Lobbying registration dated 2026-01-12
Registrant: Samer Bishay
Client: Iristel Inc.
Targeted institutions:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
Senate of Canada
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Legislative bills: C-8
Acts: Telecommunications Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Budget 2025: Canada Strong, with respect to Chapter 1.4 on promoting affordability, enhancing competition, improving consumer choice for telecommunications services; as well as supporting dependable infrastructure amongst Northern, remote, rural, and Indigenous communities.
Bill C-8, "An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts", with respect to the potential impacts of the bill on the operations and compliance obligations of telecommunications service providers.