Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Agriculture
- Broadcasting
- Budget
- Consumer Issues
- Economic Development
- Energy
- Environment
- Health
- Industry
- Internal Trade
- International Trade
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Small Business
- Taxation and Finance
- Tourism
- Transportation
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 as it pertains to use of certain single-use plastics.
- Federal Budget as it pertains to beverage alcohol taxation or regulation.
- Food & Drugs Act and Safe Food For Canadians Act as they pertain to the regulation of beer and alcoholic beverages.
- Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act as it pertains to internal trade of beverage alcohol.
- Under the Excise Act, seeking the repeal of the automatic annual escalator on the federal excise duty and the introduction of new excise tiers with reduced rates for lower alcohol content beers.
Policies or Program
- Communicating on beverage alcohol drinking guidance and labelling.
- Requesting that Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) ensure that the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) action plans and strategies on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan align with the Global Alcohol Strategy.
Regulation
- Communicating on proposed restrictions on the use of certain single-use plastics.
- Food & Drug Regulations, pertaining to beer and alcoholic beverages.
- Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, pertaining to beer and alcoholic beverages.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
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Justice Canada (JC)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
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Senate of Canada
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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Transport Canada (TC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
Beer Canada is the national voice of beer, representing 50+ Canadian brewing companies that account for 90% of beer made in Canada. As a national non-profit trade association representing brewing companies operating in Canada, the Association undertakes issue-orientated, statistical, and administrative activities on behalf of membership.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
CJ Helie,
President
Organization's membership or classes of membership
Membership is open to such corporations not affiliated through stock ownership or share control or management agreement with any other member, or any other group of members associated with the aforesaid, which are licensed to engage in the business of a brewer in Canada, and which make application in writing to the Board of Directors of the Association for membership therein and are elected to membership by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
PO Box 654
Ottawa, ON K2S 1A7
Canada
Telephone number:
613-232-9601
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Emma Breen,
VP, Ontario & Atlantic Canada |
No public offices held
- Luke Chapman,
VP, Federal Affairs |
No public offices held
- Karine Cousineau,
VP, Strategic Communications |
Public offices held
- Ed Gregory,
Senior Research Advisor |
No public offices held
- CJ Helie,
President |
No public offices held
- Philippe Roy,
Directeur général |
Public offices held
- Evan Southern,
VP, Government Relations - Western Canada |
No public offices held
