Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Agriculture
- Budget
- Financial Institutions
- Privacy and Access to Information
- Small Business
- Taxation and Finance
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Bankruptcy and insolvency Act as it relates to lending practices and priority of security
- Co-operative Credit Associations Act - preparation for government's next scheduled review of federal financial institutions legislative review due in 2012.
- Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions.
- Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act with respect to reporting and compliance obligations of credit unions and credit union centrals as per FINTRAC ruling on whether central are reporting issuers
- The Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act (FISA), as it relates to identity theft and related misconduct
- The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act with respect to impacy on credit unions and credit union centrals
- The financial powers and operations of the Business Development Bank of Canada as being considered during the current statutory Parliamentary Review of the Business Development Bank of Canada Act.
Policies or Program
- Competitiveness of credit union agricultural lending compared with Agriculture Canada federal lending programs, suchh as Farm Credit Canada
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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Bank of Canada
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Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Competition Tribunal (CT)
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Export Development Canada (EDC)
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Farm Credit Canada (FCC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
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House of Commons
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Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
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Industry Canada
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Members of the House of Commons
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Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC)
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Revenue Canada (RC)
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Senate of Canada
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
1. the national financial intermediary and trade association for credit unions across Canada2. oversees and develops policy for national liquidity pool, and provides non-financial services to support credit union activities and strategies for further development: communications and marketing; electronic network planning; professional development; linkage into national and international ATM networks; development of electronic transfer of funds services3. represents credit unions and maintains close working relationships with other national and international organizations such as: the Canadian Payments Association; Interac Association; the Canadian Co-operative Association; Credit Union Institute of Canada; the Desjardins Group; the Francophone federations outside Quebec; the World Council of Credit Unions which has affiliated members in 80 countries and directs financial and leadership resources to credit unions throughout the world; and the federal government, representing credit unions' interests on issues such as statutes, government regulation of financial services, taxation, liquidity management.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
David Phillips,
President & Chief Financial Officer
Organization's membership or classes of membership
9 Provincial Centrals & 1 Federation
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
300 The East Mall
Suite 500
Toronto, ON M9B 6B7
Canada
Telephone number:
416-232-3405
Fax number:
416-232-3470
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Cheryl Byrne,
Vice President, Knowledge Services |
No public offices held
- Kevin Dorse,
Senior Policy Analyst |
Public offices held
- Stephen Fitzpatrick,
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
No public offices held
- Brigitte Goulard,
Vice President, Policy |
No public offices held
- Janis Hopper,
Senior Policy Advisor |
No public offices held
- Sabrina Kellenberger,
Senior Manager, Clearing and Settlements |
No public offices held
- Kate Martin,
Policy Analyst, Cooperatives and Government Relations |
No public offices held
- Robert Martin,
Senior Policy Advisor |
No public offices held
- Anna Morena,
Government Relations Coordinator |
Public offices held
- Brenda O'Connor,
Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |
No public offices held
- David Phillips,
President & CEO |
No public offices held
- Gary Rogers,
Vice President, Financial Policy |
No public offices held