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CANADIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION (CPA) / DAN STAPLETON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: CANADIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION (CPA)
Responsible Officer Name: DAN STAPLETON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
Initial registration start date: 1997-10-21
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 780194-12426

Version 1 of 6 (1997-10-21 to 1998-05-07)

Version 1 of 6 (1997-10-21 to 1998-05-07) 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 PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION (CPA)
410 - 2345 YONGE STREET
TORONTO, ON  M4P 2E5
Canada
Telephone number: 416-932-1888
Fax number: 416-932-9708  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: DAN STAPLETON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE CANADIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION (CPA) IS A NATIONAL VOLUNTARY P ROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 8,000 PHYSIOTHERAPI STS ACROSS CANADA WHO ARE LICENSED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE REGULATORY BOAR DS TO PRACTICE PHYSIOTHERAPY WITHIN THAT PROVINCE. THE CPA REPRESENTS THE PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS TO ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARDS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, THIRD-PARTY INSURERS AND GROUP HEALTH BENEFITS ADMINISTRATORS, REGULATORY BOARDS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ETC.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: PHYSIOTHERAPIST WHO CHOOSE TO BE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
 
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: 1996-12-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES SERVICES PROGRAM CANADIAN HERITAGE $15,000.00
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT $3,433.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: LILIANE ASSERAF-PASIN
Position title: DIRECTOR, MONTREAL OFFICE
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ALAIN BELANGER
Position title: PRESIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ELIZABETH DICHIARA
Position title: DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATION & MEMBERSHIP SERVICES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MELANIE GALVIN
Position title: DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ANN GORDON
Position title: DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE & POLICY
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: LINDA LANGLEY
Position title: PRESIDENT OF NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH OF CPA
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ARLIS MCQUARRIE
Position title: PAST PRESIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: KAREN NIXON
Position title: EVENTS COORDINATOR
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DIANNE PARKER-TAILLON
Position title: DIRECTOR, EDUCATION, PRACTICE & RESEARCH
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: KATRINA SCHMITZ
Position title: DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DAN STAPLETON
Position title: CEO
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: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), IMMIGRATION CANADA, Industry Canada, MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, NATIONAL FORUM ON HEALTH, Revenue Canada (RC), STATUS OF WOMEN SECRETARIAT
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: Constitutional Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Health, Immigration, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: GST HARMONIZATION, THE CANADA HEALTH ACT & SOCIAL TRANSFER, TAXATION OF MEDICAL/DENTAL BENEFITS, NATIONAL HEALTH FORUM, GENERAL HEALTH POLICY,CANADA H EALTH ACT & INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF "INSURED SERVICES", NAFTA (SEC 26 & RESERVATIONS RELAT ING TO HEALTH CARE DELIVERY), INTERNAL TRADE AGREE MENT; FUNDING FOR RESEARCH, ACCREDITATION & INTERNATIONAL AID PROJECTS (CIDA, HEALTH CANADA, HRD, MR C, ETC,); TAXATION ISSUES (E.G. REVENUE CANADA'S RE: CONTRACT EMPLOYEES ).
Subject Matter: Prospective: SAME AS THOSE SPECIFIED IN THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN IN THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS (ABOVE) GST HARMONIZ ATION, THE CANADA HEALTH ACT & SOCIAL TRANSFER, TA XATION OF MEDICAL/DENTAL BENEFITS, NATIONAL HEALTH FORUM, GENERAL HEALTH POLICY,CANADA HEALTH ACT & INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF "INSURED SERVICES", NAFTA (SEC 26 & RESERVATIONS RELATING TO HEALT H CARE DELIVERY), INTERNAL TRADE AGREEMENT; FUNDING FOR RESEARCH, ACCREDITATION & INTERNATIONAL AID PROJECTS (CIDA, HEALTH CANADA,HRD, MRC, ETC,); TAXATION ISSUES (E.G. REVENUE CANADA'S (E.G. REVENUE CANADA'S RE: CONTRACT EMPLOYEES )




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