Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada (CME) / Alliance des manufacturiers et des exportateurs du Canada (MEC)

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Registration: 84 of 84 (2024-11-19 to present)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Subject matters	Details	Categories
Environment, Industry	Advocate against the use of plain packaging policies for products such as tobacco.	Policies or Program
Broadcasting, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Industry, International Trade, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance	Advocated for broad supports to Canada's manufacturing sector to cope with U.S. trade developments. This includes relief for technology investment, on-the-job training, excise duty, broad red tape reduction, using both grants (e.g. SIF) and taxation (e.g. capital gains, corporate tax, excise duty).	Regulation, Policies or Program
Budget, Industry, Taxation and Finance	Advocate for amending Regulation 105 of the Income Tax Act so that taxes are not witheld for workers providing business services to Canada.	Regulation
Climate, Environment, Industry, Small Business	Advocate for amendments to Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act (formerly Bill C-12) to ensure an appropriate balance between the environment and the economy	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Economic Development, Education, Industry, Labour	Advocate for a national manufacturing and exporting strategy that includes innovation and investment supports, skills development and effective trade policies.	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Industry	Advocate for a national regulatory simplification and reform initiative including the full implementation of the Regulatory Cooperation Council.	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Industry, Small Business	Advocate for an increase in the investment supports and funding available to manufacturers.	Policies or Program
Environment, Industry, Research and Development	Advocate for a simplified and harmonized Chemicals Management Plan with respect to implementation.	Policies or Program
Budget, Economic Development, Industry, Infrastructure, International Trade, Taxation and Finance, Transportation	Advocate for assistance to manage the frequent disruption of critical transportation infrastructure due to trade conflict and better financial support for trade corridors and a flexible regulatory approach for trucking regulations, renewal of iZEV program, removal of the luxury tax which impacts aircraft manufacturing	Regulation, Policies or Program
Environment, Industry	Advocate for changes to the federal government’s approach to reduce plastics waste in the environment	Regulation, Policies or Program
Economic Development, Employment and Training, Immigration, Industry, Labour, Pensions, Regional Development, Research and Development	Advocate for comprehensive harmonized policy and investment strategies that support Canadian manufacturers' ability to access and develop the efficient and effective labour force they require to sustain and grow business in respect to literacy and essential skills, manufacturing related occupational standards, technical innovation and entrepreneurship, labour, immigration and Foreign Workers.	Policies or Program
Budget, Economic Development, Energy, Environment, Industry, International Trade, Regional Development, Research and Development	Advocate for funding from the Strategic Innovation Fund for investment in increased manufacturing capabilities, potential funding opportunities across the Government of Canada to support green manufacturing in southern Ontario, having alignment with industry on the design of future trade policy responding to the potential U.S. tariffs on Canadian products.	Regulation, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Environment, Industry	Advocate for improvements to Canada’s Hydrogen Strategy	Policies or Program
Education, Employment and Training, Industry, Labour	Advocate for Labour and skills shortages, support for workforce development training and education	Regulation, Policies or Program
Economic Development, Industry, International Trade, Small Business	Advocate for manufacturing competitiveness, regulatory reform, and alignment with industry trade policy with the U.S.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Immigration, Industry, Labour	Advocate for reform to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program to make it easier for manufacturers and exporters, especially small and medium sized businesses, to access the program by reducing associated regulatory and paper burden.	Policies or Program
Climate, Energy, Environment, Industry	Advocate for regulatory changes regarding the proposed draft Clean Fuel Regulation (CFR)	Regulation
Economic Development, Infrastructure, International Trade, Transportation	Advocate for supply chain issues as they related to transportation and logistics, labour shortages/strikes, rising fuel and energy costs, regulatory changes such as ESG compliance laws, broken supply chains due to transportation barriers/strikes and long wait times for materials, etc.	Policies or Program, Regulation
Economic Development, Industry, International Development, International Trade	Advocate for the finalization and implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).	Policies or Program
Federal-Provincial Relations, Government Procurement, Industry, International Relations, International Trade	Advocate for the government of Canada to negotiate a Sub-national procurement agreement to open markets between Canada and the United States.	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Industry, International Development, International Trade	Advocate for the government of Canada to negotiate various details of the Canada-Europe Free Trade Agreement (CETA)	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Industry, Internal Trade, International Trade	Advocate for the implementation of trade remedy modernization.	Policies or Program
