TELUS reported 17 communications with federal officials in August, including the Prime Minister's Office chief of staff and the Clerk of the Privy Council, the lobbying registry shows.
🏛️ LOBBYING TELUS ($T.NE) met Prime Minister's Office staff once in August, per the lobbying registry. In all, 17 meetings with the federal government in August (152 in the past 12 months), on telecommunications, science and technology and privacy and access to information.This post is also on Threads
What the filings show
TELUS (TSX: T) reported 17 meetings with the federal government in August, according to monthly communication reports filed with the federal lobbying registry. That brings the company to 152 meetings with the federal government over the past 12 months.
The social post above says 16 Members of Parliament hold T shares, including 9 Liberals and 6 Conservatives; the records show 15, made up of 8 Liberal, 6 Conservative and 1 Bloc Québécois. The post also rounds the past year's federal grants and contributions to $120 million, against $119.5 million in the disclosure records.
Who TELUS met
On August 4 the company met Marc-André Blanchard, chief of staff in the Prime Minister's Office, and Michael Sabia, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet at the Privy Council Office. Blanchard is Prime Minister's Office staff rather than the Prime Minister.
Most of the month's contacts were at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada: Anushka Kurian, director of policy, and Simon Wood, senior parliamentary affairs advisor, on August 7 and August 25; Mark Schaan, associate deputy minister, on August 7 and August 26; Benjamin Ebadi, regional advisor for the West and North, on August 7 and August 29; Peter Wall, director of communications, on August 7; and Minister of Industry MéLanie Joly, senior policy advisor Tim Logan and Quebec strategic advisor Penela Guy on August 31. Varun Srivatsan, director of policy at Finance Canada, was met on August 11 and August 25.
The reports also list four parliamentarians and a senator: Connie Cody (Conservative), a member of the Science and Research committee, and Tim Louis (Liberal), parliamentary secretary for intergovernmental affairs and One Canadian Economy, on August 10; Arielle Kayabaga (Liberal), a member of the Board of Internal Economy, and Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal), parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, on August 11; and Senator Paula Simons on August 26.
What the meetings covered
Telecommunications was cited in 12 of the reports, science and technology in 6, privacy and access to information in 2, and international trade in 1.
TELUS across the public record
Fifteen Members of Parliament hold TELUS shares, 8 Liberal, 6 Conservative and 1 Bloc Québécois, according to disclosures on the federal ethics registry. Eleven provincial legislators also hold the stock: 2 BC NDP and 1 BC Green and 1 Independent in British Columbia, 2 United Conservative and 1 Alberta NDP in Alberta, 1 Green and 1 Ontario NDP in Ontario, 1 Liberal in Nova Scotia and 1 Independent in the Northwest Territories.
Federal proactive disclosure records show 69 contracts worth $16.5 million to the company over the past 12 months, the most recent dated June 23, 2026, and 4 grants and contributions worth $119.5 million, the most recent dated February 1, 2026.
Share price context
TELUS closed at $11.25 on October 5, 2026.
