Registry of Lobbyists
Total Number of Communication Reports: 0
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 2 of 4 (2008-06-26 to 2008-08-13) 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.
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Canadian Booksellers Association
789 Don Mills Rd. Ste 700 Toronto, ON M3C 1T5 Canada |
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| 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 is the national trade association of booksellers from coast to coast. Members include: trade, campus, specialty, chain, used/rare booksellers in all provinces and territories. | ||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Voting members: booksellersAssociate members: publishers and suppliers Affiliate members: authors, librarians, consultantsProvisional members: individuals 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: | 2007-12-31 | ||||
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| Name: | Susan Dayus |
| Position title: | Executive Director |
| 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), Competition Tribunal (CT), Finance Canada (FIN), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons | ||||
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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, International Trade, Small Business, Taxation and Finance | ||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | October 2007: CBA met with the following MPs and government officials to discuss CBA's position on changes to the foreign ownership regulations as they pertain to culture, and the issue of how the strong Canadian dollar was having a serious impact on our industry.* The Hon. Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance* The Hon. John McCallum, MP Markham-Unionville ON* Bill Siksay, MP Burnaby-Douglas BC* Jim Abbott, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage* Rob Taylor, COS to Hon Diane Ablonczy, Secretary of State for Small Business and Tourism11 December 2007 - At the request of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, CBA appeared before the committee to explain why we believe the foreign ownership regulations as they pertain to culture should not be removed.27 February 2008, at the request of the Competition Policy Review Panel, CBA appeared before the Panel to discuss the Sharpening Canada's Competitive Edge consultation paper. | ||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | May 2008, CBA responded to questions regarding the Competition Bureau Study of the Effectiveness of Merger Remedies - Indigo Books & Music Inc. / Chapters Online Inc.CBA will be commenting on upcoming changes ot the Copyright Act as it pertains to books. | ||||
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