Industry, International Trade	Advocate for the increase in Canada's de minimus values to align to global norms.	Policies or Program
Industry, Justice and Law Enforcement, National Security/Security, Transportation	Advocate for the simplification, modernization and harmonization of the Canada's border regulations, including Beyond the Border.	Regulation, Policies or Program
Education, Employment and Training, Industry, Labour	Advocate for the support of Work Integrated Learning programs, and other similar programs/initiatives that address the skills gap and provide pathways between education and employment.	Policies or Program
Climate, Environment, Industry	Advocate to maintain the risk-based approach of the Canadian Environment Protection Act (CEPA)	Policies or Program, Regulation
Climate, Environment, Industry	Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) during the review of CEPA with respect to the protection of the environment and human health to contribute to sustainable development.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Climate, Environment, Industry	Clean Fuel Standard development - to ensure that issues and concerns related to manufacturers in Canada are understood and factored into the development of a Federal Clean Fuels Standard.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Climate, Environment, Industry, Research and Development	Climate change and clean air, promote the coordination of federal and provincial policies and legislation, participate in the development of policies in the areas of mitigation, carbon pricing, adaptation and innovation and technological progress.	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Energy, Environment, Industry, Natural Resources	Critical minerals issues as they are related to barriers to extraction and processing, environmental impacts, social impacts, technological challenges, limited energy options, etc.	Regulation, Policies or Program
Climate, Environment, Industry	Domestic Substances List, categorization process with respect to development of the priority lists.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Economic Development, Fisheries, Government Procurement, Health, Industry, Mining, Natural Resources	Encouraging the Government of Canada to consider the economic, public health and national security implications of the Integrity Framework and proposing amendments to the existing policy that would allow the government to balance its intent to enforce more stringent procurement practices with broader industry concerns relating to the need for greater certainty, due process and remediation.	Policies or Program
Budget, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Industry, Research and Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance	Federal budget with respect to federal taxation systems, advocate to assist business to be competitive by allowing for access to liquidity, improvement to tax treatment of investments in productive technologies, innovation, skills development and research development. This includes: a legislative review of SR&ED program, adopting a reciprocity policy for infrastructure projects, create national clusters of advanced manufacturing for automation, industrial robotics and additive manufacturing, fix withholding requirements for international workers, clarify treatment of government grants and risk-sharing contributions under the Income Tax Act, adopt the patent box tax regime in Canada to help commercialization of Canadian Innovation.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Industry, Intellectual Property, Justice and Law Enforcement, Privacy and Access to Information	Intellectual Property Rights, advocate for amendments to the Customs Tariff to ensure that intellectual property rights can be enforced by border officials.	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Industry	Legislative review of Export Development Canada (EDC) Act, to ensure proper resources are given to EDC for the continuation of EDC's role of assisting Canadian businesses succeed in global markets.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Climate, Environment, Industry	Plastic issues as they are related to waste, pollution, health, single-use plastics, sources of plastic waste, government-industry cooperation in reducing plastic pollution, strengthening sustainable economies, protecting the environment, etc	Policies or Program, Regulation, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Economic Development, Industry, Research and Development, Science and Technology	Promotion for the creation and funding of innovation clusters by the federal government	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Industry, International Development, International Trade	Re-negotiation of details of the North American Free Trade Agreement with respect to current business environment of manufacturing sector, trade barriers, modernization and expansion of the agreement.	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Industry, Infrastructure	Review of Federal government services geared toward the expansion of Canadian exports and exporters generally including review of the Trade Commissioner Services, Export Development Canada and Canadian Commercial Corporation, including the alignment of services, streamlining access and sharing of best practices.	Policies or Program
Economic Development, Employment and Training, Industry, Labour	Seeking funding to support an increased number of female workers in the manufacturing sector in Canada. Source of funding is to be determined.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Economic Development, Industry, Intellectual Property, Taxation and Finance	The adoption in Canada of a patent box model to provide a tax incentive for commercialization of new products in Canada	Policies or Program