Registry of Lobbyists
Version 1 of 1 (1998-08-26 to 1999-03-30) 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: |
CANADIAN HEALTH FOOD ASSOCIATION
205 - 550 ALDEN ROAD MARKHAM, ON L3R 6A8 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 905-479-6939 |
| Fax number: | 905-479-1516 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | SERGE P LAVOIE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
| Description of the organization's activities: | A TRADE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS OF NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS, SUCH AS NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS AND HERBS, AS WELL AS WHOLE AND NATURAL FOODS, INCLUDING THOSE GROWN AND PROCESSED ORGANICALLY. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS OF NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | SERGE LAVOIE |
| Position title: | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
| 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: | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Statistics Canada (StatCan) |
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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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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format |
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Environment, Health, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Small Business |
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | FOOD AND DRUG ACT; THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS PROGRAMME; FOOD PROGRAMME; HEALTH PROMOTION; PROPOSED ORGANIC AGRICULTURE STANDARDS |
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | AS ABOVE |