Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Agriculture
- Environment
- Financial Institutions
- Government Procurement
- 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, 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
- Discuss how GS1 Canada can support small businesses, and encouraging funding supports to be made available so they may be retail ready.
Policies or Program
- Discusions wih ECCC on how GS1 global standards and GS1 Canada's registries and communiy management process can support both government and industry on sustainability goals.
- Discussion around how GS1 Canada can help the priorities of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group
- Discussion around how GS1 standards can enable traceability pertaining to opioids (i.e., Opioid Crisis)
- 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 Food Labeiling Modernization (i.e., Front-of-Packaging Labeiling, and Nutrition Labelling)
- Discussions around GS1 standards and registries can establish a safe production and distribution system for marijuana in Canada.
- Discussions around GS1 standards can uniquely identify self-care products.
- Discussions around how global standards and registries can be incorporated into the DrugShortagesCanada.ca website and Health Canada databases
- Discussions around the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and how GS1 standards can enable a safe and secure border
- 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 on barcodes on Canadian vaccines and exploring data collection and sharing options.
- To work with Public Services and Procurement Canada, Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada, and Health Canada to have identifiers on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that will enter Canada's supply chain.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Discussions on how GS1 Canada can support the creation of a Unique Device Identification system for medical devices in Canada, through the establishment of new regulations.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots 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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Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
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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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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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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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Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
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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
EILEEN MACDONALD,
President & CEO
Organization's membership or classes of membership
GS1 Canada has over 20,000 active subscribers (members that pay on an ongoing basis) in over 25 supply chain sectors.
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2023-12-31
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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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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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:
416-380-2501
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Rob Bell,
Director, Healthcare |
No public offices held
- Francois Bouchard,
Senior Vice-President, Subscriber Engagement |
No public offices held
- Alicia Duval,
Industry Advisor |
No public offices held
- Milena Glumac,
Regulatory and Public Affairs Specialist |
No public offices held
- Angela Hawkins,
Senior Director, Public Affairs |
No public offices held
- Eileen Mac Donald,
President & CEO |
No public offices held