Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Institute of Actuaries / Institut canadien des actuaires / Michel C. Simard, Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Institute of Actuaries / Institut canadien des actuaires
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Michel C. Simard, Executive Director 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2008-01-18
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 793374-16729

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 8

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 2 of 6 (2008-06-11 to 2008-08-13)

Version 2 of 6 (2008-06-11 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.

A. Organization Information

Organization: Canadian Institute of Actuaries
150 Metcalfe Street, Suite 800
Ottawa, ON  K2P 1P1
Canada
Telephone number: 613-236-8196  Ext.: 108
Fax number: 613-233-4552  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Daniel Lapointe, Executive Director  
 
Description of the organization's activities: The Canadian Institute of Actuaries is the national professional organization of the actuarial profession. As a self-regulating profession, the Institute sponsors programs for the education and qualification of members and prospective members and ensures that actuarial services provided by its members meet extremely high professional standards.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: Fellows of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries have successfully completed such examinations, courses and professional development requirements prescribed by the Institute.Affiliates are fully qualified foreign actuaries who are in the process of meeting the experience and education standards of the Institute to practice in Canada.Associates are those who are part way through the actuarial examinations leading to Fellowship.Correspondents are candidates who are fully qualified actuaries in their country of residence.
 
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: Leslie Dandridge
Position title: Director, Communications
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Josée Racette
Position title: Project Manager, Communications
Public offices held: Yes
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Employment Insurance Commission, Finance Canada (FIN), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Members of the House of Commons, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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: Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Financial Institutions, Labour, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Saving Defined Benefit pension plans-the Institute is promoting several proposals to change the legal and regulatory environment in which private sector Defined Benefit pension plans operate, so as to halt the steady decline in plans and coverage.
Subject Matter: Prospective: Saving Defined Benefit pension plans-Institute members and staff will be meeting with government officials to present its proposals.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Legislative Proposal, Policy or Program Employment Insurance financial governance
Legislative Proposal, Regulation Saving Defined Benefit pension plans




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