Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

MININGWATCH CANADA / JOAN KUYEK, ADMINISTRATIVE CO-ORDINATOR

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: MININGWATCH CANADA
Responsible Officer Name: JOAN KUYEK, ADMINISTRATIVE CO-ORDINATOR 
Initial registration start date: 1999-06-07
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 776348-1

Version 12 of 13 (2007-07-25 to 2008-01-14)

Version 12 of 13 (2007-07-25 to 2008-01-14) 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: MININGWATCH CANADA
SUITE 508, 250 CITY CENTRE AVENUE
OTTAWA, ON  K1R 6K7
Canada
Telephone number: 613-569-3439
Fax number: 613-569-5138  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: JOAN M KUYEK, ADMINISTRATIVE CO-ORDINATOR  
 
Description of the organization's activities: TO MONITOR GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY POLICY AND ACTIVITY ON MINING ISSUES; TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FULL COSTS OF MINING; TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE FULL COSTS OF MINING
Organization's membership or classes of membership: THE ORGANIZATIONS MEMBERS ARE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COSTS OF MINING
 
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: 2006-12-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Human Resources and Social Development Canada $3,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: CATHERINE COUMANS
Position title: RESEARCH CO-ORDINATOR
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Joan Kuyek
Position title: National Co-ordinator
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, Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Environment Canada, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Health, Industry, International Trade, Mining, Regional Development, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: INCLUSION OF MINING IN NATIONAL POLLUTANT RELEASE INVENTORY, FINANCIAL BENEFITS TO MINERAL EXPLORATION, ASBESTOS INDUSTRY, FOREIGN POLICY IN REGARD TO MINING, EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CANADA,
Subject Matter: Prospective: Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Fisheries Act Amendments,Habitat Compensation Policy, Environmental Assessment Act, National Pollutant Release Inventory, Corporate Social Responsibility, Financail contributions to the Asbestos Industry, Tax Policy with Regards to Mining
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Bill or Resolution Amendments to the Fisheries Act
Legislative Proposal, Policy or Program Corporate Social Responsibility
Bill or Resolution, Legislative Proposal Environmental Assessment Act
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policy or Program Financial contributions to Asbestos Industry
Policy or Program Habitat Compensation Policy;
Regulation Metal Mining Effluent Regulation
Policy or Program, Regulation National Pollutant Release Inventory
Policy or Program Regulation of Canadian extractie companies operating internationally
Policy or Program Tax Policy with regards to mining




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