Registration - Consultant Lobbyist

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada / Michael McKinnon, Consultant Lobbyist

Registration Information

Client name: The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada
Lobbyist name: Michael McKinnon, Consultant Lobbyist
Initial registration start date: 2025-12-02
Registration status: Active
Projected end date: No date provided
Registration number: 10820-6350

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Total number of Lobbying Activity Reports: 1

Lobbying Activity Reports - last 6 months: 1

Version 1 of 1 (2025-12-02 to present)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will the consultant lobbyist be arranging meetings between a public office holder and the client for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed:

Yes

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy and recommendations regarding data centres, power allocation, partnerships with First Nations, sustainable economic development, and development of sovereign AI capacity	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Colleges & Universities, Economic Development and Trade, Employment and Training, Energy, Government Procurement, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Telecommunications

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Citizens' Services
Energy and Climate Solutions
Finance
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Jobs and Economic Growth
Office of the Premier

Contingency Information

Payment to the consultant lobbyist by the client, in whole or in part, is not contingent on the outcome of this lobbying activity.
Payment to the consultant lobbyist by the client, in whole or in part, is not contingent on the success in arranging a meeting with public office holders on behalf of the client.

Client Details

Client Contact Information

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada

Address:
1, Carrefour Alexander Graham Bell
Verdun, QC H3E 3B3
Canada

Description of Business Activities

Bell Canada and its affiliates deliver a wide range of service innovations to consumers, businesses and government customers across Canada including wireless, Internet and TV, Wireless Home Internet, cloud and data hosting, IP voice and collaboration and Internet of Things. Bell Media operates the country’s top media brands, and is a leading investor in Canadian content creation, including local television and radio news, sports and entertainment programming, and other original TV and film productions.

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of the organization that has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity.

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Note: The requirement to provide all government funding requested in the last 12 months was no longer required after May 27, 2025.

Received Government Funding

The Received Government Funding table below is not intended to be additive. Adding all of the entries together does not necessarily provide an accurate sum of all government funding received. There may be redundancy (reporting of the same funding more than once) caused by overlap in the "Date/Period Received" between 2 or more entries.

Source of Government Funding	Funding Received	Date/Period Received
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	$122,158.81	2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Develop Nova Scotia	$10,968,310.86	2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$8,559,073.06	2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure (MOI)	$16,805,554.15	2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT)	$2,251,347.14	2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31

View all received government funding history

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Bell Media and its Media Affiliates
- 299 Queen St. W.
  Toronto, ON M5V 2Z5
  Canada
Bell Mobility
- 5099 Creekbank Road 6E
  Mississauga, ON L4W 5N2
  Canada
FX Innovation
- 400 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest suite 1100
  Montreal, QC H3A 1L4
  Canada
iTel Networks Inc.
- 22 Adelaide Street West Suite 4300 East
  Toronto, ON M5H 4E3
  Canada
Northwestel
- 301 Lambert Street
  Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4Y4
  Canada

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

The activities of The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.

Lobbyist Details

Michael McKinnon | Former Public Office Holder Positions in BC

Business address:
595 Bay Street
Suite 1202
Toronto, ON M5G 2C2
Canada

Relevant Codes of Conduct

The consultant lobbyist does not have in place an undertaking to comply with any relevant codes of conduct.

Political, Sponsorship and Recall Contributions

Consultant has lobbied, or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this client, on or after 2024-09-21:

Yes

Has made a political contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2024-09-21:	Consultant:	Yes
	Client:	No
Has made a sponsorship contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2024-09-21:	Consultant:	No
	Client:	No
Has made a recall contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2024-09-21:	Consultant:	No
	Client:	No

Details of the political, sponsorship or recall contributions can be found at the Financial Reports and Political Contributions System (FRPC) website.

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders

No gifts or benefits were provided to public office holders

Individuals Hired or Subcontracted to Lobbying on behalf of the Client

No records

Consultant Lobbyist Firm and Address

Firm: Enterprise Canada

Address:
595 Bay Street
Suite 1202
Toronto, ON M5G 2C2
Canada

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada

Name change history

Name change history
Name	From	To
The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada	2025-12-02	current

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada

Senior Officer History
Senior Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)

Michael McKinnon, Enterprise Canada (Consultant Lobbyist)

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Designated Filers are required to submit a Lobbying Activity Report for each lobbying activity with a senior public officer holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the designated filer) will appear on all in-house Lobbying Activity Reports, whether or not he/she participated in the activity.

Note: Lobbying Activity Reports are due on the 15^th day of each month for lobbying activities that took place in the previous month.

Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.

Results 1-1 of 1

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada
Consultant Lobbyist: Michael McKinnon

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Glen Clark, Board Chair | British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Adrian Dix, Minister | Energy and Climate Solutions
- Spencer Chandra Hebert, Minister | Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
- Hon. David Eby, Premier | Office of the Premier
Lobbying Activity date: 2025-12-02
Posted date: 2025-12-12
Lobbying Activity number: 6350-47737 View Lobbying Activity Report

Michael McKinnon, Enterprise Canada (Consultant Lobbyist)

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Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.

Results 1-1 of 1

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada
Consultant Lobbyist: Michael McKinnon

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Glen Clark, Board Chair | British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Adrian Dix, Minister | Energy and Climate Solutions
- Spencer Chandra Hebert, Minister | Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
- Hon. David Eby, Premier | Office of the Premier
Lobbying Activity date: 2025-12-02
Posted date: 2025-12-12
Lobbying Activity number: 6350-47737 View Lobbying Activity Report

List of Former Public Offices Held in BC

List of Former Public Offices Held in BC
Position	Period Held
Deputy Director of Communications Office of the Premier	September 2022 to November 2022
Communications Manager Office of the Premier	October 2019 to September 2022

Date Modified:: 2025-11-05

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Registration - Consultant Lobbyist

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada / Michael McKinnon, Consultant Lobbyist

Registration Information

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Version 1 of 1 (2025-12-02 to present)

Version 1 of 1 (2025-12-02 to present)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Contingency Information

Client Contact Information

Description of Business Activities

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Received Government Funding

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

Relevant Codes of Conduct

Political, Sponsorship and Recall Contributions

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders

Individuals Hired or Subcontracted to Lobbying on behalf of the Client

Consultant Lobbyist Firm and Address