International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

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Registration: 35 of 35 (2024-09-27 to present)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Subject matters	Details	Categories
Animal Welfare, Environment	Amending Species at Risk Act to improve protection for endangered species and their habitats in Canada.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
Environment	Improving implementation and enforcement of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA) to ensure compliance with the text and intent of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES).	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation, Policies or Program
Environment	Improving policies, regulation, and legislation to reduce underwater noise pollution globally and within Canadian waters	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation, Policies or Program
Animal Welfare, Environment, International Trade	International Relations: discourage efforts by Canada to overturn seal product bans or open new markets for seal products. Encourage efforts by Canada to increase funding and support for wildlife conservation and endangered species protection, particularly in Africa and Asia	Policies or Program
Fisheries	Marine Mammal Protection: encourage the Federal Government to create new or amend existing policy, legislation or regulation to ensure Canada's commercial seal hunt is properly managed by government agencies, or stopped. Advocate for a federal buyout of commercial sealing licences.	Policies or Program
Animal Welfare, Environment	Provide information on illegal wildlife trade, including cybercrime, and encourage stricter policies, legislation, and regulations to reduce Canada’s role in illegal wildlife trade.	Regulation, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Fisheries, Health	Provide information on scientific and public opposition, and non-lethal alternatives, to proposals to cull predators in wild ecosystems, including the grey seal population in Atlantic Canada.	Policies or Program
Animal Welfare, Fisheries	Reducing the threats of entanglement and vessel strike to Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales and other Whale Species at Risk.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Animal Welfare, Environment	Support amendments to, or introduction of, legislation to ensure humane and ecologically sustainable conservation of wildlife in Canada.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Animal Welfare, Justice and Law Enforcement	Support amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada and/or any other existing or new legislation concerning animal welfare.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution