Ashton Arsenault

Consultant lobbyist · Crestview Strategy

Ashton Arsenault of Crestview Strategy reported 10 meetings with Members of Parliament since October 2025, with 10 MPs on behalf of 4 clients, most often Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc..

10 MP meetings since October 202510 MPs4 clients at those meetings10 clients registered since January 2025#86 among consultant lobbyists

Former public office: Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Issues Management, Canada Revenue Agency, until 2015. The registry flags this as a designated public office, a senior role. The Lobbying Act bars former designated public office holders from consultant lobbying for five years after leaving, unless the Commissioner grants an exemption. The revolving door

Meetings with MPs

10 communication reports naming a Member of Parliament since October 2025, newest first, with the registrant's own description where one was filed.

Date	Client	MPs	Subjects
2026-06-09	Rumble Canada Inc. Communicating with the Government of Canada about broadcasting policy, including the governing of online content.	Dane Lloyd	Justice and Law Enforcement; Broadcasting; Media
2026-04-23	TJP Labs INC. To have discussions with respect to Canadian manufacturing capacity for products under Canada’s Food and Drug regulations destined exclusively for export to international markets.	Juanita Nathan	Health; International Trade
2026-04-22	Sunoco LP Discussing key issues focusing upon investment tax credits for co-processing within federal budgets and as a tax incentive for bio-diesel, low carbon fuel production, and the environment.	Shannon Stubbs	Energy; Environment; International Trade; Taxation and Finance; Budget
2026-04-22	Sunoco LP Discussing key issues focusing upon investment tax credits for co-processing within federal budgets and as a tax incentive for bio-diesel, low carbon fuel production, and the environment.	Ellis Ross	Energy; Environment; International Trade; Taxation and Finance; Budget
2026-04-16	Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. The Tobacco Act - Tobacco Products Information Regulations and Tobacco Reporting Regulations	Amanpreet Gill	Health; Taxation and Finance
2026-03-10	Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. The Tobacco Act - Tobacco Products Information Regulations and Tobacco Reporting Regulations	Arnold Viersen	Health; Taxation and Finance
2025-11-25	Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. Border security as it relates to contraband tobacco and the movement of contraband tobacco throughout Canada.	Dan Mazier	Health; Taxation and Finance; National Security/Security
2025-11-20	Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. The Tobacco Act - Tobacco Products Information Regulations and Tobacco Reporting Regulations	Grant Jackson	Health; Taxation and Finance
2025-11-20	Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. Border security as it relates to contraband tobacco and the movement of contraband tobacco throughout Canada.	Burton Bailey	Taxation and Finance; National Security/Security
2025-10-21	Rumble Canada Inc. Communicating with the Government of Canada about broadcasting policy, including the governing of online content.	Aaron Gunn	Justice and Law Enforcement; Broadcasting; Media

Lobbying is legal and registered. A meeting may be about anything; the subjects are the ones the registrant reported. Counts are communication reports in the federal Registry of Lobbyists that name a Member of Parliament or Parliamentary Secretary, one per report, since October 2025. Registrants have until the 15th of the next month to file, so recent weeks are undercounted.

Names are as the registrants filed them; MPs link to their pages when the name matches a sitting MP. Source: Registry of Lobbyists, Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada (lobbycanada.gc.ca). How this is counted: most active lobbyists.