Activities concerning sales of advanced material and technologies to enable building and maintaining ships that are lighter, safer, quieter as well as increasing efficiency and reducing cost in construction and maintenance.
Meetings with DND, Transport Canada, Coast Guard, RCMP concerning sales of Ship Building as well as Maintenance and Repair related technologies.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Activities around increasing sales of identification and authentication solutions including biometrics capabilities as it relates to policies and promoting sales.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Discussion with government about a policy on Canada-US price discrimination that considers impacts on Canadian manufacturers.
Policies or Program
Advocate for the creation of a special tax credit program for Canadian Manufacturers to provide relief from corporate tax on income generated from certain types of qualifying intellectual property (IP), particularly patents
Advocate to extend funding under the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario to include grants for projects that demonstrates ability to increase and retain manufacturing and processing output in Canada
Beyond the Border Action Plan, Advocate for the implementation of Single Window initiative, continued support of improvement in Trusted Trader Process and reduction of administrative paper burden.
Canada's Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classifications and Labelling of Chemicals mainly as it relates to regulatory and implementation alignment with the US as well as trade secret clause.
Discussions relating to the PWGSC Integrity Framework for procurement, either directly, or as part of meetings between trade associations (such as the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters) and government.
Policies or Program, Regulation
Canadian Chemical Management Plan under Environmental Protection Act 1999, with respect to schedule 1 of the act. Interact with Environment and Health Canada for impacted reviewed Chemicals as appropriate.
Regulation
Canada-US Regulatory Cooperation Council; Advocate for better alignment of regulatory requirements between Canada and US to streamline regulatory approvals and avoid duplication.
Under the Health Canada Human-Use Antiseptic Drugs Guidance implemented in 2009, review communication plan to professional institutions to improve knowledge and understanding of compliance requirements