12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

WESTERN GRAIN ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION / WADE SOBKOWICH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Registration Summary

Active - Reactivated: 2024-05-22

Who is lobbying?

WESTERN GRAIN ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION (Address, activities & membership)

WADE SOBKOWICH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Agriculture, International Trade	Bill to amend the Canada Grain Act for grain handing licensees.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
Agriculture, International Trade	Discussion on policies governing international trade within Global Affairs Canada related to food safety, quality and biotechnology.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
Agriculture, International Trade	Discussion with Canadian Food Inspection Agency on policies governing the Seeds Act and Seeds Regulations.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
Agriculture, International Trade, Labour, Transportation	Discussion with Transport and Agriculture about Canada's Ports.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
Agriculture, International Trade, Transportation	Discussion with Transport and Agriculture regarding future Bill to Amend the Canada Transportation Act	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
Agriculture, Labour	Regulatory Review Committees of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation

Subject matter details in previous versions

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bill to amend the Canada Grain Act for grain handing licensees.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Discussion on policies governing international trade within Global Affairs Canada related to food safety, quality and biotechnology.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Discussion with Canadian Food Inspection Agency on policies governing the Seeds Act and Seeds Regulations.	Policies or Program
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Discussion with Transport and Agriculture regarding future Bill to Amend the Canada Transportation Act	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Regulatory Review Committees of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Regulation

Subject matters in previous versions

Agriculture
Constitutional Issues
Consumer Issues
Education
Employment and Training
Environment
Financial Institutions
Government Procurement
Health
Industry
Infrastructure
Intellectual Property
Internal Trade
International Relations
International Trade
Justice and Law Enforcement
Labour
Regional Development
Science and Technology
Taxation and Finance
Transportation

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
Competition Tribunal (CT)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Justice Canada (JC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Senate of Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)

Communication techniques

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

Written communication
Oral communication
Arrange one or more meetings

Who are the lobbyists?

WADE SOBKOWICH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | No public offices held

Registration number: 775791-350
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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
2024-05-23	Sonya Read, Director General, Marine Policy Transport Canada (TC) Tamara Rudge, Director General, Surface Policy Transport Canada (TC)	Agriculture, International Trade, Labour, Transportation
2024-05-23	Craig Docksteader, Director of Policy Senate of Canada	Agriculture, International Trade, Labour, Transportation
2024-05-23	Allan Burnside, Senior Director, Analysis & Regulatory Affairs Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)	Agriculture, Transportation
2024-05-23	Kyle Seeback, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture, International Trade, Labour, Transportation
2024-05-23	Stefanie Beck, Deputy Minister Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Shannon Nix, Assistant deputy Minister Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture, International Trade, Labour, Transportation
2024-05-22	John Barlow, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Agriculture, International Trade, Labour, Transportation
2023-11-23	John Barlow, Member of Parliament House of Commons Robert Kitchen, Member of Parlilament House of Commons Michael Kram, Member of Parliament House of Commons Damien C. Kurek, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Transportation
2023-11-23	Michael Kram, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Transportation
2023-11-22	Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Transportation
2023-11-22	Alexander Craney, Policy Advisor Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) Mark Whelan, Policy advisor Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Agriculture, Labour
2023-11-22	Justine Akman, Director General Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Shannon Nix, Assistant deputy Minister Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Tom Rosser, Associate Deputy Minister Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture, Transportation
2023-11-22	Harry Orbach-Miller, Policy Advisor and Senior Coordinator \| Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO) France Pégeot, Chief Executive Officer Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) Arun Thangaraj, Deputy Minister Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation
2023-11-21	Jeremy Keats, Policy advisor Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Agriculture, Transportation
2023-11-21	James Bezan, Member of Parliament House of Commons Anson Duran, Policy advisor Transport Canada (TC) Ted Falk, Member of Parliament House of Commons Dan Mazier, Member of Parliament House of Commons Larry McGuire, Member of Parliament House of Commons Varisha Naeem, Policy advisor Transport Canada (TC) Jeremy Patzer, Member of Parliament House of Commons Warren Steinley, Member of Parliament House of Commons Cathay Wagantall, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Transportation

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WESTERN GRAIN ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION - Address, activities & membership

Address:

1320 - 220 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3C 0A5
Canada

Telephone number: 204-942-6835

Fax number: 204-943-4328

Contact information in previous versions
- 440 - 360 Main Street
  Winnipeg, MB R3C 3Z3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 204-942-6835
  
  Fax number: 204-943-4328
- 2240 - 360 Main Street
  Winnipeg, MB R3C 3Z3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 204-942-6835
  
  Fax number: 204-943-4328
- 420 - 360 Main Street
  Winnipeg, MB R3C 3Z3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 204-942-6835
  
  Fax number: 204-943-4328
- 420 - 360 MAIN STREET
  WINNIPEG, MB R3C 3Z3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 204-942-6835
  
  Fax number: 204-943-4328

Description of the organization's activities:
THE WESTERN GRAIN ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION (WGEA) IS THE TRADE ASSOCIATION OF GRAIN COMPANIES OPERATING IN CANADA.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- THE WGEA IS THE TRADE ASSOCIATION OF GRAIN COMPANIES OPERATING IN CANADA.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
OUR MEMBERSHIP IS THE SIX MAJOR GRAIN COMPANIES OPERATING IN WESTERN CANADA.

Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
- OUR MEMBERSHIP IS THE SEVEN MAJOR GRAIN COMPANIES OPERATING IN WESTERN CANADA.
- OUR MEMBERSHIP IS THE EIGHT MAJOR GRAIN COMPANIES OPERATING IN WESTERN CANADA.
- OUR MEMBERSHIP IS THE NINE MAJOR GRAIN COMPANIES OPERATING IN WESTERN CANADA.

Date Modified:: 2024-04-04

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