Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Agriculture
- Environment
- Health
- Industry
- International Development
- International Trade
- National Security/Security
- Regional Development
- Science and Technology
- Small Business
- Taxation and Finance
- Transportation
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Discussions with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada related to funding proposal to enable Canadian small businesses in electronic supply chain and trade
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Discussion regarding Vanessa's Law and how GS1 standards can enable efficient reporting of adverse events.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Discussion around GS1 Standards and how they can help achieve the Government of Canada's border priorities related to the Single Window Initiative
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Discussions with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to help develop increased open data infrastructure in Canada
- Secure funding to conduct a proof of concept showcasing how global supply chain standards can improve business processes at the border.
Policies or Program
- Discussion around GS1 Standards and how they can help achieve the Government of Canada's border security priorities.
- Discussion around how GS1 Canada can help the priorities of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group
- Discussion regarding global standards and how they can help achieve International Trade priorities.
- Discussion with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada related to use of GS1 standards in agriculture/agri-food traceabillity initiatives.
- Discussion with Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regarding global standards for traceability and case dating
- Discussion with Transport Canada on how global standards can improve Canadian rail safety.
- Discussions around GS1 standards and registries can establish a safe production and distribution system for marijuana in Canada.
- Discussions around how global standards and registries can be incorporated into the DrugShortagesCanada.ca website and database
- Discussions regarding improved recall processes for Canadian industry in support of the Consumer Product Safety Act.
- Discussions with Health Canada regarding national collaboration for standards development and adoption in Healthcare supply chain.
- Discussions with the Bank of Canada, Finance Canada and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions regarding the use of global, unique identification for legal entities engaged in financial transactions
- Participation on Automatic Identification of Vaccine Products Committee - Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) - national collaboration to assign barcodes on Canadian vaccines.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
Government Institutions
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Bank of Canada
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
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Public Safety Canada (PS)
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Senate of Canada
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Transport Canada (TC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
A not-for-profit, industry-driven standards organization promoting collaborative commerce to improve supply chain efficiencies.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Arthur Smith,
Chief Executive Officer
Organization's membership or classes of membership
GS1 Canada has approximately 20,000 active members (members that pay on an ongoing basis) in over 20 supply chain sectors.
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2016-12-31
List of Government Funding
Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
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$0.00
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Yes
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
1500 Don Mills Road
Suite 800
Toronto, ON M3B 3K4
Canada
Telephone number:
416-775-9667
Fax number:
416-510-1916
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Rob Bell,
Director, Healthcare |
No public offices held
- Alicia Duval,
Senior Vice President, Industry Relations |
No public offices held
- Nicole Gourley,
Senior Vice President, Industry Relations |
No public offices held
- Alex Greco,
Public Affairs Manager |
No public offices held
- Eileen Mac Donald,
President |
No public offices held
- Michael Sadiwnyk,
Senior Vice-President, Global Relations and Chief Standards Officer |
No public offices held
- Arthur Smith,
Chief Executive Officer |
No public offices held