12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Canadian Federation of Students/Fédération canadienne des étudiantes et étudiants / Corey Grist, Director of Operations and Services

Registration Summary

Active - Last Updated: 2023-01-03

Who is lobbying?

Canadian Federation of Students/Fédération canadienne des étudiantes et étudiants (Address, activities & membership)

Corey Grist, Director of Operations and Services

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Yes

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matters

Aboriginal Affairs
Bilingualism/Official Languages
Budget
Education
Employment and Training
Environment
Federal-Provincial Relations
Health
Housing
Immigration
Intellectual Property
International Trade
Research and Development
Science and Technology
Taxation and Finance

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

Canada Summer Jobs program, seeking increase to annual budget.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

BILL C-312 ( Canada Post-Secondary Education Act) An Act relating to cash contributions by Canada and to criteria and conditions in respect of post-secondary education
Bankruptcy Act, seeking elimination of prohibition on student loan bankruptcy.
Canada Education Savings Act, with respect to converting expenditures on tax credits into need-based grants.
Copyright Act, with respect to interpretation of fair dealing
Fair Elections Act, seeking amendments to the act to ensure students and young people are able to participate in voting.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program

Seeking to increase the Canada Student Grants Program, expand eligibility to include graduate students and improve the Canada Student Loan Program.

Policies or Program

COVID-19 Seeking financial support for students
Seeking to eliminate tuition fees for all students, restore core funding for post-secondary education, increase investments in skilled trades and apprenticeships and adult education, and increase funding for post-secondary research and scholarships.
Seeking to establish national framework legislation for post-secondary education funding.
Seeking to increase funding to improve mental health services available to students.
Seeking to lift the 2% funding cap on Post-Secondary Student Support Program funding, increase in funding available for Indigenous students and establish dedicated funding to preserve, promote and honour Indigenous languages and cultures.

Regulation

Immigration regulations, with respect to post-graduate work periods and in-study off-campus work limitations.

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Elections Canada
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
National Defence (DND)
National Film Board (NFB)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Senate of Canada
Service Canada (ServCan)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

Government institutions added through a communication report:

Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Health Canada (HC)

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?

Corey Grist, Director of Operations and Services | No public offices held
Wesam AbdElhamid Mohamed, National Deputy Chairperson | No public offices held
Marie Dolcetti-Koros, National Chairperson | No public offices held
Diana Idibe, Director of Advocacy | No public offices held
Riaz Nandan, National Treasurer | No public offices held

Lobbyists in previous versions
- Erin Callary, Public Affairs Officer | No public offices held
- Marie Dolcetti-Koros, National Treasurer | No public offices held
- Alannah McKay, National Chairperson | No public offices held
- Taylan McRae-Yu, Directory of Strategy | No public offices held

Registration number: 949169-17205
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Monthly Communication Reports

