Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Health Charities Coalition of Canada / Coalition canadienne des organismes de bienfaisance en sante / Connie Cote, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Health Charities Coalition of Canada / Coalition canadienne des organismes de bienfaisance en sante
Responsible Officer Name: Connie Cote, Chief Executive Officer 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2006-11-08
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 948862-14139

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 15

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 3 of 17 (2007-11-07 to 2008-05-07)

Version 3 of 17 (2007-11-07 to 2008-05-07) 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: Health Charities Coalition of Canada / Coalition canadienne des organismes de bienfaisance en sante
222 Queen Street, Suite 1402
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5V9
Canada
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: 2007-03-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Public Health Agency of Canada $100,000.00
Canadian Insitutes of Health Research $10,000.00
Canadian Institutes of Health Research $10,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: DEIRDRE FREIHEIT
Position title: Executive Director
Public offices held: Yes
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Environment Canada, 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), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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, 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/Finance Canada/MPs - Industry/Health Committees/Senators);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;Meetings with federal officials re National Pharmaceutical StrategyDiscssions with Deparment of Environment re new substances notifications regulations
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 Bill C-2 (particularly Lobbyists Registration Act);Possible meetings regarding home care issues.Possible meetings regarding the National Pharmaceutcial StrategyPossible meetings regarding tax policyPossible meetings regarding Direct to Consumer AdvertisingPossible meetings re health researchPossible meetings re Environment Canada new substances notification meetings
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Bill or Resolution Bill C-2: An Act providing for conflict of interest rules, restrictions on election financing and measures respecting administrative transparency, oversight and accountability (Federal Accountability Act).
Policy or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit CIHR - meetings regarding research policies/programs/partnershipsRequest for support for program
Legislative Proposal Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Grants and Contributions program through Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) (ie. Financial Assistance to National Voluntary Health Organizations (FANVHO) funding)
Policy or Program Home care issues related to access to home care for Canadians
Policy or Program Indirect Costs ProgramMet with federal officials at the Depts. of Industry and Finance regarding charities and the ICP
Regulation National Pharmaceutical Strategy implementation and potential effect on Canadians
Regulation New Substances Organisms RegulationsEnvironment Canada - reviewing proposed regulations that may have an impact on research, researchers and research institutions - participating in upcoming consultations
Regulation Tax Policy - reviewing tax policy related to chronic diseases




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