12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

TEAMSTERS CANADA / François Laporte, PRESIDENT

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Active - Last Updated: 2023-09-05

Who is lobbying?

TEAMSTERS CANADA (Address, activities & membership)

François Laporte, PRESIDENT

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matters

Budget
Employment and Training
Energy
Environment
Financial Institutions
Fisheries
Health
Housing
Industry
International Relations
International Trade
Justice and Law Enforcement
Labour
Pensions
Taxation and Finance
Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and other Acts respecting transportation and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts - opposing inter-switching's reduction of Canadian workers; opposing Locomotive Video Voice Recorder (LVVR) violation of workers' Privacy and Constitutional Rights.
An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act to oppose the conversion of DBP to TBP - vested benefits, valuations, the consent of unions must not be permitted by legislation, application of law, or other than voluntary, and the impact on collective bargaining; in support of TBP voluntarily achieved through consent as a better plan than otherwise available; putting intentions and goals into legislation and not to be left to regulation.
Finance Canada - regarding the planning and implementation of the budget
Review of Canada Labour Code Part iii to improve minimum labour standards, to resolve problems with contract retendering, to compensate pregnant or nursing women on unpaid leave as part of preventative withdrawal, and mandatory metal health prevention and support.
Seeking amendments to the Labour Code to gain an amendment to "Make it Mandatory" for mental health prevention and support in the workplace

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation

Actions taken on covid-19, safety of workers, supply of Personal Protection Equipment, transportation air rail road, cross border issue for trucking, EI and CERB benefits, Wage Subsidy Act, Bills c-13 and c-14.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

Financial Sector Division Department of Finance - regarding the Strengthening the Legislative and Regulatory framework for Private Pension Plans Subject to the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985
seeking changes to the Canada Labour Code and Regulations to mandate mental health awareness at the workplace.

Policies or Program

A MODERN FAIR WAGES POLICY participating in the consultation process in full support of the implementation of a fair wage policy
Consultation on enhancing retirement security, placing workers in priority to creditors in insolvency, extending lookback on sale of assets or special dividends.
Security and Prosperity Initiative with respect to the creation of a North American security and regulatory regime.
Support the government’s actions on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project by seeking that it, like the majority of pipeline projects, is built in collaboration with Canada’s Building Trades, thereby protecting the environment and promoting good jobs while denying work to temporary foreign workers unless Canadians are not available
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program negative impact on employment in the film industry
The study of Automated Vehicles and Connected Vehicles to ensure safety of drivers and the public is a priority.
Transport Canada - Member of the Advisory Council on Railway Safety by invitation of the Ministry redarding the safety and security of the railway industry.
Transport Canada - Member of the Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council by invitation of the Department regarding the safety and security of the aviation industry.
Transport Canada - Permanent Observers on the Advisory Council to the Minister of Transport on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods by invitation of the Ministry regarding the safety and security of the transportation of dangerous goods.
Transport Canada - Regulated member of the Canadian Council Motor Transportation Administrators by Regulation regarding the safety and security of the motor transportation industry.
United States Mexico Canada Trade Agreement (USMC, Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) seeking training and compensation funds for dairy workers if affected by the allocation of quota.
to modernize the subrogation agreement between Labour Canada and Transport Canada regarding the work and health and safety standards in transportation standards giving Labour Canada greater oversight.

Policies or Program, Regulation

The Railway Safety Act implementation of regulations on Rail Safety, the oversight and public disclosure of Safety Management Systems and the deregulation of the sector.

Regulation

Notice of Intention to Regulate the introduction of Electronic Logging Devices for commercial truckers seeking a definitive date of application and several minor clarifications
Proposal to Amend the Canadian Industrial Relations Board Regulations with respect to the operation of the Canadian Industrial Ralations Board

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
Competition Tribunal (CT)
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
House of Commons
Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Justice Canada (JC)
National Defence (DND)
National Film Board (NFB)
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Senate of Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
VIA Rail Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)

Government institutions in previous versions
- Pension Appeals Board (PAB)

Communication techniques

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

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

Who are the lobbyists?

François Laporte, PRESIDENT | No public offices held
Mariam Abou-Dib, Executive Director and Government Affairs | No public offices held
Don Ashley, National Legislative Director Teamsters Canada Rail Conference - Locomotive Engineers | No public offices held
Omar Burgan, Director, Research & Policy | No public offices held
David Cooper, National Representative | No public offices held
Ken Deptuck, National Advisor | No public offices held
Marc-André Gauthier, Director of Communications | No public offices held
Christopher Monette, Director of Public Affairs | No public offices held

Registration number: 912967-363
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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
2024-03-13	Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport Transport Canada (TC)	Labour, Transportation
2024-02-22	Felipe Alfaro, Senior Policy Advisor House of Commons Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Labour Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Labour
2024-01-22	Douglas Wong, Policy Advisor \| Minister's Office, Finance Canada (FIN)	Budget
2023-12-07	Anson Duran, Policy \| Minsiter of Transportation, House of Commons Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation
2023-11-15	Gabriel Mezzari, QC Regional Advisor Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Labour Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Labour
2023-11-10	Varisha Naeem, Policy Advisor \| Minister of Transport, House of Commons	Transportation
2023-11-07	Alexander Craney, Senior Policy Advisor House of Commons	Labour
2023-09-22	Miled Hill, Director Of Policy House of Commons	Transportation
2023-07-17	Pam Damoff, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Labour
2023-06-21	Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport Transport Canada (TC) Miled Hill, Director Of Policy House of Commons	Labour
2023-06-14	Joel Bowen, Director of Parliamentary Affairs Senate of Canada	Labour
2023-06-09	Joel Bowen, Director of Parliamentary Affairs Senate of Canada Hassan Yussuff, Senator Senate of Canada	Labour
2023-06-07	Felipe Alfaro, Senior Policy Advisor House of Commons Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Labour Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)	Labour
2023-05-16	Taylor Bachrach, MP House of Commons	Labour