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?
Date	DPOH, Position Title \| Government Institution	Subject Matters
2022-07-20	Shafqat Ali, Member of parliament House of Commons Peter Maloney, Parliamentary Assistant House of Commons	Education, Immigration
2022-07-07	Myriam Djossou, Policy Advisor \| Office of the Minister, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) Alice Zheng, Policy Advisor \| Office of the Minister, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)	Education, Federal-Provincial Relations
2022-05-26	Arielle Kayabaga, Member of Parliament House of Commons Katie Vezina , Constituency Assistant House of Commons	Education, Immigration
2022-05-19	Salma Zahid, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education, Immigration
2022-05-18	Gregory Sibley, Legislative Assistant House of Commons	Education
2022-05-17	Marilou McPhedran, Senator Senate of Canada	Education, Employment and Training, Immigration
2022-04-29	Fara Shah, Senior Policy Advisor Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Education, Budget
2022-04-14	Myriam Djossou, Policy Advisor Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)	Education, Budget
2022-04-07	Taylor Bachrach, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education
2022-03-23	Aliya Deria, Special Assistant -Operations Infrastructure Canada (INFC) Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Infrastructure Canada (INFC)	Education, Housing
2022-03-15	Crystal DePeuter, Constituency Assistant House of Commons Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services of Canada Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)	Aboriginal Affairs, Education
2022-03-10	Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Health Canada (HC) Kaitlyn Forbes, Policy Advisor Health Canada (HC)	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Health
2022-03-04	Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Education, Taxation and Finance
2022-03-04	Alexa Lewis, Member's Assistant House of Commons Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education, Health, Environment
2022-03-04	Lisa Marie Barron, Member of Parliament House of Commons Deborah Hopper, Member's Assistant House of Commons	Education, Immigration, Health
2022-03-03	Shanon Button, Member's Assistant House of Commons LINDSAY MATHYSSEN, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education, Housing
2022-03-03	Bev Busson, Senator Senate of Canada	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Immigration, Health
2022-03-01	Jessie Cooke, Parliamentary Assistant House of Commons Julie Dzerowicz, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration
2022-03-01	Corey Tochor, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education, Taxation and Finance, Health
2022-02-28	Louise Chabot, Member of Parliament House of Commons Simon Farago, Parliamentary Assistant House of Commons Ariane Francoeur, Constituency Assistant House of Commons Amelie Gamache, Parliamentary Assistant House of Commons Andréanne Larouche, Member of Parliament House of Commons Kristina Michaud, Member of Parliament House of Commons Yves Perron, Member of Parliament House of Commons Christian Rivard, Chief of Staff House of Commons Francois Robert, Parliamentary Assistant House of Commons Anais Thibodeau, Office Manager House of Commons	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration, Health, Housing
2022-02-25	Anita Vandenbeld, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education
2022-02-25	René Cormier, Senator Senate of Canada	Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration, Bilingualism/Official Languages
2022-02-25	Michael D. Chong, Member of Parliament House of Commons James Smith, Constituency Assistant House of Commons	Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration, Health
2022-02-24	Emily Grant, Staff Senate of Canada	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Taxation and Finance, Health, Housing
2022-02-24	Mike Morrice, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education, Taxation and Finance, Housing
2022-02-24	Douglas Wong, Policy Advisor \| Office of the Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Taxation and Finance, Housing
2022-02-23	Benjamin Caron, Constituency Assistant House of Commons Alain Therrien, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration
2022-02-23	Alexandra Mendes, MP Brossard-Saint-Lambert House of Commons Shawn Murphy, Chief of Staff House of Commons	Education, Taxation and Finance
2022-02-23	Michael Roche, Issues Manager House of Commons Jagmeet Singh, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Immigration
2022-02-23	James Christie, Policy Advisor \| Minister's Office, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) Myriam Djossou, Policy Advisor \| Minister's Office, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)	Education, Taxation and Finance, Health, Housing
2022-02-23	Leah Gazan, Member of Parliament House of Commons Peyton Veitch, Parliamentary Assistant; House of Commons	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration, Housing
2022-02-23	Jean-Guy Dagenais, Senator Senate of Canada	Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration
2022-02-22	Richard Cannings, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration, Health
2022-02-22	Lina Akbeek, Constituency Assistant House of Commons Sameer Zuberi, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration
2022-02-22	Blake Desjarlais, Member of Parliament House of Commons Gregory Sibley, Legislative Assistant House of Commons	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration, Health
2022-02-22	Laveza Khan, Parliamentary Assistant House of Commons Heather McPherson, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration, Health, Housing
2022-02-22	Vance Badawey, Member of Parliament House of Commons Kaitlyn Peters, Legislative Assistant House of Commons	Aboriginal Affairs, Education, Taxation and Finance, Health, Housing
2022-02-22	Daniel Blaikie, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education, Employment and Training, Taxation and Finance, Immigration
2022-02-22	Raquel Franco , Legislative Assistant House of Commons Marty Morantz, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Education, Taxation and Finance, Immigration

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Canadian Federation of Students / Fédération canadienne des étudiantes et étudiants - Address, activities & membership

Address:

200-2725 Queensview Drive
Ottawa, ON K2B 0A1
Canada

Telephone number: 613-232-7394 Ext. 205

Contact information in previous versions
- 338 Somerset Street West
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-232-7394 Ext. 215
- 338 Somerset Street West
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-232-7394 Ext. 215
  
  Fax number: 613-232-0276
- 338 Somerset Street West
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-232-7394
- 338 Somerset Street West
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-232-7394
  
  Fax number: 623-232-0276
- 338 Somerset Street West
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-232-7394 Ext. 221
  
  Fax number: 613-232-0296
- 338 Somerset Street West
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-232-7394 Ext. 221
  
  Fax number: 613-232-0276
- 338 Somerset Street West
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-232-7394 Ext. 222
  
  Fax number: 613-232-0276
- 338 Somerset Street West
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-232-7394 Ext. 221
  
  Fax number: 613-232-7394
- 338 Somerset Street West
  Ottawa, ON K2P 0J9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-232-7394 Ext. 21
  
  Fax number: 613-232-7394
- 500-170 Metcalfe Street
  Ottawa, ON K2P 1P3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-232-7394 Ext. 21
  
  Fax number: 613-232-7394

Description of the organization's activities:
The Canadian Federation of Students is Canada's national student organisation. Founded in 1981, the Federation lobbies the federal and provincial governments on issues of funding and student financial assistance.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
The Canadian Federation of Students is comprised of over one-half million university undergraduate, graduate, and college students.

End date of the last completed financial year: 2022-06-30

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$19,360.00	Yes

Government funding in previous versions

List of Government Funding
End date of the last completed financial year	Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
2021-06-30	Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	$100,000.00	No

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