Registry of Lobbyists
Inactive
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Activity Ended:
2024-07-25
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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Concrete Amendments to Bill C-63 (Online Harms Act) that will effectively combat antisemitism.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Budget
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Create a federally supported rental-property acquisition fund.
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Policies or Program
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International Development
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Create an oversight mechanism that enables the withholding of funds allocated to the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the purpose of developing a host nation curriculum as a component of its current UN Refugees Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) commitment.
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Policies or Program
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Budget
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Dedicate funding to create a publicly accessible digital archive of all records (government departments and agencies) relating to the Holocaust and then have Library and Archives Canada (LAC) organize and release them as non-redacted copies readily open and accessible to the public.
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Policies or Program
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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Direct the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Program (War Crimes Program), either to prosecute in Canada or to elicit extradition from extradition treaty partners or, where appropriate, enter into specific extradition agreements, in cases where the evidence available is such that, in the view of the Program, a prosecution or extradition request would succeed. Revocation of citizenship and removal should not be pursued in these cases.
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Policies or Program
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National Security/Security
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Dissolve Samidoun as a not-for profit corporation.
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Policies or Program
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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Ensure that Canada’s Hate Laws (under the Criminal Code) are enforced. Since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack, there has been a significant rise in antisemitic attacks against Canadian Jewry. Canada must take hate speech against the Jewish community seriously.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Arts and Culture
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For Canada to maintain its commitment to fighting antisemitism by developing a concrete plan to implement the universal use of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antimerism.
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Policies or Program
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Budget
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Help more charitable organizations cover the costs related to the construction of new affordable rental housing projects by revitalizing and improving access to National Housing Strategy (NHS) programs
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Policies or Program
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Arts and Culture
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Include funding in the 2025 budget to develop a 5-year
program to enhance the IHRA literacy of post-secondary students.
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Policies or Program
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Foreign Affairs
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Increase transparency including by facilitating the establishment of a coordination group, with a clear and formalized pathway for civil society to communicate requests to multiple governments for the implementation of targeted sanctions.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Privacy and Access to Information
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Introduce amendments to the Access to Information Act that would mandate the disclosure of all records relations to all records relating specifically to alleged Nazi war criminals in Canada and to any other Canadian citizen or resident who may have been complicit in carrying out the Holocaust and, all other Holocaust-related records (as defined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) in the possession of the Government of Canada.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Foreign Affairs
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Investigate why the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) is not being used to combat gross violations of human rights.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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National Security/Security
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Legislate a foreign agent registry.
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Policies or Program
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National Security/Security
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Listing terrorist organizations to the list of entities under Canada’s Criminal Code.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Foreign Affairs
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Propose solutions to rectify the general incoherence of Canada’s sanctions schemes, including by instituting clear and publicly available policy regarding which legislation is used in which circumstances, and ensuring that the various sanctions legislations are used in an internally consistent and cohesive manner.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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International Development
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Reinstate the pause on funding for UNWRA and ensure that conditions must be placed on the renewed UNRWA funding.
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Policies or Program
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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Rescind the June 14 appointment of the new Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission and commence an investigation into its vetting process.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Foreign Affairs
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Support the passage of legislation such as Bill S-247 (An Act to amend the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act that would, in the enforcement of sanctions, enable restrictions and prohibitions on activities in relation to family members, making it more difficult for gross human rights violators and kleptocrats to avoid the enforcement of sanctions by transferring, giving or selling their property to family members.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Foreign Affairs
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Support the utilization of the new mechanism to repurpose assets of sanctioned individuals and entities, and facilitate the establishment of a clear role for victims in this process, including a role for individual claimants, and the possibility of using assets to assist victims in war-torn countries and conflict zones.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Industry,
Science and Technology
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That the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry work with Canada’s federal research funding agencies to amend their funding agreements with institutions to include, as a component of the agreements, a provision that all activities funded by the agencies are conducted in consultation with the IHRA definition of antisemitism and its illustrative examples.
