12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada / Mirko Bibic, President and CEO

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2025-07-28

Who is lobbying?

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada (Address & business activities)

Mirko Bibic, President and CEO

Government Funding

Did The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada receive government funding within the last 12 months? Yes

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.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada has the following affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities:

Bell Media and its Media Affiliates (Address information)
Bell Mobility (Address information)
FX Innovation (Address information)
iTel Networks Inc. (Address information)
Northwestel (Address information)

Affiliates as entered in previous versions
Registration version: 3
- Bell Media and its Media Affiliates (Address information)
- Bell Mobility (Address information)
- FX Innovation (Address information)
- Northwestel (Address information)

Other Affiliates

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

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada:

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will any of the lobbyists listed within this registration arrange a meeting between a public office holder and any other individual for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed below:

Yes

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Programs, policies and regulations related to making telecommunications services available and connectivity in British Columbia.	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	Consumer Issues, Economic Development and Trade, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Infrastructure, Telecommunications
Programs, policies and regulations related to making telecommunications services available and connectivity in British Columbia.	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	Consumer Issues, Economic Development and Trade, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Infrastructure, Telecommunications
Programs, policies and regulations related to making telecommunications services available and connectivity in British Columbia.	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	Consumer Issues, Economic Development and Trade, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Infrastructure, Telecommunications

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Who is being lobbied?

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Citizens' Services
Finance
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Ministries/Provincial Entities in previous versions
- Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation

Who are the lobbyists?

In-house Lobbyists

Lobbyist

Contributions

Michele Austin
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: No

James Driedger
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: No

Scott Frischholz
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: No

Maggie Papoulias
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2024-09-21: No

Registration number: 10666-5685
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Lobbying Activity Reports

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?
Date	Arranging a Meeting	Lobbyists	Senior Public Office Holder, Position Title \| Ministry/Provincial Entity	Subject Matters
2025-02-19	Yes	Scott Frischholz , Michele Austin , Maggie Papoulias , James Driedger	Rachel Greenspan, Executive Director Network BC \| Citizens' Services	View

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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)	$338,938.89	2023-09-01 to 2024-08-01
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	$122,158.00	2024-02-01 to 2025-02-28
Develop Nova Scotia	$10,411,203.30	2023-09-01 to 2024-08-01
Develop Nova Scotia	$10,968,310.00	2024-02-01 to 2025-02-28
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$7,955,315.47	2023-09-01 to 2024-08-01
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$8,559,073.00	2024-02-01 to 2025-02-28
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$3,845,544.00	2025-03-28 to 2025-07-24
Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure (MOI)	$31,744,715.93	2023-09-01 to 2024-08-01
Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure (MOI)	$40,110,475.00	2024-02-01 to 2025-02-28
Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure (MOI)	$20,950,664.00	2025-03-10 to 2025-07-23
Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT)	$2,321,338.19	2023-09-01 to 2024-08-31
Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT)	$2,251,347.00	2024-02-01 to 2025-02-28

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Date Modified:: 2025-11-05

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12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada / Mirko Bibic, President and CEO

Who is lobbying?

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada (Address & business activities)

Government Funding

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

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Other Affiliates

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

What is being lobbied?

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Who is being lobbied?

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Who are the lobbyists?

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?

12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada / Mirko Bibic, President and CEO

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada (Address & business activities)

Government Funding

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

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Other Affiliates

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Ministries/Provincial Entities

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada - Address & business activities

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada or Bell Canada / Mirko Bibic, President and CEO

Bell Media and its Media Affiliates

Bell Media and its Media Affiliates

FX Innovation

FX Innovation

Bell Mobility

Bell Mobility

Northwestel

iTel Networks Inc.

Northwestel

Received Government Funding