Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CEIA)/ ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES INDUSTRIES DE L'ENVIRON / RONALD PORTELLI, PRESIDENT

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CEIA)/ ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES INDUSTRIES DE L'ENVIRON
Responsible Officer Name: RONALD PORTELLI, PRESIDENT 
Initial registration start date: 1996-09-17
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 780963-12147

Version 1 of 6 (1996-09-17 to 1997-07-09)

Version 1 of 6 (1996-09-17 to 1997-07-09) 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 ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CEIA)/ ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES INDUSTRIES DE L'ENVIRON
208 - 350 SPARKS STREET
OTTAWA, ON  K1R 7S8
Canada
Telephone number: 613-236-6222
Fax number: 613-236-6850  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: RONALD V PORTELLI, PRESIDENT  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION IS A NATIONAL FEDERATION OF PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS. IT IS AN UMBRELLA GROUP REPRESENTING COMPANIES, ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE DEDICATED TO ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE PROV- ISION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART PRODUCTS, TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES. CEIA'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF CANADIAN ENVIR- COMPANIES WHOSE BUSINESS IS SUPPLYING ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: THE MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CEIA) ARE THE NINE PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS, ONE IN EACH PROVINCE EXCEPT PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. UNDER CEIA' CHARTER, THESE MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS HAVE THE STATUS OF SHAREHOLDERS. COMPANIES, INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HOLD MEMBERSHIP IN A CEIA MEMBER PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATION ARE EXTEND ED THE COURTESY OF A NOMINAL "MEMBERSHIP" IN THE NATIONAL CEIA. HOWEVER, THESE "MEMBER COMPANIES" HAVE NO LEGAL STATUS OR CLAIM ON CEIA UNDER OUR BY- LAWS.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last calendar year? Yes
End date of the organization's last completed financial year: 1995-12-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
INDUSTRY CANADA $96,726.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: REBECCA LAST
Position title: DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AND POLICY
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: SUSAN YOUNG
Position title: PROJECTS MANAGER
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), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Environment Canada, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Industry Canada, National Energy Board (NEB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Other types: N/A, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, Labour, Mining, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Tourism, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: PRESENTED BEFORE THE NATIONAL FINANCE CTTEE OF THE SENATE, RE: BILL C-7. ONGOING WORK ON SEVERAL INITIATIVES UNDER THE CDN ENV IND STRATEGY (CEIS), INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC TRADE PROMOTION. ASSISTED THE HOUSE SUB-COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN ORGANIZING A FORUM TO EDUCATE MP'S. RESPONDED TO CDN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT (CCME) DISCUSSION PAPER ON "ECO-FEES & TAX POLICIES FOR WASTE MINIMIZATION". SPOKE AT THE 3RD REGULAR SESSION OF THE COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION (CEC).
Subject Matter: Prospective: EXPECT TO BE CONSULTED ON UP-COMING REVIEW OF CEIS. WILL RESPOND TO NEW LEGISLATION DRAFTED FOR CDN ENVRNMNTL PROTECTION ACT (CEPA). PARTICIPATING WITH BUSINESS CNCIL ON NAT'L ISSUES (BCNI) IN STUDY ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS & CAPITAL STOCK TURNOVER (GHG STUDY). ALSO ON ENVIRONMENT CANADA ADVISORY GROUPS FOR ENVRNMNT TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION (ETV) AND GREEN CORPS. MEMBER OF THE NAT'L SECTOR TEAM FOR ENVRNMNT INDUSTRY. WILL ADVISE ENVRNMNT MINISTER MARCHI ON ITINERARY & ACTIVITIES FOR TRADE MISSION TO STH AMERICA. WILL ALSO ADVISE PM CHRETIEN ON ITINERARY & ACTIVITIES FOR JAN97 TRADE MISSION.




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