Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Budget
• Climate
• Consumer Issues
• Energy
• Environment
• Fisheries
• Forestry
• Health
• Housing
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Mining
• Taxation and Finance
• Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Federal Budget - providing resources for environmental initiatives, including climate change, public transit, renewable energy, climate finance accountability, investment in water and wastewater infrastructure, pollution abatement and enforcement, economic transition, aligning federal spending with climate objectives and restricting resources for fossil fuels, sustainable jobs.
• Seeking, under the Canada Business Corporation Act, disclosure requirements for large private companies on their climate-related emissions and net-zero transition plans
• Seeking, under the Competition Act, regulations for a sustainable finance taxonomy that aligns with limiting warming below 1.5C.
• Strengthening the Competition Act to limit corporate greenwashing
• Supporting Bill C-372, An Act Respecting Fossil Fuel Advertising, to limit misinformation about fossil fuels and greenwashing
• Supporting Bill C-50, the Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, with regard to accountability, transparency and engagement to support the creation of sustainable jobs for workers and economic growth in a net-zero economy
• Supporting C-226 to ensure the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice
• Supporting S-243, An Act to enact the Climate-Aligned Finance Act, that would include enforcing science-based targets and holding financial institutions accountable to them, establishing climate alignment as a superseding duty, and strengthening capital adequacy requirements
• Supporting upcoming revisions to the Impact Assessment Act to ensure ongoing review of projects based on key environmental parameters under federal jurisdiction

Policies or Program

• Participating in advancing the policy recommendations of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)’s Affordability Action Council, including building low-carbon, efficient homes, modifications to the ZEV purchase incentive program, establishing a groceries and essentials benefit
• Seeking 1.5 aligned scenarios to meet Canada’s climate commitments from the Canada Energy Regulator in its annual Energy Futures reports, based on recent analysis from the International Energy Agency that shows shrinking global oil and gas demand and warns against use of speculative technologies.
• Seeking investment and co-investment in housing programs to increase housing capacity within towns and cities in Canada
• Seeking reinstatement of the Greener Homes program
• Support for Canadian Indigenous communities in their efforts to secure the removal of the Line 5 oil pipeline under the Great Lakes
• Supporting Canada meeting its international commitments and obligations under the Paris Agreement
• Supporting federal action establishing a Federal Plastics Registry that will require producers to report annually on the quantity and types of plastic they place on the Canadian market, how it moves through the economy, and how it is managed at its end-of-life.
• Supporting federal action to reduce plastic waste in grocery stores through reductions in packaging and overwrap, increases in the use of reusable packaging, and greater transparency with regard to the effectiveness of recycling and waste diversion approaches across Canada
• Supporting federal government commitments to achieve a significant reduction in the risk posed by pesticides by 2030 as part of its international commitments to the Convention on Biodiversity
• Supporting the commitment made by the federal government to end fossil fuel subsidies and public financing of the oil and gas sector, and ensure the Polluter Pays principle is upheld
• Supporting the establishment of the Permanent Public Transit Fund and negotiated infrastructure funding agreements with provinces, territories, and cities, where the federal government would establish land-use standards near federally funded transit stations, establish zero-emission bus procurement requirements and expand operations funding to increase transit service levels
• Supporting the federal government in its negotiation of a strong international treaty on plastic waste
• Supporting the ongoing designation, under the Impact Assessment Act, of the proposed Highway 413 and the Lake St. Clair natural gas electricity plant
• Supporting the strengthening of current and future federal government emission reduction targets
• Supporting workforce development and regional economic development programs to advance the creation of sustainable jobs.
• Supporting, under the auspices of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Fisheries Act enforcement actions with regard to pollution being emitted from the oil sands, and implementation of the Chemicals Management Plan; ensuring assessment and regulation of priority chemicals of concern

Regulation

• Seek regulations to ban thermal coal exports from and through Canada
• Seeking stronger rules, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, for light, medium and heavy-duty vehicle fuel economy regulations and zero-emission vehicle standards to reduce greenhouse gas pollution
• Seeking, under the Income Tax Act, a windfall profits tax on oil and gas companies with revenues invested in climate transition
• Seeking, under the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act, regulations to mobilize the financial sector for a safe climate and a functioning, more affordable economy
• Supporting stronger regulations under the Fisheries Act on Oil Sands Mining Effluent Release.
• Supporting stronger rules limiting methane emissions from the oil and gas industry
• Supporting the establishment, under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA), regulations requiring disclosure, and prohibitions, restrictions, or child-resistant container requirements for certain human health hazards of concern (HHHOCs) in consumer chemical products.
• Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of Clean Electricity Regulations to fight climate change and build a low carbon future
• Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of a greenhouse gas emissions cap regulation for the oil and gas sector
• Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations on the manufacture, use, sale and import of products containing PFAS
• Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations requiring that plastic products and packaging include recyclability and compostability labels
• Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations to ban selected disposable plastic packaging items
• Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations to require a minimum amount of recycled content in select plastic products and packaging
• Supporting, under the Income Tax Act, federal investment in clean economic development that excludes carbon capture and storage and fossil-fuel derived hydrogen

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Canadian Heritage (PCH)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Export Development Canada (EDC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
• Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
• Justice Canada (JC)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
• Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Senate of Canada
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

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