Registry of Lobbyists
Version 11 of 11 (2003-01-28 to 2003-11-28) 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: |
ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL ALTERNATIVES (AREA CANADA)
9421 - 17 AVENUE EDMONTON, AB T6N 1H4 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 780-970-6959 |
| Fax number: | 780-970-6805 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | THOMAS R VANT, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY |
| Description of the organization's activities: | THE ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL ALTERNATIVES (AREA) WAS FORMED IN 1994. AREA IS A COALITION OF INDUSTRY, LABOUR AND MUNICIPALITIES FROM ACROSS CANADA, WITH MEMBERS REPRESENTING MANY SECTORS OF A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF CANADIANS IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE. AREA'S FORMATION WAS A DIRECT, PROACTIVE RESPONSE TO THE FACT THAT CANADIAN CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITHOUT A STRONG BROADLY-BASED CONSULTATIVE PROCESS. AREA ACTIVELY ENCOURAGES THE PARTICIPATION OF ITS MEMBERS IN VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL ALTERNATIVES (AREA) HAS THREE CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP: FOUNDING MEMBERS, MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, BASED ON AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED TO AREA'S ANUUAL BUDGET/AREA'S MEMBERS COVER A BROAD RANGE OF THE CANADIAN ECONOMY INCLUDING MINING, CONSTRUCTION, ENERGY, MUNICIPALITIES, LABOUR, AGRICULTURE AND ABORIGINAL CANADIANS. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | THOMAS VANT |
| Position title: | EXECUTIVE SECRETARY |
| 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: | Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), National Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Pension Appeals Board (PAB), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), 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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Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format |
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Forestry, Health, Industry, Infrastructure, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Mining, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Transportation |
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION (ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS WITH FEDERAL MINISTRIES AND UNFCCC SUBSIDIARY BODIES) |
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE (NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS, ANNUAL CONFERENCE) |