Registration - In-house Organization

Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada (CME) / Alliance des manufacturiers et des exportateurs du Canada (MEC) / Dennis Darby, President & CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada (CME) / Alliance des manufacturiers et des exportateurs du Canada (MEC)
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Dennis Darby, President & CEO
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2007-08-23
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 783087-15791

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 1864

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 23

Version 2 of 88 (2008-03-21 to 2008-08-15)

Registration versions:

Version 2 of 88 (2008-03-21 to 2008-08-15) 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. Organization Information

Organization:

ALLIANCE OF MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS CANADA
6725 Airport Road
Suite 200
Mississauga, ON L4V 1V2
Canada

Telephone number:

613-238-8888 Ext.: 4231

Fax number:

613-563-9218

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration:

Jayson Myers, President

Description of the organization's activities:

ALLIANCE OF MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS CANADA OPERATING AS CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS (CME) IS A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS. CME IS CANADA'S LEADING BUSINESS NETWORK COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF CANADIAN INDUSTRY AND ENABLING THE SUCCESS OF CANADIAN BUSINESSES IN WORLD MARKETS BY AGRESSIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY INFLUENCING GOVERNMENT THINKING AND ACTION AND BY DELIVERING TIMELY, RELEVANT INFORMATION AND SUPPORT OF SUPERIOR QUALITY AND VALUE

Organization's membership or classes of membership:

CME'S MEMBERS ARE DRAWN FROM ALL SECTORS OF CANADA'S MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTING COMMUNITY, AND FROM ALL PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES. OVER 80% OF CME'S MEMBERS ARE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO REPRESENTS CANADA'S LEADING GLOBAL ENTERPRISES. TOGETHER CME'S MEMBERS ACCOUNT FOR AN ESTIMATED 75% OF TOTAL MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION IN CANADA AND 90% OF CANADIAN EXPORTS.

Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year?

Yes

End date of the organization's last completed financial year:

2007-03-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Export Development Canada	$182,887.00
Industry Canada (IC)	$327,231.00
National Research Council (NRC)	$790,802.00
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WED)	$577,973.00
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)	$301,041.00
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)	$1,374,144.00
Canadian Council on Learning - Human Resources and Social Development Canada	$23,350.00
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)	$180,063.00
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)	$2,148,977.00
AB Economic Development	$20,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name:	REMI BOUDREAULT
Position title:	DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (QUEBEC)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JEFF BROWNLEE
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS
Public offices held:	Yes

Name:	LUC CHARTRAND
Position title:	DIRECTOR, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (QUEBEC)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	PAUL CLIPSHAM
Position title:	POLICY DIRECTOR (ONTARIO)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	NANCY COULAS
Position title:	DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Public offices held:	No

Name:	ROBERT DAVIS
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT RECHERCHE, ANALYSE ET AFFAIRES PUBLIQUES (QC)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	DIANE DE JONG
Position title:	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, II
Public offices held:	No

Name:	GORDON GREAVES
Position title:	ADVANCED MANUFACTURING DIRECTOR
Public offices held:	No

Name:	DAVID HAIRE
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT, BEST PRACTICES & LEAN MANAGEMENT, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held:	No

Name:	IAN HOWCROFT
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT (ONT)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JOSÉ LOUIS JACOME
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS (QUEBEC)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	ANN JANEGA
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT (NS)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	WERNER KNITTEL
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT(BC)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	RON KOSLOWSKY
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT (MB)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JEAN-MICHEL LAURIN
Position title:	VICE PRESIDEN, GLOBAL BUSINESS POLICY
Public offices held:	No

Name:	MARIA MARCHESE
Position title:	DIRECTOR, WORKPLACE SAFETY & COMPENSATION (ON)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	BRIAN MCCREADY
Position title:	VICE-PRESIDENT (AB)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JAYSON MYERS
Position title:	PRESIDENT
Public offices held:	No

Name:	DAVID PLANTE
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT (NB)
Public offices held:	No

Name:	CAROL ANN POLLETT
Position title:	APPAREL SECTOR SPECIALIST
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JACK RADFORD
Position title:	GENERAL MANAGER
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JANET SMITH
Position title:	DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES
Public offices held:	No

Name:	FARID (FRED) SPIRO
Position title:	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EAC
Public offices held:	No

Name:	WILLIAM STIRLING
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT (NFLD & LABRADOR))
Public offices held:	No

Name:	JEAN-LUC TRAHAN
Position title:	PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, QUEBEC
Public offices held:	No

Name:	DEBORAH TURNBULL
Position title:	VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Public offices held:	No

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking:

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:

Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format

Subject Matter: Areas of Concern:

Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Mining, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation

Subject Matter: Retrospective:

MANUFACTURING LEADERSHIP,COMPETITIVENESS, INNOVATION, WORKFORCE CAPABILITIES, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Subject Matter: Prospective:

