Subject matters | Details | Categories |
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Budget, Climate, Consumer Issues, Energy, Environment, Housing, Industry, Infrastructure, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
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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.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Climate, Consumer Issues
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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
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Policies or Program
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Climate, Taxation and Finance
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Seeking, under the Canada Business Corporation Act, disclosure requirements for large private companies on their climate-related emissions and net-zero transition plans
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Climate, Taxation and Finance
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Seeking, under the Competition Act, regulations for a sustainable finance taxonomy that aligns with limiting warming below 1.5C.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Climate, Taxation and Finance
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Seeking, under the Income Tax Act, a windfall profits tax on oil and gas companies with revenues invested in climate transition
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Regulation
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Climate, Taxation and Finance
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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
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Regulation
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Climate, Energy
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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.
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Policies or Program
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Environment, Housing
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Seeking investment and co-investment in housing programs to increase housing capacity within towns and cities in Canada.
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Policies or Program
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Environment, Housing
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Seeking reinstatement of the Greener Homes program.
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Policies or Program
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Climate, Transportation
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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.
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Regulation
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Climate, Environment
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Seek regulations to ban thermal coal exports from and through Canada
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Regulation
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Climate, Consumer Issues
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Strengthening the Competition Act to limit corporate greenwashing.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Climate, Energy, Environment
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Support for Canadian Indigenous communities in their efforts to secure the removal of the Line 5 oil pipeline under the Great Lakes.
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Policies or Program
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Energy, Environment
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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.
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Policies or Program
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Climate, Taxation and Finance
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Supporting, under the Income Tax Act, federal investment in clean economic development that excludes carbon capture and storage and fossil-fuel derived hydrogen.
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Regulation
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Climate, Consumer Issues
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Supporting Bill C-372, An Act Respecting Fossil Fuel Advertising, to limit misinformation about fossil fuels and greenwashing.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Climate, Energy, Environment, Industry
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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.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Environment, Health
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Supporting C-226 to ensure the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Climate, Environment
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Supporting C-383, an Act to prohibit the export of thermal coal from Canada.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Climate
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Supporting Canada meeting its international commitments and obligations under the Paris Agreement.
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Policies or Program
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Environment, Health, Industry
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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.
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Policies or Program
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Environment, Health
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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.
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Policies or Program
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Environment
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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.
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Policies or Program
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Climate, Taxation and Finance
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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.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Energy, Environment
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Supporting stronger regulations under the Fisheries Act on Oil Sands Mining Effluent Release.
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Regulation
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Climate, Energy
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Supporting stronger rules limiting methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.
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Regulation
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Climate, Taxation and Finance
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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.
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Policies or Program
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Environment, Health
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Supporting the establishment, under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, regulations requiring disclosure, and prohibitions, restrictions, or child-resistant container requirements for certain human health hazards of concern in consumer chemical products.
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Regulation
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Climate, Energy, Environment
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Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of a greenhouse gas emissions cap regulation for the oil and gas sector.
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Regulation
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Climate, Energy, Environment
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Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of Clean Electricity Regulations to fight climate change and build a low carbon future.
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Regulation
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Environment, Health
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Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations on the manufacture, use, sale and import of products containing PFAS.
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Regulation
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Consumer Issues, Environment
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Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations requiring that plastic products and packaging include recyclability and compostability labels.
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Regulation
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Environment, Health
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Supporting the establishment, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, of regulations to ban selected disposable plastic packaging items.
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Regulation
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Environment
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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.
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Regulation
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Climate, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
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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.
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Policies or Program
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Environment, Health
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Supporting the federal government in its negotiation of a strong international treaty on plastic waste.
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Policies or Program
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Environment
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Supporting the ongoing designation, under the Impact Assessment Act, of the proposed Highway 413 and the Lake St. Clair natural gas electricity plant.
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Policies or Program
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Climate
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Supporting the strengthening of current and future federal government emission reduction targets.
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Policies or Program
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Climate, Energy, Environment, Fisheries, Infrastructure
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Supporting upcoming revisions to the Impact Assessment Act to ensure ongoing review of projects based on key environmental parameters under federal jurisdiction.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Climate, Energy
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Supporting workforce development and regional economic development programs to advance the creation of sustainable jobs.
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Policies or Program
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Environmental non-profit dedicated to the protection of human health and the environment
Tim Gray, Executive Director
End date of the last completed financial year: 2024-03-31
Government Institution | Funding Received in Last Financial Year | Funding Expected in Current Financial Year |
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency | $5,608.41 | No |
Address:
33 Cecil Street
1st Floor
Toronto, ON M5T 1N1
Canada
Telephone number:
416-323-9521
Ext.
288
Fax number:
416-323-9301
This is the responsible officer name as provided in the most recent registration for the corporation or organization.
Name | From | To |
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Environmental Defence Canada | 2024-04-05 | current |
Environmental Defence Canada | 2009-01-09 | 2024-04-05 |
Responsible Officer Name | From (YYYY-MM-DD) | To (YYYY-MM-DD) |
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Tim Gray | 2013-11-01 | Current |
Sarah Winterton | 2013-01-01 | 2013-11-01 |
Richard Smith | 2006-06-14 | 2013-01-01 |
Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.
Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.
Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.
Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.
Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.
Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.
Position | Period Held | Last Date Designated Public Office Held |
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Parliamentary Assistant (part Time)
House of Commons, MP Niki Ashton's Office |
January 2019 to March 2019 | Not a designated office |