Registry of Lobbyists
Total Number of Communication Reports: 0
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 1 of 4 (2006-11-14 to 2007-07-18) 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: |
CANADIAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
5915 Airport Road Suite 712 Mississauga, ON L4V 1T1 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 905-678-7748 Ext.: 233 |
| Fax number: | 905-678-7228 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Serge Lavoie, President & CEO |
| Description of the organization's activities: | Industry association represently the plastics value chain in Canada. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Producers of plastic resins, processors or converters of plastic resins in a variety of end markets, makers of machines and moulds for use in the plastics processing industry. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | Marion Axmith |
| Position title: | Director General |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Cathy Cirko |
| Position title: | Vice President |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Serge Lavoie |
| Position title: | President & CEO |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Environment Canada, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) | ||||||
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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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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Government Procurement, Industry, Infrastructure, Internal Trade, International Trade, Labour, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Advocacy regarding manufacturing policies with Industry Canada; advocacy regarding environmental issues pertaining to the manufacture of plastic products; advocacy regarding government sustainable or "green" procurement policies; advocacy regarding tax treatment of manufacturing enterprises or the taxation of equipment used in the manufacturing process. | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Advocacy regarding manufacturing policies with Industry Canada, specifically, support for improvements to the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit program, support for improvements to the Capital Cost Allowance tax program, support for implementation of training tax credits creditable against Employment Insurance premiums; advocacy regarding environmental issues pertaining to the manufacture of plastics products, specifically provisions for food contact plastics administered by Health Canada, provisions for the use and control of chemical additives under Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA); advocacy regarding government sustainable procurement policies, specifically Public Works in regard to Green Building and Green Procurement programs, Industry Canada and National Research Council in regard to building codes for new or alternative building products; advocacy regarding tax policies within the Department of Finance, specifically the lowering of corporate taxes, the acceleration of Capital Cost Allowances for equipment, and the creation of training tax credits creditable against Employment Insurance premiums; advocacy regarding programs in support of international trade within International Trade Canada, specifically the continuation and improvement of the Program for Export Market Development (PEMD) and the creation of a branded international trade program promoting Canadian manufacturing. | ||||||
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