Candice St-Aubin

Seeking support for renewal of Urban Program for Indigenous People;

Seeking funding for Friendship Centres to deliver programs and services to urban Indigenous Peoples and to discuss opportunities for collaboration with the Government of Canada to strengthen supports for urban Indigenous communities. Seeking Friend Centres' participation in Canada Community Security Program (CCSP) and other programs that address Friendship Centres' evolving security and safety needs. Seeking funding to support Friendship Centres delivering emergency assistance to Indigenous Peoples and their families impacted by wildfires and flooding. Seeking federal support for Friendship Centre-led housing and infrastructure initiatives, including funding opportunities under the Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy. Seeking support for renewal of Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples

To further the capacity of communities and Addiction Treatment Centers to address substance use and addiction.

As per Government of Canada commitments related to child well-being and safety, build a national movement to improve the lives of Canada’s children.

As per the Government of Canada's commitments related to children's health and well-being and the protection of their rights, the object of Children First Canada's lobbying is to build support for policies and investments that improve the lives of 8 million young Canadians.

We engage with various elected and staff officials in the federal government on issues relevant to urban life, including the governance and financing of municipal governments. and specific federal funding and policies that affect urban life, including housing, mental health, economic development, small businesses, land use, infrastructure, urban planning and design, heritage, support for tourism and culture, immigration, skills development and employment, climate, and equity, the health of neighborhoods and downtowns as places. This has been particularly true during COVID.

Federal budget 2026 approaches to gender equality funding for women's and gender justice organizations, investment in the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence, advancing implementation of GBA Plus, investment in child care, strengthening online safety regulation and platform accountability, inclusion of young women and gender-diverse youth in skilled trades program. Care Economy and pay inequity for women & gender-diverse people with disabilities & care economy Online Harms, tech-facilitated GBV, and the need for new federal legislation on platform regulation and governance Presented and discussed of selected grantees for National Capacity Building funds through funding for Women and Gender Equality Canada Creating relationship with the office of the Minister of Jobs and Families to advance issues related to gender equality Arranging a roundtable with the Minister of Women and Gender Equality to meet with women's and gender justice organizations to discuss gender issues Advancing gender equality during current shifts in economic policy, women in the economy including trades, child care, northern gender equality, gendered digital harms Youth mental health, gender-based violence, advancing gender equality and community resilience in northern territories. Discussed priority areas for programming and funding: expansion of the National Action Plan on Gender-based Violence, initiatives on gendered digital harms, advancing gender equality and community resilience in the northern territories and intersectional approaches to addressing youth mental health. Encouraged support for creation of a Feminist Finance Fund, and a transformative Gender Equality Philanthropic Fund. Shared Foundation research on Gendered Digital Harms, including advocating for recommendations based on findings, including the need for legislation and regulation. Educating federal government decision-makers on the Foundation's role in supporting community-based youth mental health work, share insights into state of youth mental health with special regard to impacts of racism and anti-trans initiatives, and funding to support community organizations serving youth to address these issue Requesting continuation of funding through the Women's Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Fund for our Partnering for Feminist Entrepreneurship Project, and discussion of the Feminist Business Model. Private members Bill for Signal for Help Day on gender-based violence Contiinuing supports for women, girls and gender-diverse people and government action on expanding gender equality Signal for Help with gender-based violence, youth mental health, Gender Justice Sustainability fund Gender gap in emergency preparation and disaster management, support for Climate, Gender and Disaster Network Funding and training and inclusion of an intersectional gender lens to close the gender gap in emergency preparedness and disaster management planning, address intersectional gender impacts of climate crisis events, and re-establish a Climate, Gender and Disaster Network Suggested changes to employment conditions for migrant workers, especially those involved in the care economy during the pandemic Submitted letter to the CRTC in support of the application by Egale Canada (Egale) calling for the removal of Fox News from the list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution in Canada. Sought and supported calls for gun control measures Seeking funding to sustain and expand the Foundation's Northern Strategy for women and gender diverse people, focused on supporting economic empowerment and development for Indigenous women, Two Spirit and gender-diverse people. Seeking change to labour standards regarding domestic violence in the workplace Renewal of the Investment Readiness Program 2024-2029 Re-introduction and adoption of amendments to Bill C-21 to define and ban assault-style firearms Regularization of immigration status for migrant workers in Canada Meeting with

Meetings with public office holders to advance several of Nishnawbe Aski Nation's policy priorities and funding requests at the federal level including housing and infrastructure development, environmental conservation and climate change, child and family services, and community safety.

Advocacy for investment in the Canadian energy sector. Advocacy to advance international collaboration to support sustainable development. Advocacy to support funding for higher education programs and research initiatives in the health sciences. Advocacy to advance Canadian leadership in key areas through long-term support for major research facilities and initiatives. Advocacy related to policies that impact international students. Advocacy to represent university interests in the allocation of land. International collaboration to support the reputation of Canadian universities abroad. Advocacy to advance Canadian leadership in priority areas, including artificial intelligence and defence, to support world-class research and the attraction and retention of top talent, including, but not limited to, specific calls for proposals. Regulations related to visitor visas to support international engagement. Support in principle for high-speed rail along the Québec–Toronto corridor and advocacy for the inclusion of a stop in Kingston. Advocacy to secure support in the budget for post-secondary education, research, innovation, and science. Advocacy to increase support for university research, including research funding and granting programs administered by the tri-agencies (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR) and other departments and agencies. Advocacy to enhance support for university research mobilization and commercialization. Timeliness of decisions regarding Temporary Residence Visas in the recruiting of international faculty. Student assistance and financial support for higher education, sources of funding to be determined. Science and Technology Policy - Operating funding for major scientific installations and equipment from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Regulations related to the provision of immigration advice (under section 91 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act) Military and Veteran's Health - seeking support for the national research program of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health through Veterans Affairs Canada and the Department of National Defence. Maintenance and growth in funding for investigator-driven grants from tricouncils. Indirect Costs of Research Program - increase in support to levels of international peers, source of funding to be determined. Funding for infrastructure to support advanced research and teaching Funding for health sciences initiatives - Obtain federal funding to extend the value chain of cancer clinical trails in Canada. Sources of funding to be determined. FedDev Ontario Applied Research and Commercialization (ARC) initiative to support applied research and commercialization for SME-University partnerships

Introduction to the federal government to discuss St. John Ambulance Canada's health and public safety initiatives and programs.