Registration - In-house Organization

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada / Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada / Timothy Ross, Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada / Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada
Responsible Officer Name: Timothy Ross, Executive Director
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2005-11-03
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 921382-5862

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 469

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 16

Version 14 of 57 (2014-10-01 to 2014-11-20)

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Version 14 of 57 (2014-10-01 to 2014-11-20)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Housing
Taxation and Finance

Subject Matter Details

Policies or Program

Lobbying around the elimination of homelessness in Canada.
Lobbying for energy retrofit programs for co-op housing.
Lobbying for government to examine the consequences of the steady erosion of rent-geared-to-income (RGI) capacity for low-income households in existing federally administered housing providers, including co-operatives.
Lobbying for new low-income subsidies for federal co-ops (including Section 95 program co-op housing).
Lobbying to ensure that low-income households can continue to live affordably in federally-administered housing co-operatives after their operating agreements end with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
Lobbying to ensure the new affordable housing framework is implemented and linked to measurable outcomes.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment Canada
Finance Canada (FIN)
House of Commons
Members of the House of Commons
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

Government institutions added through a monthly communication report

Senate of Canada

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: 2013-12-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Province of nova scotia	$100,000.00	Yes

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, Managing Director, Ontario Region | No public offices held
Diana Devlin, Program Manager, Special Projects | No public offices held
Nicholas Gazzard, Executive Director | No public offices held
David Granovsky, Government Relations Co-ordinator | Public offices held
Scott Jackson, Program Manager, National Communications | No public offices held
Nicholas Sidor, Director, Corporate Affairs | Public offices held
Karla Skoutajan, Director, Sector Development | No public offices held

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada/Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada

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

Name	From	To
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada/Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada	2008-08-15	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada/Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada / Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Timothy Ross	2018-06-11	Current
Karla Skoutajan	2017-12-02	2018-06-11
Nicholas Gazzard	2005-11-03	2017-12-02

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Senior policy advisor Dept of Communications, Museums and Heritage Policy and Programs	1987 to 1989	Not a designated office
Assistant Director, Operational Co-ordination Health Canada, Government of Canada Office for the 1988 Olympic Winter Games	1984 to 1987	Not a designated office
Research Analyst CRTC, Research Branch	1983 to 1983	Not a designated office
Special Assistant to the Chairman Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, Chairmans Office	1981 to 1983	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Special Assistant, Parliamentary Affairs (Office of Josee Verner) House of Commons, House of Commons	October 2007 to November 2007	Not a designated office
Legislative assistant (Office of Deepak Obhrai) House of Commons, House of Commons	August 2003 to May 2004	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2025-04-30

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Registration - In-house Organization

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada / Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada / Timothy Ross, Executive Director

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 14 of 57 (2014-10-01 to 2014-11-20)

Version 14 of 57 (2014-10-01 to 2014-11-20)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Government institutions added through a monthly communication report

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization