Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION / MICHELLE SWENARCHUK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION
Responsible Officer Name: MICHELLE SWENARCHUK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
Initial registration start date: 1996-05-23
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 780666-12017

Version 2 of 5 (1997-01-22 to 1997-10-15)

Version 2 of 5 (1997-01-22 to 1997-10-15) 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: CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION
401 - 517 COLLEGE STREET
TORONTO, ON  M6G 4A2
Canada
Telephone number: 416-960-2284
Fax number: 416-960-9392  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: MICHELLE F SWENARCHUK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE CELA FOUNDED IN 1970, IS NON-PROFIT, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINIC FUNDED BY THE ONTARIO LEGAL AID PLAN. ITS FUNCTIONS INCLUDE ; REPRESENTATION OF LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND NON-PROFIT ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN CASES BEFORE THE COURTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS PROMOTING LAW REFORM TO ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PROVIDING LEGAL AND ENVIROMENTAL EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC IN ADDITION TO THE LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CLINIC, IT MAINTAINS A LIBRARY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, CONTAINING AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY AND SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL MATERIALS..
Organization's membership or classes of membership: INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
 
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: 1996-03-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
ENVIRONMENT CANADA $5,000.00
CIDA $25,000.00
HUMAN RESOURCES CANADA $3,812.77
ONTARIO LEGAL AID PLAN $635,711.00
ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT $50,000.00
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER OF ONTARIO $7,000.00
ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH CORPS $8,687.40

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: KATHLEEN COOPER
Position title: RESEARCHER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: RICHARD LINDGREN
Position title: COUNSEL
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DAVID MCLAREN
Position title: CUS COORDINATOR
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: SARAH MILLER
Position title: COORDINATOR
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PAUL MULDOON
Position title: COUNSEL
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: RAMANI NADARAJAH
Position title: COUNSEL
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MICHELLE SWENARCHUK
Position title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: KEN TRAYNOR
Position title: RESEARCHER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Environment Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Industry Canada, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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, Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Mining, Science and Technology
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: PROPOSAL TO IMPORT PLUTONIUM INTO CDA FOR USE IN CANDU REACTORS; CDN URANIUM SHIPMENTS TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATES; ENVIR. ASSESSMENT PANEL REVIEW OF PROPOSED DEEP RIVER FACILITY FOR RADIOACTIVE AND TOXIC WASTES; PHASE-OUT OF URANIUM MINING AND NUCLEAR FACILITIES IN CDA; ENDANGE RED SPECIES PROTECTION LEGIS; BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION; TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHILE; LABELLING OF GENETICALLY ALTERED FOODS; BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATION;INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ENVIRONMENT DEREGULATION; CEPA; FISHERIES ACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK; HARMO, LEAD CONTAMINATION OF PLASTIC BLINDS
Subject Matter: Prospective: URANIUM MINING AND NUCLEAR FACILITIES IN CANADA; ENDAGERED SPECIES PROTECTION LEGIS.; BIODEVERSITY CONVENTION; LABELLING OF GENETICALLY ALTERED FOODS; BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATION;CEPA;ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS(POPS); NAFTA EXPANSION; TRADE POLICY; GREAT LAKES SUSTAINABLE WATER CONSERVATION STRATEGY; WATER PRIVATIZATION DIVERSIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT OF HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS.




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