Once a month, we partner up with LobbyIQ to update our readers on recent movements in the federal lobbying landscape in Ottawa. We provide separate coverage for each channel, defined by the most relevant industries, organizations, institutions, and subject matters.

Channel overview: This newsletter aggregates lobbying activity across all NAICS industries that map to the Defence umbrella.

Section A: Lobbying Activity by Industry

This section compares, by NAICS industry, the lobbying activity in Ottawa last month to its historical average.

Overall, lobbying across this channel's industries totalled 128 meetings in February 2026, compared to a 12-month average of 108.6 (+18%). This represents a roughly in line.

Foreign affairs and international assistance experienced a significant surge in lobbying activity — 4 meetings vs. a 12-month average of 1.7 (+140%).

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing experienced a notable increase in lobbying activity — 60 meetings vs. a 12-month average of 41.3 (+45%).

Section B: Lobbying by Industry for the Past Year

To contextualize, we show each industry's lobbying activity over the past 12 months. The combined view from Section A and B shows you whether recent differences are persistent trends or a break from the norm.

Top Industry Residual Trends for 2026-02

↳ Ship and boat building has shown a broadly upward trend in lobbying residuals over the past year.

↳ Ship and boat building displayed high volatility in its lobbying pattern, suggesting irregular or event-driven activity.

↳ Defence has shown a broadly upward trend in lobbying residuals over the past year.

↳ Defence displayed high volatility in its lobbying pattern, suggesting irregular or event-driven activity.

↳ Aerospace product and parts manufacturing has shown a broadly upward trend in lobbying residuals over the past year.

↳ Aerospace product and parts manufacturing displayed high volatility in its lobbying pattern, suggesting irregular or event-driven activity.

↳ Foreign affairs and international assistance displayed high volatility in its lobbying pattern, suggesting irregular or event-driven activity.

Section C: Lobbying Activity by Organization

In this section, we see the organizations with the most unusual lobbying behavior last month, defined by either unusually high or unusually low lobbying activity.

The organizations with the most notable increases in lobbying this month include: Provincial Aerospace Limited, Airbus Canada Limited Partnership, Rolls-Royce Canada Limited.

↳ Provincial Aerospace Limited: 8 meetings vs. 1.3 average (+500%).

↳ Airbus Canada Limited Partnership: 10 meetings vs. 5.3 average (+88%).

↳ Rolls-Royce Canada Limited: 5 meetings vs. 0.4 average (+1100%).

The organizations with the most notable decreases include: Roshel Inc..

↳ Roshel Inc.: 1 meetings vs. 4.2 average (-76%).

Section D: Lobbying of Government Institutions in the Past Month

Every time an organization lobbies, there is a government official representing a government institution at the other side of the table. This section shows the industry-institutions pairs with the most unusual lobbying behavior last month, defined by either unusually high or unusually low lobbying activity. Below that, we show the corresponding organization-institution pairs.

Industries → Government Institutions

Organizations → Government Institutions

Notable industry → institution pairs this month:

↳ Aerospace product and parts... → Innovation, Science and Eco...: 18 meetings (significant surge vs. avg 11.7, +54%).

↳ Aerospace product and parts... → National Defence (DND): 17 meetings (significant surge vs. avg 8.2, +106%).

↳ Defence → Innovation, Science and Eco...: 11 meetings (notable increase vs. avg 7.8, +40%).

Notable organization → institution pairs this month:

↳ Ontario Shipyards → House of Commons: 7 meetings (significant surge vs. avg 2, +250%).

↳ Airbus Canada Limited Partn... → Innovation, Science and Eco...: 5 meetings (significant surge vs. avg 1.9, +161%).

↳ Aerospace Industries Associ... → National Defence (DND): 4 meetings (significant surge vs. avg 1.7, +140%).

Section E: Industry and Organization Lobbying by Subject in the Past Month

All lobbying activity is tagged with a "subject matter". This section shows the industry-subject pairs with the most unusual lobbying behavior last month, defined by either unusually high or unusually low lobbying activity, and below it the organization-subject pairs with the most unusual lobbying behavior last month.

Industries → Subjects

Organizations → Subjects

Notable industry → subject pairs this month:

↳ Aerospace product and parts... → Defence: 44 meetings (notable increase vs. avg 29.6, +49%).

↳ Aerospace product and parts... → Industry: 40 meetings (notable increase vs. avg 33.2, +21%).

↳ Universities, colleges and ... → Defence: 35 meetings (significant surge vs. avg 16.6, +111%).

Notable organization → subject pairs this month:

↳ The Centre for Israel and J... → National Security/Security: 24 meetings (significant surge vs. avg 8.3, +188%).

↳ TELESAT CANADA → Defence: 19 meetings (significant surge vs. avg 10.7, +78%).

↳ University of Alberta → Defence: 17 meetings (significant surge vs. avg 4.3, +292%).

Section F: Last Month's Most Lobbied Politicians and Civil Servants

This section presents a list of the politicians and civil servants who took the most meetings with key industry players last month.

Most Lobbied Individuals by Sector

Most Lobbied Individuals by Organization

The most lobbied individual (by sector) was Aerospace product and parts manufacturing → Stephen Fuhr (House of Commons) with 5 meetings this month (12-month avg: 1.2).

↳ Defence → Stephen Fuhr (House of Commons): significant surge — 5 meetings vs. avg 1.1 (+362%).

↳ Aerospace product and parts manufacturing → Mélanie Joly (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)): significant surge — 4 meetings vs. avg 0.4 (+860%).

The most lobbied individual (by organization) was Ontario Shipyards → Chris Bittle (House of Commons) with 4 meetings this month (12-month avg: 1.1).

↳ Airbus Canada Limited Partnership → Stephen Fuhr (House of Commons): significant surge — 4 meetings vs. avg 0.6 (+586%).

↳ Provincial Aerospace Limited → Matt Hall (Prime Minister's Office (PMO)): significant surge — 3 meetings vs. avg 0.2 (+1100%).