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Taseko Mines / BRUCE RAWSON, Consultant

Registration Information

Client name: Taseko Mines
Lobbyist name: BRUCE RAWSON, Consultant
Initial registration start date: 2006-09-15
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 778393-13943

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 31

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 3 of 8 (2007-08-27 to 2008-08-11)

Version 3 of 8 (2007-08-27 to 2008-08-11) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.

A. Registrant

Consultant lobbyist name: BRUCE RAWSON    Lobbyist business address
Consulting firm: Rawson Group Initiatives Inc.
300 - 222 ARGYLE AVE.
OTTAWA, ON  K2P 1B9
Canada
Position: PRESIDENT
Telephone number: 613-236-7960  
Fax number: 613-230-6597  
 
Former public office holder: Yes
Payment is contingent on the success of the undertaking: No

B. Information about Client

Client: Taseko Mines
1020-800 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC  V6C 2V6
Canada
Telephone number: 604-684-6365
Fax number: 604-630-0022  
 
Client Representative: Scott Jones
 
Parent: The client is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.
Coalition: The client is not a coalition.
Subsidiary: The client does not have any subsidiaries that could be affected by the outcome of the undertaking.
Individual, organization or corporation: The client's activities are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.
 
Was the client funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Environment Canada, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Justice Canada (JC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Transport Canada (TC)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Mining
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Regulation For the Gibraltar Mine: Request for a permit from Fisheries and Oceans to install a diffuser to direct water from behind a dam into the Frazer river. (DFO's regulatory authority is the Fisheries Act.)
Regulation With respect to Taseko's Prosperity Mine proposal: Explosives Regulations of the Department of Natural Resources Canada.
Regulation With respect to Taseko's Prosperity Mine proposal: Metal Mine Effluent Regulations of the Department of Environment.
Regulation With respect to Taseko's Prosperity Mine proposal: Navigatable Waters Protection Act of the Department of Transport.
Regulation With respect to Taseko's Prosperity Mine proposal: regulatory powers of Health Canada in the area of airborne contamination and noise.
Regulation With respect to Taseko's Prosperity Mine proposal: regulatory powers under the Fisheries Act of the Habitat Branch of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Regulation With respect to Taseko's Prosperity Mine proposal: various regulatory authority of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.

Government institutions added through a communication report: Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) View



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