Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Budget
- Constitutional Issues
- Consumer Issues
- Defence
- Education
- Employment and Training
- Energy
- Environment
- Financial Institutions
- Forestry
- Government Procurement
- Health
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Labour
- Regional Development
- Science and Technology
- Taxation and Finance
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear, Explosives) Equipment and Training - the federal government, in conjunction with the provincial/territorial governments, allocate funding for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear equipment and training.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Canadian Fire Advisor - the Government of Canada should be committed to establishing the Office of the Canadian Fire Advisor.
- Joint Emergency Preparedness Program - Increase the funding available to fire departments through JEPP in the amount of $20 million over the next four years and ensure that 50 per cent of that total is set aside to be used exclusively by volunteer fire departments for the purposes of training and equipment acquisition.
- Tax Incentives for Volunteer Fire Services - Volunteer firefighting personnel who have performed at least 200 hours of service in a taxation year, and have a letter from their Department attesting to that fact, should be allowed to deduct $3,000.00 from their taxable income from any source.
The 200 hours of annual service should include time spent in carrying out related duties and in achieving and maintaining a level of training to recognized standards.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- Residential Automatic Sprinkler Systems - Finance Canada should amend the federal tax regime to encourage owners of existing non-residental buildings and existing high-rise residential buildings to install automatic sprinkler systems.
Regulation:
The National Research Council should amend the National Building Code to require that all new and existing low-rise residential structures be equipped with automatic sprinkler systems.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution:
Finance Canada should amend the Income Tax Act to permit the owners of low-rise residential structures to partially deduct from their payable taxes the cost of equipping their residences with required automatic sprinkler systems.
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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Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB)
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Environment Canada
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
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Industry Canada
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Justice Canada (JC)
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National Defence (DND)
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National Research Council (NRC)
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
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Public Safety Canada (PS)
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Public Works and Government Services Canada
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Revenue Canada (RC)
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Solicitor General Canada (SGC)
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
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Transport Canada (TC)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
Provides advocacy for its members by identifying the public agenda issues affecting chief fire officers across the country, provides an annual conference, annual general meeting, leadership workshops, awards and recognition, special interest groups and committees for members, CFO Designation program and also provides educational material via its Distribution Centre.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Donald Warden,
Executive Director
Organization's membership or classes of membership
ACTIVE MEMBERS - CHIEFS, CHIEF OFFICERS & FIRE MARSHALS/FIRE COMMMISSIONERS; ASSOCIATE MEMBERS - INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS NOT ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS ACTIVE MEMBERS; LIFE MEMBERS - MEMBERS WHO MEET REQUIRED CRITERIA; RETIRED MEMBERS - ACTIVE MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED; Affiliate Company Officers
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
280 Albert Street, Suite 702
OTTAWA, ON K1P 5G8
Canada
Telephone number:
705-717-8009
Fax number:
800-775-5189
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Donald Warden,
Executive Director |
No public offices held
