Registration - Consultant

Square Canada, Inc. / Stefano Hollands, Consultant

Registration Information

Client name: Square Canada, Inc.
Previous client names
Lobbyist name: Stefano Hollands, Consultant
Initial registration start date: 2020-10-05
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 946969-367394

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 26

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 1

Version 12 of 13 (2024-01-18 to 2024-06-17)

Registration versions:

Version 12 of 13 (2024-01-18 to 2024-06-17)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Aboriginal Affairs
Arts and Culture
Broadcasting
Budget
Consumer Issues
Economic Development
Financial Institutions
Industry
Privacy and Access to Information
Regional Development
Science and Technology
Small Business
Taxation and Finance
Tourism

Subject Matter Details

Policies or Program

Discuss challenges confronting Canadian small and medium size businesses and consumers in the digital economy.
Square Canada, Inc. seeks to collaborate with policymakers and Canada’s financial services industry to think beyond what’s established and help remove barriers that keep people from having equal access.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication

The lobbyist has arranged or expects to arrange one or more meetings on behalf of the client between a public office holder and any other person in the course of this undertaking.

Government Institutions

Bank of Canada
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
Senate of Canada
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

Client Details

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

Client Contact Information

Address:
119 King Street West
Suite 400
Kitchener, ON N2G 1A7
Canada

Telephone number: 415-375-3176
Web address: www.square.ca

Client representative

Leslie Jackson, Head of Corporate Communications and Policy

Parent Company Information

Block, Inc.
- 1455 Market Street
  Suite 600
  San Francisco, CA 94103
  United States of America

Coalition Members Information

Square Canada, Inc. is not a coalition.

Individual, organization or corporation with a Direct Interest Beneficiary Information

Block, Inc.
- 1455 Market Street
  Suite 600
  San Francisco, CA 94103
  United States of America

Subsidiary Beneficiary Information

Square Technologies, Inc.
- 119 King Street West
  Suite 400
  Kitchener, ON N2G 1A7
  Canada

Lobbyist Details

Stefano Hollands | No public offices held

Business address:
80 Richmond Street W
Suite 400
Toronto, ON M5H 2A4
Canada

Telephone number: 416-645-2912

Consultant Firm and Address

Firm: Crestview Strategy

Address:
80 Richmond Street W
Suite 400
Toronto, ON M5H 2A4
Canada

Telephone number: 416-645-2912

Square Canada, Inc./

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
Square Canada, Inc./	2024-06-17	current
Square Canada, Inc./	2022-02-08	2024-06-17
Square Technologies, Inc./	2022-02-03	2022-02-08
Square Inc./	2020-10-05	2022-02-03

Square Canada, Inc.

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)

Stefano Hollands, Crestview Strategy (Consultant)

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Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.

Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15^th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.

Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.

