Registration - In-house Organization
Motion Picture Association - Canada / Association cinematographique - Canada / Wendy Noss, President
Registration Information
In-house Organization name:
Motion Picture Association - Canada / Association cinematographique - Canada
Responsible Officer Name:
Wendy Noss,
President ?
Initial registration start date:
2008-02-01
Registration status:
Active
Registration Number:
782662-16558
Version 21 of 27 (2016-05-17 to 2016-09-28)
Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Arts and Culture
- Broadcasting
- Employment and Training
- Immigration
- Industry
- Intellectual Property
- International Trade
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Labour
- Taxation and Finance
- Telecommunications
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Copyright Act-amendments to improve protection for owners of copyright in cinematographic works (including implementation of the World Intelectual Property Organization Treaties and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement)
- Radiocommunication Act - amendments to effectively protect against signal theft
- The Temporary Foreign Workers Program (Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations) and its impact on the Film and Entertainment Industry.
Policies or Program
- CRTC pilot projects and regulations governing classification.
- Department of Heritage Federal Cultural Policy Review related to the film/audio-visual sector in Canada.
- Film distribution policy related to the film/audio-visual sector in Canada
- Monitoring Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit Program with respect to incentives for production in Canada
- Piracy and Counterfeiting: A framework enabling an effective border enforcement regime and protection of intellectual property rights holders from piracy and counterfeiting (Copyright, Trade-marks, and Customs Act)
Communication Techniques
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
- Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
- Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
- Copyright Board of Canada (CB)
- Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Finance Canada (FIN)
- Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- House of Commons
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
- Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Justice Canada (JC)
- Members of the House of Commons
- Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Public Safety Canada (PS)
- Revenue Canada (RC)
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- Senate of Canada
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
The organization is a trade association representing the major international distributors of audio-visual entertainment.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Wendy Noss, President
Organization's membership or classes of membership
The organization has two classes of membership: Voting Members and Associate Members (Non-Voting). The Voting member is the Motion Picture Association of America. There are no members in the Associate Members class.Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
210 - 55 St. Clair Avenue West
TORONTO, ON M4V 2Y7
Canada
Telephone number:
416-961-1888
Ext.
230
Lobbyists Details
Lobbyists employed by the organization
- Sundeep Chauhan, Vice President & Senior Legal Counsel, Global Enforcement | Public offices held
- Andrew McGuigan, Senior Manager, Global Enforcement | No public offices held
- Wendy Noss, President | No public offices held
- Hafeez Rupani, Counsel | Public offices held
