Registry of Lobbyists
Total Number of Communication Reports: 46
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 1 of 7 (2008-04-08 to 2008-08-07) 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.
| Corporation: |
Canadian Wheat Board
423 Main Street P.O. Box 816, Station Main Winnipeg, MB R3C 2P5 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 204-984-8167 |
| Fax number: | 204-983-4678 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Ian White, President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Description of activities: | The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is a western Canadian farmers' grain marketing company whose goal is to earn the best overall return for farmers from the sale of their wheat and barley. The CWB sells farmer's grain to over seventy countries worldwide, with annual sales of 18-24 million tonnes. The organization is farmer-led with a fifteen member board of directors, 2/3 of whom are democratically elected by western Canadian farmers. The CWB is governed by the Canadian Wheat Board Act. |
| Parent: | The corporation is not a subsidiary of any other parent corporations. |
| Coalition | The corporation is not a member of a coalition. |
| Subsidiary: | The corporation does not have any subsidiaries that could be affected by the outcome of the undertaking. |
| Other direct interests | The corporation's activities are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking. |
| Was the corporation funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | Michael Brophy |
| Position title: | Senior Program Manager, Product Development and Marketing Support Department |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Dave Burrows |
| Position title: | VP, Communications and Government Relations |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Rhéal Cenerini |
| Position title: | Consultant, Government Relations |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Brita Chell |
| Position title: | Chief Financial Officer, Finance |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Craig Douglas |
| Position title: | Manager, Farm Business Representative |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Gord Flaten |
| Position title: | Vice-President, Marketing |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Tyler Freeman |
| Position title: | Advisor, Corporate Policy and Trade |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | William Geddes |
| Position title: | Vice-President, Product Development & Marketing Support |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Dustin Gosnell |
| Position title: | Director, Strategic Planning |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Avis Gray |
| Position title: | Director, Government Relations |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Brian Gwyer |
| Position title: | Senior Marketing Manager, Sales Policy, Planning and Administration |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Deborah Harri |
| Position title: | Corporate Secretary |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Barry Horan |
| Position title: | Director Corporate Audit Services |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Kevin Kolisniak |
| Position title: | Acting Director, Treasury Services & Investor Relations |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Robert Martin |
| Position title: | Vice-President Logistics |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Blair McCann |
| Position title: | Agricultural Relations Representative |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | James McLandress |
| Position title: | General Counsel |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Brian Morris |
| Position title: | Policy and Business Process Manager, Logistics |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Graham Paul |
| Position title: | Chief Information Officer |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | David Simonot |
| Position title: | Director, Farmer Strategy, Farmer Relations & Public Affairs |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Ward Weisensel |
| Position title: | Chief Operating Officer |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Ian White |
| Position title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Janelle Whitley |
| Position title: | Advisor, Strategic Planning & Corporate Policy |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Diane Wiesenthal |
| Position title: | Vice-President, Human Resources |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Graham Worden |
| Position title: | Senior Manager, Technical Services |
| Public offices held: | No |
| 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), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) | ||||||||||||
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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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, Consumer Issues, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance, Tourism, Transportation | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | The CWB is interested in and has communicated with government on any legislation that would impact the organization. In the past this has included legislation and government policy in areas such as agriculture, transportation, food aid, genetically modified organizations, financial policy, international and domestic trade. | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | TThe CWB is interested in and will communicate with government Members of Parliament andsenators on any legislation or policy areas that will impact theorganization. Anticipated policy and legislative areas include agriculture,transportation, food aid, genetically modified organizations, financialpolicy, international and domestic trade. | ||||||||||||
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