Results 1-26 of 26

Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Arash Rahmani, Senior Special Assistant | Office of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development
Communication date: 2024-01-17
Posted date: 2024-01-18
Communication number: 367394-591056 (amended from 367394-591055) View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Etienne-Rene Massie, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister | Small Business and Marketplace Services | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Subject Matter of the communication: Industry, Small Business, Economic Development
Communication date: 2023-10-30
Posted date: 2023-11-06
Communication number: 367394-581264 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Kendra Wilcox, Director of Policy | Minister's Office (Small Business) | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Chris Zhou, Policy Advisor | Minister's Office (Small Business) | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Subject Matter of the communication: Industry, Small Business, Economic Development
Communication date: 2023-10-30
Posted date: 2023-11-03
Communication number: 367394-581042 (amended from 367394-581040) View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Alyssa Schatz, Policy Advisor | Office of the Minister of Indigenous Services | Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development, Aboriginal Affairs
Communication date: 2023-10-30
Posted date: 2023-11-03
Communication number: 367394-581041 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Jaxson Khan, Policy Advisor | Minister's Office | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Subject Matter of the communication: Financial Institutions, Industry, Small Business, Economic Development, Science and Technology
Communication date: 2022-10-03
Posted date: 2022-10-12
Communication number: 367394-543284 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Griffin Marsh, Director of Policy | Minister's Office | Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development, Regional Development, Aboriginal Affairs
Communication date: 2022-10-03
Posted date: 2022-10-12
Communication number: 367394-543282 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Etienne-Rene Massie, Director General | Small Business and Marketplace Services | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Charles Vincent, Assistant Deputy Minister | Small Business and Marketplace Services | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development, Regional Development, Science and Technology
Communication date: 2022-10-03
Posted date: 2022-10-12
Communication number: 367394-543281 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Colin Deacon, Senator | Senate of Canada
Subject Matter of the communication: Financial Institutions, Industry, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Economic Development
Communication date: 2022-10-03
Posted date: 2022-10-12
Communication number: 367394-543279 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Philip Lawrence, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development, Science and Technology
Communication date: 2022-08-17
Posted date: 2022-09-14
Communication number: 367394-541457 (amended from 367394-541454) View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Husain Aboghodieh, Policy Advisor | Office of the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development | Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Industry, Small Business, Economic Development
Communication date: 2022-08-10
Posted date: 2022-08-10
Communication number: 367394-539457 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Ellen Kuschnik, Director of Parliamentary Affairs | Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development, Aboriginal Affairs
Communication date: 2022-07-25
Posted date: 2022-07-27
Communication number: 367394-538886 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Laurence Harvey, Senior Policy Advisor | Minister's Office | Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development, Aboriginal Affairs
Communication date: 2022-06-22
Posted date: 2022-07-27
Communication number: 367394-538885 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Jeff van Duynhoven, External Consultant | Finance Canada (FIN)
- William Gibson, Economist | Financial Services Division | Finance Canada (FIN)
- Alin Charrière, Senior Economist | Financial Services Division | Finance Canada (FIN)
- Rishanthi Pattiarachchi, Director – Special Projects | Financial Sector Policy Branch | Finance Canada (FIN)
Subject Matter of the communication: Financial Institutions, Industry, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Economic Development
Communication date: 2021-11-29
Posted date: 2021-11-30
Communication number: 367394-516273 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Isabelle Jacques, Assistant Deputy Minister | Financial Sector Policy Branch | Finance Canada (FIN)
- Soren Halverson, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister | Financial Sector Policy Branch | Finance Canada (FIN)
- Erin O'Brien, Director General | Finance Canada (FIN)
- Nicolas Marion, Senior Director, Payments Policy | Finance Canada (FIN)
- Rishanthi Pattiarachichi, Director | Finance Canada (FIN)
Subject Matter of the communication: Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Industry, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
Communication date: 2021-10-25
Posted date: 2021-10-25
Communication number: 367394-514883 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Etienne-Rene Massie, Director General | Small Business and Marketplace Services | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Jennifer Cairnie, Director | Consumer Policy, Small Business Branch | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Shane Dolan, Director | Research and Analysis/BDC, Small Business Branch | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development, Regional Development
Communication date: 2021-10-04
Posted date: 2021-10-04
Communication number: 367394-514401 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade | Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Ivana Spasovska, Senior Special Assistant, Regional Affairs & Stakeholder Relations | Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development
Communication date: 2021-06-23
Posted date: 2021-07-07
Communication number: 367394-509749 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Frances McRae, Assistant Deputy Minister | Small Business and Marketplace Services | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Etienne-Rene Massie, Director General | Small Business and Marketplace Services | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Robert Smith, Executive Director | Innovation Solutions Canada | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development, Regional Development
Communication date: 2021-06-15
Posted date: 2021-06-15
Communication number: 367394-508631 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Ivana Spasovska, Senior Special Assistant, Regional Affairs & Stakeholder Relations | Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business
Communication date: 2021-05-21
Posted date: 2021-06-15
Communication number: 367394-508630 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Alessia Avola, Special Policy Assistant | Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development
Communication date: 2020-11-25
Posted date: 2020-12-17
Communication number: 367394-491962 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Laurence Harvey, Policy and Regional Advisor, Quebec | Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development
Communication date: 2020-11-18
Posted date: 2021-01-15
Communication number: 367394-493442 (amended from 367394-491961) View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Jamie Schmale, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Industry, Small Business, Tourism
Communication date: 2020-11-12
Posted date: 2020-11-13
Communication number: 367394-487366 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Dylan Robichaud, Constituency Assistant | MP Jamie Schmale | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Industry, Small Business, Tourism
Communication date: 2020-11-06
Posted date: 2020-11-13
Communication number: 367394-487364 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Caroline Bourbonnière, Head of Appointments and Policy Advisor | Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Raphael Yacobi-Harris, Policy Advisor | Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Tourism, Arts and Culture
Communication date: 2020-11-04
Posted date: 2020-11-13
Communication number: 367394-487373 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Caroline Séguin, Director of Policy | Economic Development & Official Languages | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Subject Matter of the communication: Industry, Small Business, Tourism
Communication date: 2020-10-21
Posted date: 2020-11-13
Communication number: 367394-487362 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Dylan Robichaud, Executive Assistant | Office of Jamie Schmale, MP | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Tourism, Economic Development
Communication date: 2020-10-15
Posted date: 2020-10-15
Communication number: 367394-485072 View associated registration
Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Adam Lukofsky, Senior Policy Advisor | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business
Communication date: 2020-10-15
Posted date: 2020-10-15
Communication number: 367394-485071 View associated registration

Stefano Hollands, Crestview Strategy (Consultant)

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Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.

Results 1-26 of 26

Square Canada, Inc.
Consultant: Stefano Hollands

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Arash Rahmani, Senior Special Assistant | Office of the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Small Business, Economic Development
Communication date: 2024-01-17
Posted date: 2024-01-18
Communication number: 367394-591056 (amended from 367394-591055) View associated registration

Date Modified:: 2024-04-04

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Square Canada, Inc. / Stefano Hollands, Consultant

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Associated Communications

Version 12 of 13 (2024-01-18 to 2024-06-17)

Version 12 of 13 (2024-01-18 to 2024-06-17)

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Subject Matter Details

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Government Institutions

Government funding

Client Contact Information

Client representative

Parent Company Information

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Individual, organization or corporation with a Direct Interest Beneficiary Information

Subsidiary Beneficiary Information

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