Registry of Lobbyists
Version 8 of 88 (2007-02-19 to 2007-08-13) 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: |
Forest Products Association of Canada / Association des produits forestiers du Canada
410-99 BANK STREET OTTAWA, ON K1P 6B9 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 613-563-1441 Ext.: 309 | ||||||||||||
| Fax number: | 613-563-4720 | ||||||||||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | AVRIM LAZAR, PRESIDENT | ||||||||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | Founded in 1913, the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association changed its name to the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) in February 2001. FPAC is the voice of Canada's wood, pulp, and paper producers nationally and internationally in government, trade, and environmental affairs. Canada's forest industry represents 3 percent of Canada's GDP and exports over $40 billion annually. The industry is one of Canada's largest employers, operating in hundreds of Canadian communities and providing nearly 900,000 direct and indirect jobs across the country. With the assistance of member companies, FPAC designs programs to promote Canada's leadership in trade and economic matters, sustainable forest management and environmental stewardship. | ||||||||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | FPAC represents the largest Canadian producers of forest products. Our members are responsible for 75% of the working forests in Canada. The organization has a single class of membership. | ||||||||||||
| 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: | 2006-12-31 | ||||||||||||
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| Name: | Monica Bailey |
| Position title: | Government Relations and Communications Officer |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Andrew Casey |
| Position title: | Vice President, Government Relations and Communications |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | David Church |
| Position title: | Director, Transportation and Recycling |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Catherine Cobden |
| Position title: | Vice President, Environment |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Roger Cook |
| Position title: | Director, Environment |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Isabelle Des Chênes |
| Position title: | Director, Communications |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Andrew DeVries |
| Position title: | Director, Conservation Biology |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | William Ferreira |
| Position title: | Director, Government Relations |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Mark Hubert |
| Position title: | Director, Sustainable Forest Management |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Paul Lansbergen |
| Position title: | Association Secretary and Director, Taxation and Business Issues |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | AVRIM LAZAR |
| Position title: | PRESIDENT AND CEO |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Kate Lindsay |
| Position title: | Sustainability Project Coordinator |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Jean-Pierre Martel |
| Position title: | Senior Vice President, Sustainability |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Marta Morgan |
| Position title: | Vice President, Trade and Competitiveness |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Joel Neuheimer |
| Position title: | Director, Market Affairs |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Tom Rosser |
| Position title: | Chief Economist |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Jon Wright |
| Position title: | Policy Analyst, Trade and Competitiveness |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Environment Canada, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, National Energy Board (NEB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS) | ||||||||||||
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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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Informal communications, Meetings, Other types: Advertising, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Aboriginal Affairs, Climate Change, Competition Policy, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Marketing, International Relations, International Trade, Labour, Regional Development, Resources, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Transportation | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Over the past 6 months, FPAC staff have met with numerous Members of Parliament, Ministers, Senators and government officials. These meetings were related to FPAC policy priorities in the areas of taxation, the environment, Aboriginal affairs, transportation policy, trade promotion activities, and workforce skills development. Included as part of these activities were appearances before the House of Commons Standing Committees on: Industry, related to their study of Canadian manufacturing; Finance, related to their pre-budget consultations with Canadians; Environment, related to their hearings into the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, as well as the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples relating to economic development opportunities for Aboriginal Canadians. FPAC staff have also engaged numerous government officials in various government departments on a wide variety of public policy issues. These include: Industry Canada on the issues of clean air regulations, R&D policy, incentives for renewable energy and competitiveness policy; Natural Resources on renewable energy and competitiveness policy; Environment Canada on clean air regulations and the Clean Air Act, biodiversity and the application of the Endangered Species Act; Finance Canada on issues of taxation, investment and competitiveness policy; Fisheries and Oceans on the new Fisheries Act; Transport Canada on the amendments to the Canada Transportation Act; International Trade on matters of trade policy and trade promotion; and Heritage Canada on green procurement policy at Heritage Canada and green procurement policies in UK, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium. | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Going forward, FPAC will continue to monitor government activities related to the initiatives mentioned above and any subsequent legislative initiatives within Parliament. These activities will require FPAC staff to continue to work closely with Ministers, MPs, Senators, their staff and government officials within the departments of Industry, Finance, Environment, Natural Resources, Transport and International Trade. | ||||||||||||
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