Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Federal Association for the Advancement of Visible Minorities (FAAVM) / Association fédérale pour le progres des minorités visibles (AFPMV) / Raphael Louis, President/Leader & Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Federal Association for the Advancement of Visible Minorities (FAAVM) / Association fédérale pour le progres des minorités visibles (AFPMV)
Responsible Officer Name: Raphael Louis, President/Leader & Chief Executive Officer 
Initial registration start date: 2007-06-01
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 782285-15551

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 10

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 1 of 19 (2007-06-01 to 2007-11-26)

Version 1 of 19 (2007-06-01 to 2007-11-26) 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: Federal Association for the Advancement of Visible Minorities (FAAVM) / Association fédérale pour le progres des minorités visibles (AFPMV)
P.O. BOX 32070
3651 Shelbourne Street
Victoria , BC  V8P 5S2
Canada
Telephone number: 250-208-6947
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Raphael Louis, President/CEO  
 
Description of the organization's activities: The FAAVM Canada (Association fédérale pour le progrès des minorités visibles, AFPVM) is a nonprofit, charitable organization. Our major focus involves using various multifunctional civil rights programmes to help our mostly disadvantaged, underprivileged Canadian minorities as men, women and children. Via the FAAVM multilateral humanitarian systems, and activities, we're able to reach out to these people who are very difficult to reach via more traditional-type programmes. We then use these activities to help improve the quality of life of these disadvantaged peoples, also called the visible minorities. Our all-volunteer network nationwide program is comprised of several components, all having to do with providing meaningful and positive educational, socio-cultural, spiritual, economic and overall human development activities for our mostly economically disadvantaged nationwide and worldwide. A major objective is our use of national and international legally binding humanitarian instruments, norms, precepts and principles in order to intervene at the national level to outreach visible minorities who are often very difficult to otherwise reach. We are then able to impact Canadian minorities in many positive ways. We promote early education, child welfare, gender equality, social justice, global peace and socio economic development, and promote the overall growth and advancement process. We emphasize maximizing positive human potential, drug education/prevention, healthy living, decreased street violence, improved reading and writing skills, and learning to respect others from diverse backgrounds.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: The FAAVM Canada a world class membership organization, affiliating with other global organizations within the American, Asian, European, Middle Eastern, African, Caribbean and Oceanic regions, whereas our membership is client centered, working in partnership, accountability for quality results, dedicated to human dignity, human integrity, financial integrity and cost-effectiveness, inspired and innovative.
 
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: 2006-12-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Industry Canada $258,987.23

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Raphael Louis
Position title: President/CEO
Public offices held: No
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Environment Canada, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), National Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Pension Appeals Board (PAB), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Meetings, Presentations, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Aboriginal Affairs, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Immigration, Industry, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Sports, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Visible Minorities issues
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Ensuring that human rights are observed is a legitimate concern of the FAAVM CANADA and the international communities. The Canada Civil Rights Act of 2003, Bill of Rights project being undertaken by the FAAVM, is to promote domestic respect for, and observance of international human rights treaties and covenants. The FAAVM strives to ensure that all necessary measures are taken to achieve this important goal by the enactment of the Canada Civil Rights Act of 2003.
Subject Matter: Prospective: The Canada Civil Rights Act of 2003 Federal Bill of Rights Legislative project.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Achieving the FAAVM SEDC $3.5 billion trust fund for 2020.
Legislative Proposal The Canada Civil Rights Act of 2003 Federal Bill of Rights Legislative project. Ensuring that human rights are observed is a legitimate concern of the FAAVM CANADA and the international communities. The Canada Civil Rights Act of 2003, Bill of Rights project being undertaken by the FAAVM, is to promote domestic respect for, and observance of international human rights treaties and covenants. The FAAVM strives to ensure that all necessary measures are taken to achieve this important goal by the enactment of the Canada Civil Rights Act of 2003. The Canada Civil Rights Act of 2003 legislative project for the protection of national minorities and majorities represents the most comprehensive multilateral legislative initiative devoted to minority rights. The main aims of the Act are to:1· Protect human rights, pluralist democracy, and the rule of law;2· Promote civil rights awareness and encourage the development and protection of Canada's cultural identity and diversity;3· Seek legal solutions to problems facing Canadian society, including discrimination against minorities, xenophobia, intolerance, and environmental protection;4· Help consolidate and strengthen democratic stability in Canada by backing political, legislative, and constitutional reform




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