A new database which tracks meetings between federal Designated Public Office Holders (DPOHs) and registered lobbyists has been up and running since July 2 but it was only recently that the first big haul of entries to that database appeared. Lobbyists are required to disclose meetings with DPOHs once a month and do that within 15 days of the end of each month.
So, from that first's months filings, I've put together a list of which ministers met with which lobbyists.
You will note that Brock Carleton, the executive director for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities really made the rounds — registering a meeting with Prime Minister Harper and 10 other cabinet ministers. In fact, according to the FCM, what happened was this: Carleton and several mayors from his organization were invited to the some of the social events held while the Conservative caucus was meeting in Quebec City. Because Carleton is a registered lobbyist and because this was “a scheduled meeting”, for the purposes of the new lobbyist regulations, he felt obligated to note and disclose each public officer holder he ran into with a gaggle of mayors behind him. The meetings, the FCM says, were little more than meet-and-greets at a party barbeque but nonetheless, the FCM believed that it was required to disclose even that kind of meeting.
One important note about this list: For corporations, the CEO or top executive at the company is listed as the ‘responsible officer’ for the purposes of filing these things. But though that CEO is listed as the “responsible officer' it may not be the CEO who took the meeting. So, for example, Ron Brenneman, the CEO of Petro-Canada is listed as having ‘met with’ Jim Prentice. Now it could have been Brenneman who met with Prentice but it may also have been his designate, such as a vice-president responsible for government relations. Unless the company volunteers that information — and so far, in my experience calling around to some of these companies, they are not volunteering anything other than what they've already disclosed — it would be fair to say only that a representative of the organization met with the named minister. As for a lobbyist who works for an government relations firm and is representing a client, so far it's been my experience that it was the actual named lobbyist who met with the named minister. So, if you've got that straight, here's the list:
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister
· Jayson Myers, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
· Buzz Hargrove, CAW
David Emerson, Foreign Affairs Minister
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
· Murray Elston, Canadian Nuclear Association
Jean-Pierre Blackburn
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Monte Solberg, Human Resources Minister
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
· Constance McKnight, National Network for Mental Health
Chuck Strahl, Indian and Northern Affairs
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
· Harold Kvisle, TransCanada Pipelines
Gary Lunn, Natural Resources Minister
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
· Pierre Alvarez, Canadian Assn of Petroleum Producers
· Gary Holden, Enmax Corporation
· Gary Leach, Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada
· Bruce March, Imperial Oil Ltd.
· Mark Nelson, Chevron Canada
Peter MacKay, Defence Minister
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
· Robert Brown, CAE Inc.
Loyola Hearn, Fisheries Minister
· Jim Hankinson, Ontario Power Generation
· Nora Sobolov, The Lung Association
Stockwell Day, Public Safety Minister
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Vic Toews, Treasury Board Pres.
· Jayson Myers, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
Rona Ambrose, Intergovernmental Affairs / WEDC
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Diane Finley, Citizenship and Immigration
· Linda Vandendriessche , Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers' Marketing Board (2 meetings)
Gordon O’Connor, Revenue Minister
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Jim Prentice, Industry Minister
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
· Pierre Alvarez, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
· Leonard Asper, Canwest Global
· Ron Brennaman, Petro-Canada
· Robert Brown, CAE Inc.
· Tom D’Aquino, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
· Randall Eresman, Encana Corp.
· Charles Fischer, Nexen Inc.
· Gary Holden, Enmax Corp.
· Harold Kvisle, TransCanada (2 meetings)
· Bruce March, Imperial Oil (3 meetings)
· Real Tanguay, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada.
John Baird, Environment Minister
· David Collyer, Shell Canada
· John Chrichton, NAV Canada
· Mary Granskou, Canadian Boreal Initiative
· Will Stewart, Ensight Canada – acting for Canadian Boreal Initiative
Lawrence Cannon, Transport, Infrastructure
· Michael Roschlau, Canadian Urban Transit Association
· Thierry Vandal, Hydro-Québec
Tony Clement, Health Canada / FEDNOR
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
· Paul Lucas, GlaxoSmithKline
Jim Flaherty, Finance Minister
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
· Alain Bellmare, Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
· Ed Clark, TD Bank
· Sean Durfy, WestJet
· Fred Green, Canadian Pacific Railway
· Harold Kvisle, TransCanada Pipelines Corp.
· Jeff Lipton, NOVA Chemical Corp.
· Paul Lucas, GlaxoSmithCline
· Ron McLaughlin, McLaughlin-Moses Strategic Advisory Services – acting for Genworth Financial
· Richard Waugh, Scotiabank
· Mike Wilson, Agrium Inc.
Michael Fortier, Intl Trade
· Perrin Beatty, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
· Phil Boyd, Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency
· Darcy Davis, Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance
· Richard Doyle, Dairy Farmers of Canada
· Tim Lambert, Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
· Dennis Laycraft, Canadian Cattleman’s Association
· Jay Myers, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
· Laurie Nicol, Ontario Independent Meat Processors
· Richard Phillips, Grain Growers of Canada (4 meetings)
· Ross Ravelli, Grain Growers of Canada (4 meetings)
· Rick White, Canadian Granola Growers Association
Peter Van Loan, Govt House Leader
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Gerry Ritz, Agriculture
· Phil Boyd, Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency
· Glenn Blakley, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
· Ron Bonnett,, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
· Darcy Davis, Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (2 meetings)
· Richard Doyle, Dairy Farmers of Canada (2 meetings)
· Eddy Dykerman, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
· Garnett Etsell, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
· Geri Kamenz, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
· Tim Lambert, Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
· Dennis Laycraft, Canadian Cattleman’s Association
· Laurent Pellerin, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
· Richard Phillips, Grain Growers of Canada (4 meetings)
· Jurgen Preugschas, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
· Gordon Quaiattini, Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
· Ross Ravelli, Grain Growers of Canada (4 meetings)
· Brigid Rivoire, Canadian Federation of Agriculture (2)
· Rick White, Canadian Canola Growers Association
· Ian White, Canadian Wheat Board
· Ian Wishart, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Christian Paradis, Public Works
· Jay Myers, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
Jay Hill, Secy of State / Whip
· Genevieve Young, Global Public Affairs, acting for International Commodities Export Corporation.
Jason Kenney, Secy of State for Multiculturalism
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Helena Guergis, Secy of State for Sport
· Jay Myers, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
Diane Ablonczy, Secy of State Small Business and Tourism
· Mark Nelson, Chevron Canada
James Moore, Secy of State 2010 Olympics
· Brock Carlton, Federation of Canadian Municipalities