12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE/Centre pour la défense de l'intérêt public / John Lawford, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL COUNSEL

Registration Summary

Active - Last Updated: 2024-05-01

Who is lobbying?

PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE/Centre pour la défense de l'intérêt public (Address, activities & membership)

John Lawford, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL COUNSEL

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Yes

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Consumer Issues	Bill C-244, An Act to amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance and repair), in respect of consumers' right to repair.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Health	Bill C-252, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (prohibition of food and beverage marketing directed at children), in respect of food retailing restrictions and advertising.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Consumer Issues, Telecommunications	Bill C-26, An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts, in respect of consumer confidentiality, privacy and other matters.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Consumer Issues, Privacy and Access to Information	Bill C-27, Consumer Privacy Protection Act, in respect of this bill's modification to consumer privacy standards under PIPEDA.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Consumer Issues, Telecommunications	Bill C-288, An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (transparent and accurate broadband services information), in respect of broadband speed advertising and other consumer rules under the Telecommunications Act.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Child Services, Consumer Issues, Education	Bill C-322, An Act to develop a national framework to establish a school food program - regarding the whole bill.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Consumer Issues	Bill C-360, An Act to establish a national strategy to reduce the amount of wasted food in Canada - regarding the entire bill.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Telecommunications, Transportation	Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act, in relation to grocery market conditions and competitive conditions in other federally-regulated areas, such as telecommunications, airlines and banking.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Telecommunications	Bill C-69, Budget Implementation Act 2024, No. 1, in regard to Division 37 of Part 4 - Telecommunications Act changes.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Broadcasting	Broadcasting regulatory proceedings at CRTC	Policies or Program, Regulation
Consumer Issues, Telecommunications	Telecommunications regulatory proceedings at CRTC	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 C-244, An Act to amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance and repair), in respect of consumers' right to repair.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bill C-252, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (prohibition of food and beverage marketing directed at children), in respect of food retailing restrictions and advertising.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bill C-26, An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts, in respect of consumer confidentiality, privacy and other matters.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bill C-27, Consumer Privacy Protection Act, in respect of this bill's modification to consumer privacy standards under PIPEDA.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bill C-288, An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (transparent and accurate broadband services information), in respect of broadband speed advertising and other consumer rules under the Telecommunications Act.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bill C-322, An Act to develop a national framework to establish a school food program - regarding the whole bill.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bill C-360, An Act to establish a national strategy to reduce the amount of wasted food in Canada - regarding the entire bill.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act, in relation to grocery market conditions and competitive conditions in other federally-regulated areas, such as telecommunications, airlines and banking.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Subject matters in previous versions

Agriculture
Broadcasting
Constitutional Issues
Consumer Issues
Federal-Provincial Relations
Financial Institutions
Health
Privacy and Access to Information
Telecommunications
Transportation

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Bank of Canada
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
House of Commons
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Senate of Canada

Communication techniques

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

Oral communication
Written communication
Arrange one or more meetings

Who are the lobbyists?

Tahira Dawood, Staff Lawyer | No public offices held
MYKA KOLLMANN, ARTICLING STUDENT | No public offices held
JOHN LAWFORD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL COUNSEL | No public offices held

Lobbyists in previous versions
- YUKA SAI, STAFF LAWYER | No public offices held

Registration number: 956131-661
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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
2024-05-03	Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director, Broadcasting Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Broadcasting, Consumer Issues
2024-04-10	Scott Shortliffe, Executive Director, Broadcasting \| Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Broadcasting
2024-02-28	Gabriel Ste-Marie, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Telecommunications, Agriculture
2024-02-27	Luc Berthold, Member of Parliament House of Commons Alexandre Boulerice, Member of Parliament House of Commons Pierre Paul-Hus, Member of Parlliament House of Commons Yves Perron, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Financial Institutions, Telecommunications, Agriculture
2023-11-01	Scott Hutton, Chief of Consumer, Research and Communications \| Consumer, Research and Communications, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Nanao Kachi, Director, Social and Consumer Policy \| Consumer, Research and Communications, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)	Consumer Issues, Telecommunications
2023-11-01	André Arbour, Director General \| Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) DeNeige Dojack, Senior Director \| Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Consumer Issues, Telecommunications
2023-11-01	Stephanie Duhaime, Director, Program and Policy Innovation \| Program and Policy Innovation, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) Judith Robertson, Commissioner \| Office of the Commissioner, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) Supriya Syal, Deputy Commissioner, Research, Policy and Educatio \| Research, Policy and Education, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)	Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions
2023-10-31	Hiba Khalife, Officer \| Office of Consumer Affairs, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) Joffre Osborne, Manager \| Office of Consumer Affairs, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Telecommunications
2023-10-31	Kirsten Fraser, Senior Advisor/Economist \| Financial Sector Policy Branch, Finance Canada (FIN) Read Guernsey, Advisor/Economist \| Economic Development Branch, Finance Canada (FIN) Judith Hamel, Director General \| Financial Sector Policy Branch, Finance Canada (FIN) Anne Loosen, Senior Project Leader \| Financial Sector Policy Branch, Finance Canada (FIN) Zoe Marks, Senior Director of Defense Policy \| Economic Development Branch, Finance Canada (FIN) Mark Radley, Economist \| Financial Sector Policy Branch, Finance Canada (FIN)	Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions

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PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE / Centre pour la défense de l'intérêt public - Address, activities & membership

Address:

285 McLeod Street
Suite 200
OTTAWA, ON K2P 1A1
Canada

Telephone number: 613-562-4002 Ext. 125

Contact information in previous versions
- 1204 - ONE NICHOLAS STREET
  OTTAWA, ON K1N 7B7
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-562-4002 Ext. 26
  
  Fax number: 613-562-0007

Description of the organization's activities:
THE PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE (PIAC) IS A REGISTERER CHARITY AND FEDERALLY-INCORPORATED NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDES LEGAL, RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR PUBLIC INTERESTS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR SUCH RESOURCES. THE CENTRE MAINLY PROVIDES SERVICES IN THE AREA OF FEDERALLY REGULATED ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- ZHE PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE (PIAC) IS A NON-PROFIT FEDERALLY-INCORPORATED ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDES LEGAL, RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR PUBLIC INTERESTS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR SUCH RESOURCES. THE CENTRE MAINLY PROVIDES SERVICES IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
- THE PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE (PIAC) IS A NON-PROFIT FEDERALLY-INCORPORATED ORGANISATION WHICH PROVIDES LEGAL, RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR PUBLIC INTERESTS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR SUCH RESOURCES. THE CENTRE MAINLY PROVIDES SERVICES IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
PIAC HAS DIRECTOR MEMBERS, GROUP MEMBERS, INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND HONOURARY MEMBERS. THE DIRECTOR MEMBERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PIAC. THE GROUP MEMBERS ARE NOT/FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF PIAC. THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE NATURAL PERSONS SUPPORTIVE OF PIAC MISSION AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. HONOURARY MEMBERS ARE NATURAL PERSONS CHOSEN BY THE BOARD IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC ADVOCACY.

Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:
- PIAC HAS INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PIAC. THE GROUP MEMBERS ARE NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS WHO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF PIAC. THE ASSOCIATES ARE GROUP MEMBERS

End date of the last completed financial year: 2024-03-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$178,000.00	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
2023-03-31	Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)	$103,000.00	Yes

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