By: Brad McNeil, PhD Student (McMaster University)
This brief blog post presents Oracle’s lobbying communication reports submitted for the months of November and December 2022. Also presented are the government contracts valued over $10,000 that Oracle signed during these months. Though Oracle did not register many communication reports over the combined months of November and December 2022. However, it appears that Oracle is focused on issues related to the procurement of government contracts.
Oracle Canada: November and December Lobbying Summaries
In November 2022, Oracle Canada logged one lobbying communication on the subject of “Budget” with a Deputy Director of Policy at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN).
Oracle also logged one lobbying communication on the topic of “Government Procurement” with an Assistant Deputy Minister of the Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS). Oracle’s lobbying profile on the Registry of Lobbyist website notes broadly that the company “seeks to identify and secure federal procurement opportunities as it relates to innovating public service delivery.” Through November and December 2022, Oracle signed seven government contracts. These contracts were signed with Global Affairs Canada ($38,356.74), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ($12,603.88), National Research Council Canada ($19,635.50), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada ($42,995.74), Sgoogleocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($42,995.74), Shared Services Canada ($24,119.90), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ($217,480.97). The work description for these contracts involves activities related to the optimization of the listed government department’s application development and delivery software.
| Communications | Lobbied | Subject Matters | Responsible Officer |
| 2022-11-04 | Bud Sambasivam, Deputy Director of Policy Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN) | Budget | Pierre Cyr (Consultant) |
| Communications | Lobbied | Subject | Responsible Officer |
| 2022-12-01 | Ross Ermel, Assistant Deputy Minister Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS) | Government Procurement | Kevin Tetreault (Consultant) |