Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

CANADIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION (CPA) / ARLIS MCQUARRIE, PRESIDENT

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: CANADIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION (CPA)
Responsible Officer Name: ARLIS MCQUARRIE, PRESIDENT 
Initial registration start date: 1996-04-01
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 780083-12597

Version 2 of 2 (1996-12-23 to 1997-07-23)

Version 2 of 2 (1996-12-23 to 1997-07-23) 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)
9TH FLOOR - 890 YONGE STREET
TORONTO, ON  M4W 3P4
Canada
Telephone number: 416-924-5312
Fax number: 416-924-7335  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: ARLIS MCQUARRIE, PRESIDENT  
 
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: CANADIAN SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES WORLD CONFEDERATION OF PHYS ICAL THERAPY HEALTH BENEFITS COALITION PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION OF C ANADA
 
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: 1996-01-01
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES SERVICES PROGRAMCANADIAN HERITAGE $15,000.00
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CANADAEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS & SERV $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: 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: 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: 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.
 

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, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: GST HARMONIZATION, THE CANADA HEALTH ACT & SOCIAL TRANSFER, TAXATION OF MEDICAL/DENTAL BENEFITS, NAT IONAL HEALTH FORUM, GENERAL HEALTH POLICY,CANADA H EALTH ACT & INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF "INS URED SERVICES", NAFTA (SEC 26 & RESERVATIONS RELAT ING TO HEALTH CARE DELIVERY), INTERNAL TRADE AGREE MENT; FUNDING FOR RESEARCH, ACCREDITATION & INTERN ATIONAL AID PROJECTS (CIDA, HEALTH CANADA, HRD, MR C, ETC,); TAXATION ISSUES (E.G. REVENUE CANADA'S " ).
Subject Matter: Prospective: SAME AS THOSE SPECIFIED IN THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAK EN 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 SERVICE S", NAFTA (SEC 26 & RESERVATIONS RELATING TO HEALT H CARE DELIVERY), INTERNAL TRADE AGREEMENT; FUNDIN G FOR RESEARCH, ACCREDITATION & INTERNATIONAL AID PROJECTS (CIDA, HEALTH CANADA,HRD, MRC, ETC,); TAX ATION ISSUES (E.G. REVENUE CANADA'S)




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