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Policies or Program
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Foreign Affairs
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The need for Canada to impose sanctions on the political leaders of Hamas (a listed terrorist entity), including Ismail Haniyeh, the Qatar-based head of Hamas's political wing, for their role in the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack against Israel.
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Policies or Program
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International Development
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Undertake a forensic audit of its UNWRA contributions to determine the amount that is allocated to the creation of host nation curriculums, and conduct a thorough review of the curriculums to ensure that they are compliant with both UNESCO and Canadians standards.
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Policies or Program
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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Ensure that Canada’s Hate Laws (under the Criminal Code are enforced). Since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack, there has been a significant rise in antisemitic attacks against Canadian Jewry. Canada must take hate speech against the Jewish community seriously.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Industry,
Science and Technology
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That the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry work with Canada’s federal research funding agencies to amend their funding agreements institutions to include, as a component of the agreements, a provision that all activities funded by the agencies are conducted in consultation with the IHRA definition of antisemitism and its illustrative examples.
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Policies or Program
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Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
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The Committee supports the articulation of B’nai Brith Canada’s objectives and activities in the areas of social justice and community care > Submissions to House of Commons and Senate committees on practical support for charities and non-profits responding to the COVID-19 pandemic; proposals to support work of Canada's Special Envoy pm Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
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The Committee, supporting B’nai Brith Canada and the League for Human Rights, works with government institutions and law enforcement agencies and organizations to pursue practical and durable solutions to the societal threat of hate speech and hate crimes > Presentation of results of annual audits of antisemitic incidents in Canada, encouraging adoption of a national action plan to combat antisemitism, promoting Holocaust education and awareness and lessons for contemporary society..
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Policies or Program
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Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted
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The Committee, supporting B’nai Brith Canada and the League for Human Rights, works with government institutions and law enforcement agencies and organizations to pursue practical and durable solutions to the societal threat of hate speech and hate crimes > Presentation of views to Canada’s Anti-Racism Secretariat, the Department of Canadian Heritage, Global Affairs Canada, other government agencies and parliamentarians on countering the spread of COVID-19-related antisemitism and hate speech and the Canadian need to raise Holocaust awareness.
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Policies or Program
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
| Date | DPOH, Position Title | Government Institution | Subject Matters |
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| 2024-06-28 |
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Justice and Law Enforcement |
| 2024-06-11 |
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National Security/Security |
| 2024-06-11 |
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Industry, Science and Technology |
| 2024-06-03 |
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Industry, Science and Technology |
| 2024-05-30 |
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Industry, Science and Technology |
| 2024-05-28 |
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Arts and Culture, Justice and Law Enforcement |
| 2024-05-28 |
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Industry, Science and Technology |
| 2024-05-23 |
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Industry, Science and Technology |
| 2024-05-14 |
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Arts and Culture, Foreign Affairs, Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security |
| 2024-05-08 |
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Arts and Culture, Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security |
| 2024-05-08 |
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Privacy and Access to Information |
| 2024-05-07 |
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Arts and Culture, Justice and Law Enforcement |
| 2024-05-07 |
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Arts and Culture, Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security |
| 2024-05-07 |
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Arts and Culture, Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security |
| 2024-05-07 |
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Arts and Culture, Justice and Law Enforcement |
| 2024-05-07 |
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Justice and Law Enforcement, Privacy and Access to Information |
| 2024-05-06 |
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Arts and Culture, International Relations, National Security/Security |
| 2024-05-06 |
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Arts and Culture, Justice and Law Enforcement, Privacy and Access to Information |
| 2024-05-06 |
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Justice and Law Enforcement, Privacy and Access to Information |
| 2024-04-10 |
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Foreign Affairs, National Security/Security |
| 2024-03-20 |
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Foreign Affairs, International Development, National Security/Security |
| 2024-02-07 |
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Budget |
| 2024-02-06 |
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Arts and Culture, Religion |
| 2024-02-05 |
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Budget, Media, National Security/Security |