Registry of Lobbyists
Version 1 of 18 (2006-11-08 to 2007-05-02) 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: |
Health Charities Coalition of Canada / Coalition canadienne des organismes de bienfaisance en sante
222 Queen Street, Suite 1402 Ottawa, ON K1P 5V9 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 613-794-5677 | ||||||
| Fax number: | 613-569-3278 | ||||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Deirdre Freiheit, Executive Director | ||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | The Health Charities Coalition of Canada (HCCC) is a coalition of national health charities, established in June 2000. The HCCC provides a strong voice on common interests in areas of shared concern. It acts as a resource to member organizations and facilitates networking opportunities. Because of the close ties between national health charities and Canadians, the HCCC can ensure that the concerns of the people of Canada about health and the health system are heard by policy and decision-makers. | ||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | The following criteria must be met in order to obtain membership in the HCCC:The organization must be a Canadian registered health charity The organization must express a committment to providing service in both English and French languages The organization must be national in scopeThere are two classes of membership: (1) Sustaining and (2) Friends | ||||||
| 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: | 2006-03-31 | ||||||
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| Name: | DEIRDRE FREIHEIT |
| Position title: | Executive Director |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), 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, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Consumer Issues, Health, Industry, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Meetings with federal officials re Indirect Costs of Research Program (ie. Health Canada/Public Health Agency/Industry Canada);Meetings with federal officials re Grants and Contributions (ie. Public Health Agency of Canada);Meetings with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) re health research;Meeting with Blue Ribbon Panel on Grants and Contributions/Submission to BRP (through Imagine Canada);Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance re charitable taxation/finance issues;Electronic submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs re Bill C-2. | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Meetings regarding Indirect Costs of Research Program;Meetings regarding Grants and Contributions Programs;Blue Ribbon Panel on Grants and Contributions - possible correspondence;Possible meetings regarding Direct to Consumer Advertising;Possible meetings regarding Bill C-2 (particularly Lobbyists Registration Act);Possible meetings regarding home care issues. | ||||||||
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