12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Toronto Region Board of Trade / Giles Gherson, President and CEO

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Active - Last Updated: 2024-01-26

Who is lobbying?

Toronto Region Board of Trade (Address, activities & membership)

Giles Gherson, President and CEO

Responsible officer in previous versions
- Janet De Silva, President and CEO

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Yes

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matters

Budget
Climate
Consumer Issues
Economic Development
Education
Employment and Training
Energy
Environment
Financial Institutions
Government Procurement
Housing
Immigration
Industry
Infrastructure
Intellectual Property
Internal Trade
International Trade
Labour
Municipalities
Regional Development
Research and Development
Science and Technology
Small Business
Taxation and Finance
Tourism
Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

Digital Adaptation - to seek funding for delivery of programs helping small to medium size businesses digitally transform their end-to end operations.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Budget: 1) Increase Canadian businesses competitiveness, drive productivity growth through trade; 2) Maximizing job creation and incomes for Canadians through enhanced labour market information; 3) Maximizing the economic impact of the Canada's Infrastructure Plan by improving GTA transportation infrastructure; 4) Maintaining fiscal disciple and reducing the Government's GDP to debt ration; 5) Promoting investment in innovation.

Policies or Program

Canada's Climate Change Framework: 1) To introduce a balanced framework that supports industrial growth while achieving climate change targets.
Canada's Infrastructure Plan: 1) Reducing traffic gridlock through improving regional transportation infrastructure and governance; 2) Promoting connected and globally competitive airports; 3) Providing input on public-private partnerships; 4) Implementation of Canada's Infrastructure Bank; 5) Facilitating global trade through the movement of goods and services
Canada's Innovation Agenda: To make smarter cities and develop world leading clusters
Global Market Action Plan: 1) Helping GTA SMEs overcome barriers to exporting; 2) Involving Global Affairs Canada, EDC, BDC, etc. in the Board's trade accelerator program (TAP); 3) Helping grow regional business clusters.
Immigration: 1) Increasing the number of international passengers using Canadian airports; 2) Advancing an Employer Sponsorship model for skilled international workers
Measures impacting economic development and prosperity of Toronto, surrounding region, and other large Canadian cities including taxation and budgeting, urban policies, enhanced government services and technology adoption, enhancing business competitiveness and red tape reduction.
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) & Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA): 1) Promote adoption of free trade agreements.

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Canada Infrastructure Bank
Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Hamilton Port Authority
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Toronto Port Authority
Transport Canada (TC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

Communication techniques

Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:

Grass-roots communication
Written communication
Oral communication
Arrange one or more meetings

Who are the lobbyists?

Fadi Dawood, Vice President, Office of the President & CEO | No public offices held
Brenda Gardiner, EVP Operations & CFO | No public offices held
Giles Gherson, President & CEO | Public offices held
Phinjo Gombu, Director - Economic Blueprint Institute | No public offices held
Matthew Kofsky, Director, Stakeholder Engagement | No public offices held
Miran Markovic, Manager, Policy & Committee Relations | No public offices held
Roselle Martino, Sr Vice President, Policy | No public offices held
Reid McKay, Policy Director, Innovation and Technology | No public offices held
Leigh Smout, Chief Commercial Officer | No public offices held
Saad Usmani, Director, Sector Research | No public offices held
Jennifer van der Valk, VP, Communications & Public Affairs | No public offices held

Lobbyists in previous versions
- Janet De Silva, President & CEO | No public offices held
- Giles Gherson, EVP & Chair of the Economic Blueprint Institute | Public offices held

Registration number: 956405-15291
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Monthly Communication Reports

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

No monthly communications reports have been submitted for the last 12 months.

View all monthly communication reports

Toronto Region Board of Trade - Address, activities & membership

Address:

100 Queens Quay E
Suite 1600
Toronto, ON M5E 1Y3
Canada

Telephone number: 416-862-4564

Contact information in previous versions
- 100 Queens Quay E
  Suite 1600
  Toronto, ON M5E 1Y3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-366-6811
- 1 First Canadian Place
  77 Adelaide Street West
  Toronto, ON M5X 1C1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-366-6811
- 1 First Canadian Place, P.0. Box 60
  100 King Street West
  Toronto, ON M5X 1C1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-366-6811
- 1 First Canadian Place, P.0. Box 60
  100 King Street West
  Toronto, ON M5X 1C1
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-862-4516
  
  Fax number: 416-366-6460

Description of the organization's activities:
Federal non-profit corporation which provides a number of services to its members including meetings, dining, research facilities and advocates on belalf of its members on issues of importance to the Greater Toronto Business Area (GTA) business communities.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
There are five levels of membership: Influencer, Influence, Profile Plus, Profile and Individual.

Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
- Corporate, Individual, Junior (under the age of 40), Honorary and Courtesy.

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Principal Secretary for Social Security Reform Human Resources Development Canada, Office of the Minister	1994 to 1996	Not a designated office

End date of the last completed financial year: 2023-03-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canadian Heritage (PCH)	$90,000.00	No
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)	$1,251,674.00	Yes
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$882,825.00	Yes
Province of Ontario, Ministry of Economic Development Job Creation and Trade, Ontario Investment Office	$33,333.00	Yes
The Atmospheric Fund, City of Toronto	$70,000.00	No

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Principal Secretary for Social Security Reform Human Resources Development Canada, Office of the Minister	1994 to 1996	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Principal Secretary for Social Security Reform Human Resources Development Canada, Office of the Minister	1994 to 1996	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2024-04-04

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