Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Convenience Stores Association / Association Canadienne des Depanneurs en Alimentation / Satinder Chera, President

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Convenience Stores Association / Association Canadienne des Depanneurs en Alimentation
Responsible Officer Name: Satinder Chera, President 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2008-02-19
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 931839-16720

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 104

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 1 of 16 (2008-02-19 to 2009-06-15)

Version 1 of 16 (2008-02-19 to 2009-06-15) 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 Convenience Stores Association / Association Canadienne des Depanneurs en Alimentation
Suite 217
466 Speers Rd.
Oakville, ON  L6K 3W9
Canada
Telephone number: 905-845-9152
Fax number: 905-849-9947  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Dave Bryans, President  
 
Description of the organization's activities: CCSA is a non-profit association that represents the best practices of the convenience store industry in Canada by speaking with the unified power of one voice for responsible community retailing and is the creator and manager of We Expect ID, the national age-verification program.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: The CCSA represents more than 31,000 retail convenience stores, plus suppliers, wholesalers and other stakeholders that serve the needs of approximately 3.5 million customers each and every day of the year.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Dave Bryans
Position title: President
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Michel Gadbois
Position title: Senior Vice President
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Steve Tennant
Position title: National Director, We Expect ID
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), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, 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, Members of the House of Commons, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Solicitor General Canada (SGC)
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: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Environment, Health, Immigration, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Regional Development, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Tourism
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Contraband tobacco; small business issues; environmental issues
Subject Matter: Prospective: Information sharing with government officials on the damage done to the c-store industry by the availability of contraband tobacco in Canada.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Regulation, Bill or Resolution, Policy or Program The Canadian Convenience Stores Association is deeply concerned about the various negative social and health impacts which are created by the proliferation of contraband tobacco in Canada. Economically, the spread of contraband tobacco is dramatically impacting legal tobacco sales in Canadian convenience stores and taking legitimate tax revenue away from provincial and federal governments.




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