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Registration - In-house Organization

Engineers Canada / DAN LEVERT, PRESIDENT AND CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Engineers Canada
Responsible Officer Name: DAN LEVERT, PRESIDENT AND CEO 
Initial registration start date: 1999-01-06
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 780418-12302

Version 1 of 3 (1999-01-06 to 1999-08-10)

Version 1 of 3 (1999-01-06 to 1999-08-10) 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: Engineers Canada
401 - 116 ALBERT ST.
OTTAWA, ON  K1P 5G3
Canada
Telephone number: 613-232-2474
Fax number: 613-230-5759  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: DAN LEVERT, PRESIDENT AND CEO  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS (CCPE) IS THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL ASSOCIATIONS/ORDRE THAT GOVERN THE PROFESSION OF ENGINEERING IN CANADA AND LICENSE THE COUNTRY'S 160,000 ENGINEERS. ESTABLISHED IN 1936, CCPE SERVES THE ASSOCIATIONS/ORDRE, WHICH ARE ITS CONSTITUENT AND SOLE MEMBERS, THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF NATIONAL PROGRAMS WHICH ENSURE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND ETHICAL CONDUCT. CCPE IS THE VOICE OF ITS CONSTITUENT MEMBERS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, AND PROMOTES GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE, ROLE AND CONTRIBUTION OF ENGINEERING TO SOCIETY. THROUGH THE CANADIAN ENGINEERING ACCREDITATION BOARD (CEAB), CCPE ACCREDITS UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING PROGRAMS THAT MEET OR EXCEED THE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS REQUIRED TO BE GRANTED REGISTRATION AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN CANADA. SIMILARLY, THROUGH THE CANADIAN ENGINEERING QUALIFICATIONS BOARD (CEQB), CCPE FORMULATES NATIONAL GUIDELINES ON THE QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF PRACTICE REQUIRED OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: CCPE'S CONSTITUENT AND SOLE MEMBERS ARE THE 12 PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL ASSOCIATIONS/ORDRE THAT GOVERN THE PROFESSION OF ENGINEERING IN CANADA AND LICENSE THE COUNTRY'S 160,000 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.
 
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: 1998-12-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL $15,010.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: TERENCE DAVIS
Position title: MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DAVID LAPP
Position title: DIRECTOR, PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DAN LEVERT
Position title: PRESIDENT AND CEO
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: WENDY RYAN-BACON
Position title: VICE-PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DEBORAH WOLFE
Position title: DIRECTOR, EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
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: Citizenship and Immigration Canada, House of Commons, Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, National Research Council (NRC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Forestry, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Labour, Mining, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: CCPE MET WITH THE HONOURABLE RAYMOND CHAN, P.C., M.P., SECRETARY OF STATE (ASIA-PACIFIC) TO DISCUSS OUR EFFORTS TO FACILITATE INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY FOR CANADA S ENGINEERS, AND PROMOTE RIGOROUS INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF PRACTICE FOR ENGINEERS, SIMILAR TO THOSE WHICH CURRENTLY EXIST IN CANADA. AT THIS MEETING, CCPE ALSO DISCUSSED THE INTERNATIONAL MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS ON ACCREDITATION AND COMPETENCE THAT WE HAVE REACHED WITH ENGINEERING ASSOCIATIONS IN OTHER NATIONS. IN ADDITION, CCPE SUBMITTED A BRIEF TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT OUTLINING OUR SUPPORT FOR BILL C-58, AN ACT TO AMEND THE RAILWAY SAFETY ACT.
Subject Matter: Prospective: NO ACTIVITIES PLANNED.




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