. Extending E.I. sickness benefits from 15 to 50 weeks and eliminating the 1 week waiting period to access benefits.
Federal Pay Equity Act, with respect to implementing the recommendations of the 2004 Pay Equity task force and to begin closing the Gender Wage Gap.
Indigenous Rights with respect to appropriate funding and resources to support the development of necessary publicly delivered
water infrastructure to indigenous communities across Canada.
Digital platform work with respect to app-based workers Rights, Benefits, Earning standards and Occupational Health and Safety protections.
Canadian, US and Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA) with respect to protection of Canadian Supply Management and strengthening the Labour Chapter.
Universal Childcare with respect to the creation of a publicly funded and publicly administered National Childcare program.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program - requesting a more robust immigration program and greater access to permanent residency for workers, particularly where there is a genuine labour market shortage; ensuring that  Canadians and permanent residents are more efficiently engaged in the labour market to substantially decrease unemployment in Canada
Employment Labour Shortage in First Nations Communities with respect to education to employment barriers on and off reserve.
With respect to the energy sector, a just-transition program that includes all workers affected by changes including training and upskilling workers into new jobs.
National Food Policy with respect to the establishment of a national food policy council inclusive of tripartite involvement and representation.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls with respect to implementing the calls to justice recommended by the final report of the National Inquiry of the MMIWG.
Formerly known as M 444: A motion to establish a coordinated National Action Plan to Address Violence Against Women with respect to prevention measures, Service, legal and social policy responses.