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TEAMSTERS CANADA - Address, activities & membership

Address:

400 - 1750 Maurice-Gauvin
LAVAL, QC H7S 1Z5
Canada

Telephone number: 450-682-5521

Fax number: 450-681-0134

Contact information in previous versions
- 2540 BOUL. DANIEL-JOHNSON BUREAU 804
  LAVAL, QC H7T 2S3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 450-682-5521
  
  Fax number: 450-681-2244
- 2540 BOUL. DANIEL-JOHNSON BUREAU 804
  LAVAL, QC H7T 2S3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 450-682-5521
  
  Fax number: 450-682-0134
- 1300 AGES DRIVE
  OTTAWA, ON K1G 5T4
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 450-682-5521
  
  Fax number: 450-681-2244
- 804 - 2540 BOUL. DANIEL-JOHNSON
  LAVAL, QC H7T 2S3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 450-682-5521
  
  Fax number: 450-681-2244

Description of the organization's activities:
DECENT WAGES. JOB SECURITY. WORKING CONDITION. BENEFITS. SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. THESE ARE THE ISSUES WHICH MEAN THE MOST TO WORKING MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS CANADA. AND THESE ARE THE SAME ISSUES WHICH TEAMSTERS CANADA AND ITS LOCAL UNIONS KEEP AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST AS THEY WORK ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN 120,000 MEMBERS ACROSS CANADA.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- DECENT WAGES. JOB SECURITY. WORKING CONDITION. BENEFITS. SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. THESE ARE THE ISSUES WHICH MEAN THE MOST TO WORKING MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS CANADA. AND THESE ARE THE SAME ISSUES WHICH TEAMSTERS CANADA AND ITS LOCAL UNIONS KEEP AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST AS THEY WORK ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN 120,000 MEMBERS ACROSS CANADA.
- DECENT WAGES. JOB SECURITY. WORKING CONDITIONS. BENEFITS. SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. THESE ARE THE ISSUES WHICH MEAN THE MOST TO WORKING MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS CANADA. AND THESE ARE THE SAME ISSUES WHICH TEAMSTERS CANADA AND ITS LOCAL UNIONS KEEP AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST AS THEY WORK ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN 110,000 MEMBERS ACROSS CANADA.
- PROMOTION DES INTERETS DU BIEN-ETRE ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL DE NOS MEMBRES PAR LE BIAIS DE LA NEGOCIATION COLLECTIVE, DE L'ACTION LEGISLATIVE ET POLITIQUE, DES COMMUNICATIONS ET DES RELATIONS PUBLIQUES.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
WE REPRESENT 1,5 MILLION MEMBERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND WE ARE A VERY DIVERSIFIED UNION. TEAMSTERS CANADA HAS ESTABLISHED TRADE DIVISION TO COORDINATE BARGAINING AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS IN THEIR OWN INDUSTRIES. THE TRADE DIVISIONS ARE: RAIL, AIRLINE, CONSTRUCTION, DAIRY & SALES DRIVERS, FREIGHT, GROCERY AND RETAIL STORES, MOVIE AND TRADE SHOW, PARCEL AND SMALL PACKAGES, WAREHOUSE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
- WE REPRESENT 1,5 MILLION MEMBERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND WE ARE A VERY DIVERSIFIED UNION. TEAMSTERS CANADA HAS ESTABLISHED TRADE DIVISION TO COORDINATE BARGAINING AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS IN THEIR OWN INDUSTRIES. THE TRADE DIVISIONS ARE: RAIL, AIRLINE, CONSTRUCTION, DAIRY & SALES DRIVERS, FREIGHT, GROCERY AND RETAIL STORES, MOVIE AND TRADE SHOW, PARCEL AND SMALL PACKAGES, WAREHOUSE AND MISCELLANEOUS.
- WE REPRESENT 1.5 MILLION MEMBERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND WE ARE A VERY DIVERSIFIED UNION. TEAMSTERS CANADA HAS ESTABLISHED TRADES DIVISIONS TO COORDINATE BARBAINING AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS IN THEIR OWN INDUSTRIES. THE TRADE DIVISIONS ARE: AIRLINE, CONSTRUCTION, DAIRY & SALES DRIVERS, FREIGHT, GROCERY AND RETAIL STORES, MOVIE AND TRADE SHOW, PARCEL AND SMALL PACKAGES, RAII, AND WAREHOUSE AND MISCELLANEOUS. THE DIVISIONS FACILITATE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION BETWEEN LOCAL UNIONS INVOLVED IN THE SAME INDUSTRY. IT'S AN EXCELLENT FORUM TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS ARISING IN THEIR SPECIFIC SECTOR.
- TEAMSTERS CANADA EST COMPOSE D'ENVIRON 95 000 TRAVAILLEURS ET TRAVAILLEUSES MEMBRES,REPARTIS DANS TOUTES LES REGIONS DU PAYS ET OEUVRANT DANS LA PLUPART DES SECTEURS DE L'ACTIVITE ECONOMIQUE.

Date Modified:: 2024-04-04

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