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Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Booksellers Association / Susan Dayus, Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Booksellers Association
Responsible Officer Name: Susan Dayus, Executive Director 
Initial registration start date: 2007-11-13
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 783276-16238

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 0

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 1 of 4 (2007-11-13 to 2008-06-26)

Version 1 of 4 (2007-11-13 to 2008-06-26) 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: Canadian Booksellers Association
700-789 Don Mills Rd.
Toronto, ON  M3C 1T5
Canada
Telephone number: 416-467-7883  Ext.: 225
Fax number: 416-467-7886  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Susan Dayus, Executive Director  
 
Description of the organization's activities: Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA), established in 1952, is the national trade association representing booksellers, including independents, chain, specialty, used/antiquarian, located in all provinces and territories, metropolitan cities and small communities.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: CBA's voting members (Active) are comprised of booksellers. Membership is corporate, not individual. Other categories of non-voting members include: Associate (publishers/suppliers); Affiliate (librarians, sales reps, associations); and Provisional (individuals considering or in the process of opening a bookstore).
 
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
Canadian Heritage BPIDP $10,600.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Susan Dayus
Position title: Executive Director
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: Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Competition Tribunal (CT), Finance Canada (FIN), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Revenue Canada (RC)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Arts and Culture, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Education, Financial Institutions, Industry, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Elimination of GST from books.
Subject Matter: Prospective: Elimination of GST from books.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program Continue funding and support for the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and for Canada Council for the Arts.
Policy or Program Elimination of GST from books.
Legislative Proposal, Policy or Program Review definition of a book as it pertains to the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST).
Policy or Program Reviewing the role of Canada Post as it relates to foreign companies delivering books to Canadians.
Policy or Program Review of Investments Canada Act to protect Canadian companeis from the Act's current loopholes and outdated language.




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