Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Housing, community development
- New environmental loan fund for energy-saving building retrofits
- Provision of repayable loans for affordable hsg repair through CMHC's direct lending program
- Targeted spending on new affordable hsg devt through the Affordable Housing Initiative
Subject matters added through a monthly communication report
- The development of a new program to protect the RGI capacity for Canada's affordabel housing stock.
- The development of a new program to protect the RGI capacity for Canada's affordable housing stock.
- The need to create a federal accountability framework for federal housing transfers to provs/terrs by requiring measurable outcomes in housing need reduction.
- The need to create a federal accountability framework for federal housing transfers to the provinces/territories, by requiring measurable outcomes in housing need reduction
- The need to create a federal accountability framework for federal housing transfers to the provinces/territories by requiring measurable outcome in housing need reduction
- The need to create a federal accountability framework for federal housing transfers to the provs/terrs by rqeuiring measurable outcomes in housing need reduction.
Subject Matter Details
Policies or Program
- Lobbying around the elimination of homelessness in Canada.
- Lobbying for changes to regulations governing administration of the federal co-op housing portfolio.
- Lobbying for energy retrofit programs for co-op housing.
- Lobbying for funding for new affordable housing programs.
- Lobbying for new low-income subsidies for federal co-ops (including Section 95 program co-op housing).
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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Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
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Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
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Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
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Members of the House of Commons
Government institutions added through a monthly communication report
- Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
CHF Canada is a non-profit co-op association. Our services include research to support new co-op development and improve government support programs; representing our members' interests to the federal government; developing and promoting national education materials for the co-op housing movement; organizing conferences and training forums, etc; providing support to co-ops and member federations upon request; research on legal matters; publishing newsletters and bulletins for our members.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Nicholas Gazzard,
Executive Director
Organization's membership or classes of membership
Our members include: non-profit housing co-ops (except in Quebec, where housing co-ops belong to CHF Canada through their local federations); federations of existing housing co-ops at the local and regional levels; groups that help housing co-ops; provincial co-op housing associations that work on provincial issues; associations that represent and support housing co-op staff; land trusts that hold and protect land for housing co-ops; sponsoring organization who lend us their support and assistance.
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2008-12-31
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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Province of Nova Scotia
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$124,037.00
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Yes
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
225 Metcalfe Street
Suite 311
Ottawa, ON K2P 1P9
Canada
Telephone number:
613-230-2201
Ext.
230
Fax number:
613-230-2231
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Harvey Cooper,
Manager, Govt Relations/Co-op Services, Ontario Region |
No public offices held
- Nicholas Gazzard,
Executive Director |
No public offices held
- David Granovsky,
Government Relations Co-ordinator |
Public offices held
- Dale Reagan,
Managing Director, Ontario Region |
No public offices held
- Merrilee Robson,
National Communications Officer |
No public offices held
- Nicholas Sidor,
Director, Corporate Affairs |
Public offices held
- Karla Skoutajan,
Director, Sector Development |
No public offices held
