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CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION OF CANADA / YAROSLAW ZAJAC, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
Responsible Officer Name: YAROSLAW ZAJAC, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
Initial registration start date: 2000-04-28
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 780549-12707

Version 1 of 3 (2000-04-28 to 2000-11-01)

Version 1 of 3 (2000-04-28 to 2000-11-01) 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: CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
404-267 O'CONNOR ST.
OTTAWA, ON  K2P 1V3
Canada
Telephone number: 613-238-2533
Fax number: 613-563-2254  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: YAROSLAW ZAJAC, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE CONSUMERS'ASSOCIATION OF CANADA (CAC), FOUNDED IN 1947, IS AN INDEPENDENT, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, VOLUNTEER-BASED ORGANIZATION. OUR MANDATE IS TO INFORM AND EDUCATE CONSUMERS ON MARKETPLACE ISSUES, TO ADVOCATE FOR CONSUMERS WITH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY, AND WORK WITH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY TO SOLVE MARKETPLACE PROBLEMS IN A BENEFICIAL WAYS.CAC FOCUSES ITS WORK IN THE AREAS OF FOOD, HEALTH, TRADE, STANDARDS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES AND OTHER MARKETPLACE ISSUES AS THEY EMERGE.ALL CAC POLICIES ON SPECIFIC ISSUES ARE FRAMED WITHIN A SET OF GENERAL, CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRINCIPALS. EIGHT SUCH PRINCIPLES GOVERN CONSUMER ASSOCIATIONS BELONGING TO THE WORLDWIDE FEDERATION OF CONSUMER GROUPS, CONSUMERS' INTERNATIONAL. AMONG THESE PRINCIPLES ARE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE, THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD AND THE RIGHT TO REDRESS.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: CANADIANS AT LARGE.
 
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: 2000-03-30
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
INDUSTRY CANADA, OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS $225,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: YAROSLAW ZAJAC
Position title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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 FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY, OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Consumer Issues
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: NATIONAL ISSUES COMMITTEES, NETWORKS AND TASK FORCESCAC VOLUNTEERS ARE ACTIVE ON A WIDE VARIETY OF INTERNAL ISSUES COMMITTEES, NETWORKS AND TASK FORCES LISTED BELOW.- ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ADVISORY GROUP- ENVIRONMENT NETWORK-FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE - SUBCOMMITTEE: INSURANCE TASK FORCE- FOOD COMMITTEE - SUBCOMMITTEE: FOOD BIOTECNOLOGY TASK FORCE (FOOD AND HEALTH) - SUBCOMMITTEE: NUTRACEUTICAL JOINT TASK FORCE (FOOD AND HEALTH)-CAC NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL- LITERACY ADVISORY GROUP-PRIVACY ADVISORY GROUP-SUPPLY MANAGEMENT NETWORK- TELECOMMUINICATIONS INDUSTRY COMMITTEE- ENERGY NETWORK-POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE-STANDARDS TASK FORCE- TRADE COMMITTEE
Subject Matter: Prospective: - STANDARDS FOR SERVICES- HEALTH CARE SERVICES- ELECTRICAL SAFETY STANDARDS- GASOLINE PRICING- HARMONIZATION OF PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION- UTILITY SECTOR PRIVATIZATION- FOOD LABELLING- MERGER ISSUES- INTERNATIONAL TRADE- INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS- PENSIONS INSURANCE- AIRLINES




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