Registry of Lobbyists
Version 5 of 48 (2008-01-02 to 2008-06-02) 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.
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Imagine Canada
2 Carlton St. Suite 600 Toronto, ON M5B 1J3 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 416-597-2293 Ext.: 233 | ||||||||||||
| Fax number: | 416-597-2294 | ||||||||||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Georgina Steinsky-Schwartz, President and CEO | ||||||||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | Imagine Canada is a federally-incorporated not-for-profit corporation and a registered charity. Imagine Canada is a national intermediary organization drawing its membership from all 10 provinces and three territories, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary and employing approximately 25 staff. It is mandated to foster effective and sustainable charitable and non-profit organizations. Imagine Canada's goals are, broadly, to improve contributions to community from all sectors of society, to strengthen individual charities and non-profit organizations and to promote trust and collaboration among those working to build community. Its activities include promoting public policy and a regulatory environment that is supportive of the work of the charitable and non-profit sector, researching issues related to the sector, encouraging corporate community contributions, and providing resources and tools to enhance the capacity of sector organizations. | ||||||||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Membership in Imagine Canada is open to charities, nonprofit organizations; private and public foundations; consultants; corporations; government departments or agencies; and, individuals. For charities and nonprofit organizations, our fees are scaled according to the budget of the organization and based on total organizational revenue. Only charities and nonprofit organizations are entitled to vote at the Annual or Special General Meetings, although all classes of members are entitled to attend such meetings. Other than voting rights, there are no distinctions made between classes of members. Current membership is approximately 1100, the majority of which (900+) are either charities or nonprofits. | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| Name: | Michael Hall |
| Position title: | Vice-President, Research |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Georgina Steinsky-Schwartz |
| Position title: | President & C.E.O |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Environment Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, National Research Council (NRC), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Arts and Culture, Charity or nonprofit legislation, policies or programs., Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Environment, Government Procurement, Health, Immigration, Industry, Intellectual Property, International Relations, Regional Development, Sports, Taxation and Finance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | 1. Managing change within Canada's Community Non-Profit Sector - The new Lobbying Act: Compliance Issues and the impact of the Act on charities and nonprofits. 2. Research that has been conducted on the CSGVP and research needs for the sector 3. Imagine Canada's planned response to news that funding for the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating may be eliminated 4. CSGVP and presentation of Imagine Canada's research and information management capabilities 6. Dr. Hall, as Co-chair of the Steering Committee, received report on status of Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating. 7. Presentation about the non-profit community and Imagine Canada to a Small and Rural Charities Initiative (SARC) workshop, organized by Canada Revenue Agency 8. Dr. Hall participated in a conference with Sophie Joyal, Chief, Nonprofit Sector and Unpaid Work Analysis, Income and Expenditure Accounts Division, Statistics Canada on the Satellite Account of Nonprofit Institutions and Volunteering9. To discuss relevant Imagine Canada projects and possible consulting work on issues of interest to HRSDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Communications with:¿ Various Members of the House of Commons and Senators, and/or their political staff, the Prime Minister and/or policial exempt staff in the Prime Minister's Office; the Clerk of the Privy Council and/or senior officials in the Privy Council Ofiice; the Chari and Members of the Cabinet Social Affairs Commitee or in the Office of such Members of MInisters serving on such Committee government initiatives, such as accountability legislation, affecting the charitable and nonprofit sector; ¿ The Minister of Finance, political exempt staff in the Minister of Finance's office, the Parliamentary Secretary for Finance, political exempt staff in the Parliamentary Secretary's office, and senior Finance Department officials regarding initiatives, such as accountability legislation, lobbying regulations, or sector financing issues, affecting the charitable and nonprofit sector; ¿ The Minister of National Revenue, political exempt staff in the Minister of National Revenue's office, and senior Canada Revenue Agency officials regarding measures to facilitate charities' and nonprofits' interaction with the Canada Revenue Agency, and other government initiatives, such as compliance with CRA requirements or gathering knowledge about such compliance, affecting the charitable and nonprofit sector;¿ The Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, political exempt staff in the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development's office, the Parliamentary Secretary for Human Resources and Social Development, political exempt staff in the Parliamentary Secretary's office,and/or senior officials in the department of Human Resources and Social Development regarding government initiatives, such as actual or potential research programs or initiatives, affecting the charitable and nonprofit sector;¿ The Minister of Industry, political exempt staff in the Minister of Industry's office, and/or senior officials of Industry Canada regarding reform of the Canada Corporations Act, and other government initiatives affecting the charitable and nonprofit sector; ¿ The Minister of Canadian Heritage, political exempt staff in the Minister of Canadian Heritage's office, and/or senior officials of Heritage Canada regarding government initiatives affecting the charitable and nonprofit sector; and,¿ The Minister of the Treasury Board, political exempt staff in the Minister of the Treasury Board's office, and/or senior officials of the Treasury Board regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Grants and Contributions, and in general government's relationship with the charitable and non-profit sector and accountability legislation as it affects the charitable and nonprofit sector. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is the responsible officer name as provided in the most recent registration for the corporation or organization.
| Name | From | To |
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| Imagine Canada | 2024-05-17 | current |
| Imagine Canada | 2010-03-19 | 2024-05-17 |
| Responsible Officer Name | From (YYYY-MM-DD) | To (YYYY-MM-DD) |
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| Bruce MacDonald | 2014-07-14 | Current |
| MARCEL LAUZIERE | 2010-03-19 | 2014-07-14 |
| Georgina Steinsky-Schwartz | 2006-04-06 | 2008-06-04 |
Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.
Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.
Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.
Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.
Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.
Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.