Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation / La Fédération canadienne des coopératives de travail / HAZEL CORCORAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation / La Fédération canadienne des coopératives de travail
Responsible Officer Name: HAZEL CORCORAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
Initial registration start date: 2004-12-01
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 776086-171

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 55

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 5 of 35 (2008-04-07 to 2009-03-09)

Version 5 of 35 (2008-04-07 to 2009-03-09) 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 Worker Co-operative Federation / La Fédération canadienne des coopératives de travail
104- 402 30th ave. nw
calgary, AB  t2e 2e3
Canada
Telephone number: 403-287-2069
Fax number: 403-338-0226  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: HAZEL CORCORAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  
 
Description of the organization's activities: The CWCF is the national, bilingual association of worker co-ops, multi-stakeholder co-ops and worker-shareholder co-ops. It hosts a network of worker co-op developers and administers a pilot "Tenacity Works" capital fund.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: The membership is made up of Worker Co-operatives and Worker Co-operative Developers.
 
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: 2007-08-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Co-operative Secretariat, Agriculture and AgriFoods Canada $157,061.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Peter Hough
Position title: Financial Officer/Fund Manager
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: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Industry Canada
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Employment and Training, Regional Development, Small Business
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: The activities which were undertaken in the prior period were: (1) communicating with each of the Regional Economic Development Agencies (WD, FEDNOR, CED-Q and ACOA), Social Development Canada and Industry Canada regarding the Social Economy Initiative, advocating that CWCF's Tenacity Works Fund and capacity-building programming be eligible for the programming in this Initiative. (2) participating in a decision to have the co-op sector generally lobby to increase funding available for Agriculture Canada's Co-op Development Initiative. (3) requeesting that ACOA provide funding for the MYDAS youth intern program (Mobilizing Youth to Deliver (co-op) Advisory Services.
Subject Matter: Prospective: In the next six months, CWCF expects to carry out the followingactivity: lobbying to increase funding available for AgricultureCanada's Co-op Development Initiative.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program Co-op Development Initiative - Agriculture Canada.




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