John O'Leary

Consultant lobbyist · Crestview Strategy

John O'Leary of Crestview Strategy reported 10 meetings with Members of Parliament since October 2025, with 11 MPs on behalf of 5 clients, most often Meetings Mean Business Canada.

10 MP meetings since October 202511 MPs5 clients at those meetings9 clients registered since January 2025#91 among consultant lobbyists

Former public office: Director of Communications, Privy Council Office, until 2017. 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
2026-07-29	Public Service Alliance of Canada Educating and informing Canadian government officials and Parliamentarians about the impacts and risks of eliminating public service workers to the policies and programs on which people rely.	Greg Fergus	Employment and Training; Labour; Budget
2026-07-21	Orbis Ask the government for funding to support vision care programs, including screening and outreach. Highlight the need for financial transparency and show how this will help patients and create jobs.	Brendan Hanley, Zachary Popowich	Employment and Training; Financial Institutions; Health; Aboriginal Affairs; Budget
2026-04-21	Meetings Mean Business Canada Raise awareness of Meetings Mean Business Canada and its ongoing work.	Patrick Weiler	Immigration; Industry; Internal Trade; International Relations; Small Business
2026-04-21	Meetings Mean Business Canada Raise awareness of Meetings Mean Business Canada and its ongoing work.	Charles Sousa	Immigration; Industry; Internal Trade; International Relations; Small Business
2026-04-21	Meetings Mean Business Canada Raise awareness of Meetings Mean Business Canada and its ongoing work.	Ben Carr	Immigration; Industry; Internal Trade; International Relations; Small Business
2026-03-09	Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association Engage with key ministries and key personnel to build awareness of SIMSA’s significant economic impact and ability to deliver upon Canada’s resource and energy sectors. This can be through receiving funding from departments such as Natural Resource Canada, PrairiesCan and the department of Finance.	Wade Grant	Environment; Taxation and Finance; Economic Development; Natural Resources
2026-02-10	Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association Engage with key ministries and key personnel to build awareness of SIMSA’s significant economic impact and ability to deliver upon Canada’s resource and energy sectors. This can be through receiving funding from departments such as Natural Resource Canada, PrairiesCan and the department of Finance.	Salma Zahid	Environment; Taxation and Finance; Economic Development; Natural Resources
2025-12-04	Orbis Ask the government for funding to support vision care programs, including screening and outreach. Highlight the need for financial transparency and show how this will help patients and create jobs.	Judy A. Sgro	Employment and Training; Financial Institutions; Health; Aboriginal Affairs; Budget
2025-11-14	Public Service Alliance of Canada Educating and informing Canadian government officials and Parliamentarians about the impacts and risks of eliminating public service workers to the policies and programs on which people rely.	Yasir Naqvi	Employment and Training; Labour; Budget
2025-10-23	Music Canada Amendments to the Broadcasting Act - to ensure that the Broadcasting Act protects and supports Canadian music creators and their works in the digital environment.	James Maloney	Intellectual Property; Broadcasting

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.