Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Agriculture
- Broadcasting
- Constitutional Issues
- Consumer Issues
- Health
- Industry
- International Development
- International Relations
- International Trade
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Taxation and Finance
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- support for international tobacco control through enhanced funding through CIDA or Health Canada to multilateral, bilateral or other financial mechanisms, increased support for the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- ban on tobacco advertising, including transborder advertising, through new federal legislation. (C-32, an Act to amend the Tobacco Act, which was proclaimed in October 2009, bans print advertising but leaves other venues open for tobacco promotion and does meet Canada's requirements under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to ban transborder advertsing).
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
- Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; support the full implementation of the treaty in Canada by encouraging greater levels of adminsitrative, legislative and executive attention to the treaty's provisions, with particular attention to articles 5.3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26.
- improved tobacco product packaging, either through renewed tobacco information regulations or new legislation. Measures include renewed health information and health warning messages, plain packaging, removal of misleading information on tobacco packages.
Policies or Program
- Canada Pension Plan and CPP Investment Board. Encourage divestment of tobacco stocks from pension holdings in compliance with Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Contorl
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
Government Institutions
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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC)
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Revenue Canada (RC)
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada is a national registered charity which researches tobacco caused disease and its contributing factors and promotes reduced tobacco use
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
CYNTHIA CALLARD,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Organization's membership or classes of membership
All of the members and directors are Canadian physicians
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2009-12-31
List of Government Funding
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Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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Health Canada (HC)
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$543,507.00
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Yes
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
1226A wellington street
ottawa, ON k1Y 1R1
Canada
Telephone number:
613-233-4878
Fax number:
613-233-7797
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Cynthia Callard,
Executive Director |
No public offices held
