Registry of Lobbyists
Version 7 of 16 (1999-06-10 to 1999-12-21) 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.
| Organization: |
AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
1200 - 60 QUEEN STREET OTTAWA, ON K1P 5Y7 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 613-232-4297 |
| Fax number: | 613-232-1142 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | PETER R SMITH, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
| Description of the organization's activities: | THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (AIAC) IS AN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING IN EXCESS OF 200 LARGE, MEDIUM AND SMALL CANADIAN ENTERPRISES THAT GENERATE MORE THAN 65,000 HIGH TECH JOBS AND WILL ADD IN EXCESS OF $16 B TO THE COUNTRY'S GDP IN 1999. THE ASSOCIATION IS THE VOICE OF CANADA'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. AIAC ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS UNDERTAKES ADVOCACY, EXPORT PROMOTION AND EVENT PLANNING ACTIVITIES. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | AIAC HAS APPROX. 200 MEMBERS CLASSED INTO FIVE CATEGORIES BASED ON THEIR BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN CANADA OR THEIR SALES REVENUE. BRIEFLY, THE CATEGORY CLASS DISTINICTION BREAKS DOWN IN THE FOLLOWING FASHION (SPECIAL CATEGORY WHOSE REVENUE EXCEEDS $225M IN SALES; CATEGORY 1 HAS THREE SUB-CLASSES BETWEEN $20M AND $225M; CATEGORY II COMPRISES SIX SUB-CLASSES FROM UP TO $500,000 TO $20M IN SALES). AFFILIATE MEMBER COMPANIES COMPRISE FOREIGN COMPANIES WHO CANNOT FALL UNDER THE DEFINITION OF ORDINARY MEMBER. FINALLY, WE HAVE AN ASSOCIATE CLASS TO ACCOMMODATE PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATIONS OF WHICH WE HAVE FIVE IN THIS GROUPING (B.C., ALBERTA, MANITOBA, N.S., AND ONTARIO). MEMBERSHIP FEES ARE PAID BASED ON THE COMPANY'S SALES REVENUE WHICH IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY AND MEMBERSHIP APPROVAL IS A MATTER OF BOARD CONSIDERATION. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | PETER BOAG |
| Position title: | VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING & COMMUNICATION |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | PETER SMITH |
| Position title: | PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | DANIEL VERREAULT |
| Position title: | VICE PRESIDENT, POLICY & RESEARCH |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Environment Canada, Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Transport Canada (TC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) |
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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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Meetings, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format |
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Defence, Government Procurement, Industry, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Trade, Labour, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Transportation |
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | OVER THE LAST YEAR AIAC'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS WERE DIRECTED TOWARDS INCREASING THE FUNDING OF THE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS CANADA [ TPC] PROGRAM, COMMENTING ON THE ADEQUACY OF THE CERTIFICATION RESOURCES IN AIRWORTHINESS BRANCH OF MOT, RAISING THE PROFILE OF ILLEGAL FOREIGN SUBSIDIES AND COMMENTING ON THE NEED FOR MORE PREDICTABILITY IN BOTH DEFENCE AND SPACE CAPITAL BUDGETS. |
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | THE ABOVE MATTERS HAVE BEEN SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED BUT THEIR IMPLEMENTATION WILL REMAIN PART OF THE ASSOCIATION'S PRIORITIES. ISSUES UNDER DISCUSSION AT OUR VARIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL BE SELECTED BY OUR BOARD AS PRIORITIES FOR THE COMING YEAR. EMPHASIS WILL SHIFT TO THE RESULTS OF A MAJOR SUPPLIER STUDY TO DETERMINE THE IMPACTS OF AND SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO COPE WITH THE CHANGES IN THE SUPPLIER PATTERNS OVER THE PAST DECADE. OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST WILL BE TO FOLLOW UP ON OUR SUBMISSION SUGGESTING CHANGES TO THE EXPORT DEV. CORPORATION'S ACT AND TO EXPLORE WAYS AND MEANS OF INITIATING COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS INVOLVING GOVERNMENT/INDUSTRY/UNIVERSITIES. FALL OUT FROM THE APPEAL PROCESS AT WTO ON PROEX AND TPC WILL BE MONITORED AS WILL FTAA AND WTO NEGOTIATIONS. A SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITAR'S IN THE U.S. IS CRITICAL IF WE ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN NOT ONLY SUSTAINING BUT GROWING OUR DEFENCE EXPORTS TO THE U.S. |