MANUFACTURING LEADERSHIP, COMPETITIVENESS, INNOVATION, WORKFORCE CAPABILITIES, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories	Description
Policy or Program	2006 Cdn Market Access Priorities (CIMAP): US WHTI passport reqmt impact
Regulation	Access to Information
Policy or Program	Advocating for the introduction of a Canadian content policy for government investments in public infrastructure modeled after similar policies in other countries
Legislative Proposal	Amendments to the Access to Information Act
Legislative Proposal	Amendments to the Copyright Act & Criminal Code
Legislative Proposal	Amendments to the Customs Act
Legislative Proposal	Amendments to the Federal Income Tax Act
Legislative Proposal	Amendments to the Privacy Act
Bill or Resolution	B-C43, An Act to amend the Customs Act
Bill or Resolution	Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Bill or Resolution	Bill C-2, An Act providing for conflict of interest rules, restrictions on election financing and measures respecting administrative transparency, oversight and accountability (Federal Accountability Act)
Bill or Resolution	Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol
Bill or Resolution	Bill C-3, An Act respecting international bridges and tunnels and making a consequential amendment to another Act
Bill or Resolution	Bill C-30, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Energy Efficiency Act and the Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act (Canada's Clean Air Act).
Regulation	Canada Border Services Agency Regulations - Customs Reporting and Security Compliance Regulations including PIP, ACI and CSA and the Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS)
Legislative Proposal	Canadian Environmental Protection Act
Regulation	Canadian export reporting regulations
Policy or Program	Categorization of domestic substances list
Policy or Program	Cda's Int'l Policy Stmt
Policy or Program	Cda-EU TIEA
Policy or Program	Cdn Border Services Agency: Border Mgmt
Legislative Proposal	Clean Air Act
Legislative Proposal	Competition Policy
Legislative Proposal	Developmentof a National Logistics Strategy
Policy or Program	DFAIT Cda-Korea free trade, Emerging Markets Strategy, Cda-China & Cda -India Foreign Investment Protection Agrmts, Cda-Japan Jt. Study, Cda-EU Trade & Investment Enhancement Agrmt;
Policy or Program	Doha Devlpt Agda before WTO
Policy or Program	EC- Environmental Performance Agrmts
Policy or Program	EDC Environmental Policy & ERD
Regulation	Environmental Emergency Regulatory changes
Regulation	Export Development Canada financing rules & regulations
Policy or Program	Fed/Prov Coord.of air issues
Policy or Program	Fed.-Private Sector Working Group on Pandemic Preparedness
Policy or Program	Fed'l taxation/tax reform (e.g. extend tax loss carry-back provisions from 3 to 7 years; introduce an Employer's Training Tax Credit creditable against EI premiums; provide two-year depreciation for investments in manufacturing & processing equipment for a period of at least five years; provide a tax refund for companies in a financial loss position; provide loan guarantees based on refundable tax losses)
Legislative Proposal	Federal Budget
Legislative Proposal	Finance/CBSA - Legislaton to address influx of imports from China
Regulation	Finance - NAFTA Rules of Origin and MFN Tariff Harmonization
Policy or Program	Govt of Cda's Chemicals Mgmt Plan
Policy or Program	Greenhouse Gas Reporting
Policy or Program	Health Canada's Food and Consumer Product Safety Plan
Policy or Program	HRSD comprehensive literacy & essential skills strategy devlpt
Policy or Program	IC -Manufacturing 20/20
Legislative Proposal	Implementation of Industry Committee's Recommendations on manufacturing competitiveness
Policy or Program	Implementation of new Canada Border Services Agency programs or review of existing programs including: AMPS review, implementation of eManifest, core services review, CBSA vision for 2017 and Partners in Protection
Legislative Proposal	Implementaton of recommendations made by the Industry and Public Safety Committees on counterfeiting and piracy
Regulation	Imposition of License Requirements for Exports and Re-exports of Missile Technology Controlled Items Destined to Canada
Policy or Program	Improving Canada's trade remedy process
Policy or Program	Improving the Foreign Workers Program for manufacturers
Policy or Program	Improving the SR&Ed tax credit system to make the credits refundable and reduce administrative burden
Policy or Program	IRAP
Policy or Program	ITCan's Global Commerce Strategy
Legislative Proposal	Legislation to effectively enforce IP rights at the border & amendments to the Customs Tariff
Legislative Proposal	Legislative review of Export Development Canada Act
Legislative Proposal	National Pollutant Release Inventory
Regulation	New Substances Notification Regulations
Legislative Proposal	Notice of Intent to Develop and Implement Regulations and Other Measures to Reduce Air Emissions
Policy or Program	PCO & Min. of Public Security: Nt'l Security
Policy or Program	Policies: Competitiveness, Business Tax
Bill or Resolution	Private Member's Bill, C-236, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers)
Bill or Resolution	Private Member's Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol
Policy or Program	Protocol to regulate greenhouse gases
Legislative Proposal	Review of Federal Labour Standards, Amendments to the Canada Labour Code
Legislative Proposal	Review of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act: Senate Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources
Policy or Program	Science, Technology, Innovation
Policy or Program	Security & Prosperity Partnership of N.A., Gov't performance reporting
Regulation	Smart Regulations and regulatory reform
Regulation	Tariff Amendments
Policy or Program	Telecommunications
Legislative Proposal	Trademark reform - reform of the Trademarks Act
Legislative Proposal	Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act
Legislative Proposal	Transportation of dangerous goods by air
Legislative Proposal	User Fee Act
Regulation	Wood Packing Material import requirements

Subject matters added through a communication report

Priorities for negotiating a resolution to Buy American, Status of federal-provincial talks on developing a negotiating proposal

2008-07-10

Government institutions added through a communication report:

DEC, View
Foreign Affairs, International Women's Program View

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

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada (CME)/Alliance des manufacturiers et des exportateurs du Canada (MEC)	2008-08-15	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

ALLIANCE OF MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS CANADA

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

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Dennis Darby	2017-01-30	Current
Mathew Wilson	2016-10-01	2017-01-30
Jayson Myers	2007-08-23	2016-10-01

Date Modified:: 2025-03-07

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