Registry of Lobbyists
Version 3 of 75 (2008-05-16 to 2008-12-22) 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: |
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
175 Bloor St. E., Suite 700 Toronto, ON M4W 3R8 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 416-967-3007 | ||||||
| Fax number: | 416-922-7538 | ||||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Yves Savoie, President & Chief Executive | ||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is a health charity that supports research to find the cause, prevention and cure for MS, provides services and programs for persons with MS and their families and caregivers, and educates the public about the disease. | ||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | The MS Society has approximately 28,000 members who join the organization through their local chapters or division offices. | ||||||
| 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: | 2007-08-31 | ||||||
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| Name: | Deanna Groetzinger |
| Position title: | Vice-President, Government Relations and Policy |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Yves Savoie |
| Position title: | President and Chief Executive |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Transport Canada (TC), 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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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Disability issues, Employment and Training, Health, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance | ||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Disability Tax Credit, Canada Pension Plan-Disability benefits, Employment Insurance sickness benefits, pharmaceutical stragegy, charitable tax receipting, health - home care and caregivers, Canadians with disabilities, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. | ||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Episodic disabilities regarding Canada Pension Plan-Disability benefits,disability tax credit, Employment Insurance sickness benefits and Registered Disability Savings Plan; income tax regarding medical deductions; charitable tax receipting; health regarding home care and caregivers; Common Drug Review, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. | ||||||||||||||
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