12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Corporation

Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Arts and Culture
• Budget
• Climate
• Defence
• Energy
• Environment
• Foreign Affairs
• Government Procurement
• Health
• Housing
• Immigration
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• International Development
• International Relations
• International Trade
• Justice and Law Enforcement
• Mining
• Transportation

Subject Matter Details

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

• Federal Budgets -- support for framework economic policies that support business development, economic growth and job creation, including infrastructure spending and renewal, innovation policy, support for the manufacturing sector, policy changes related to white collar crime, tax policy, regulatory policy, international development and trade, support for the trade commissioner service

Policies or Program

• Efficient approval processes for major resources (energy, mining and metallurgy) projects
• Federal priorities in the Canadian Mining and Energy sectors.
• Foreign policies as they affect trade; maintaining and increasing diplomatic resources in various foreign markets;
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC) re engagement and support support of Canadian business abroad by the trade commissioners service. Support broadly for bilateral, regional and multilateral trade and services liberalization agreements.
• Immigration policy with respect to improved business travel visa services;
• Infrastructure funding at the federal level, inclusive of the National Infrastructure Assessment, and new approaches to structure large infrastructure projects.
• Recommendations on Federal policy re nuclear power development in Ontario, as well as in other Canadian provinces and territories.
• Support the federal government's priorities in the health sector.

Policies or Program, Regulation

• Federal government priorities on transitioning to a lower carbon environment in Canada.
• Nuclear Cooperation Agreements governing nuclear power services exports/trade to countries, inclusive of small modular reactor and new and existing reactor development globally.
• Transportation -- Existing and future course of action associated with delivery of infrastructure projects.

• Subject matter details in previous versions

  Policies or Program

  • Canadian international development via Global Affairs Canada (GAC) re policies on funding international development projects; support for trade commissioners service in support of Canadian business abroad. Support broadly for bilateral, regional and multilateral trade and services agreements.
  • Infrastructure funding at the federal level. National Infrastructure Component and Provincial/Territorial Infrastructure Component. (PTIC-NRP). Infrastructure Canada projects and their ongoing activities.
  • International development policy with regard to increasing use of Canadians, Canadian expertise and the Canadian private sector
  • Policy with respect to Canadian official representation in foreign capitals; concern that with successive GAC reorganizations and budget-cutting that official Canadian representation in key export growth markets will be reduced, undercutting efforts of Canadian firms to grow in these markets.
  • Recommendations on Federal policy re nuclear power development in Ontario
  • The introduction of Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) legislation/regulation/program or policies. DPAs are sentencing agreements negotiated between a prosecution authority and a corporation charged with an offence, usually in the context of white collar crime.
  • support the federal government's priorities in the health sector.

  Policies or Program, Regulation

  • Nuclear Cooperation Agreements governing nuclear power exports to India and other countries with regard to SNC-Lavalin's ability to provide services in such markets