12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Agriculture
• Budget
• Climate
• Economic Development
• Employment and Training
• Energy
• Environment
• Government Procurement
• Immigration
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Intellectual Property
• Internal Trade
• International Relations
• International Trade
• Labour
• Mining
• Regional Development
• Science and Technology
• Taxation and Finance
• Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program

• Programs and/or fiscal measures to support industrial workforce skills developmant

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program, Regulation

• Fiscal, program and other measures important to the Canadian manufacturing sector's international competitiveness and innovation

Policies or Program

• Economic and Fiscal Policy -- corporate tax provisions in support of Canadian industrial competitiveness, particularly thsoe that are important to improving the climate for investment in Canadian manufacutring, innovation, and workforce development.
• Economic and business conditions affecting the steel industry globally as well as in Canada, includng monetary and fiscal policies.
• Federal Budgets as they relate to infrastructure, including measures associated with economic stimulus spending as well as ongoing inrastructure spending programs.
• North American Steel Trade Committee -- Government policies and programs in relation to international steel trade and measures to improve the competitiveness of the domestic steel industry, principally Canada's trade rules under the World Trade Organization and the NAFTA.
• Policies or programs related to innovation investment support for the steel sector.
• Programs and policies relating to aboriginal labour force and economic development prospects
• Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) -- procedures and information on administration of the SIMA in respect of the application of trade remedy measures available to Canadian producers; implementation and procedures for the Administrative Tribunals Support Services Canada agency; Canadian International Trade Tribunal advisory committee and similar entitities
• Trade Policy -- Possible new policies or regulations, and international negotiations, affecting Canada's international trade regime and consequences for the steel industry.

Policies or Program, Regulation

• Climate change and air pollutant policies and regulations, particularly the development of government regulations pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, in relation to climate change/greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutant regulations for industrial sectors. Regulations regarding the management and shipment of waste materials.
• Policies and programs of the federal government that are significant to the business operating and investment climate facing Canadian manufacturers in general and the steel ndustry in particular. This includes spending, legislative, or regulatory proposals, and legislation respecting the filing and disclosure of business information.

Regulation

• Implementation of new temporary entry requirements for business visitors to Canada
• Regulations regarding the management and shipment of waste materials