Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Agriculture
• Consumer Issues
• Education
• Employment and Training
• Energy
• Environment
• Fisheries
• Forestry
• Health
• Human Resources
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Internal Trade
• International Trade
• Labour
• Regional Development
• Science and Technology
• Security
• Taxation and Finance
• Telecommunications
• Transportation

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

• Fisheries Act

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Bill C-30, Clean Air Act in respect of quotas for greenhouse gases.
• Statutory Review of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to ensure that environmental assessment process is continually improved to better protect the environment in a more efficient manner

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program

• Telecommunications policy review - electricity industry issues pertaining to electricity support structures and spectrum management

Policies or Program

• Climate change policies/programs to effectively manage air emissions by reducing electricity demand; reducing emissions associated with electricity generation; capturing/controlling emissions; and reducing emissions from other sources.
• Development of the national Cyber Security Strategy - policies pertaining to Canadian critical infrastructure protection strategy to ensure Canadian federal policy, programs and activities on infrastructure protection both meet the needs of the industry
• Energy efficiency programs and policies to help manage customer costs and minimize environmental impacts
• Environmental assessment policies and procedures to streamline and enhance efficiency of the environmental assessment process and regulations to permit the construction of new generation and transmission infrastructure in a more timely and cost effective manner
• Fisheries management policies - policies to streamline and clarify the regulatory process under the Fisheries Act
• Habitat Protection Policies and policies pertaining to species at risk and migratory birds
• National Energy Board Cost Recovery policies that establish the rules and levels of financing that users in the electricity sector must pay as part of the NEB cost recovery policies.
• National Pollutant Release Inventory - policies/programs pertaining to emissions data reporting and collection to improve data quality and consistency.
• National plan for the use of anti virals - policies/programs to increase coherence between government and industry for pandemic planning
• Polices pertaining to wood preservatives CCA (chromated copper arsenate) ACA (ammoniacal copper arsenate), ACZA (ammoniacal copper zinc arsenate), Creosote and PCP (Pentachlorophenol)
• Polices/programs pertaining to communication of balanced, accurate and up-to-date information about the potential health effects of electric and magnetic fields by monitoring world-wide research, standards and policy developments
• Policies pertaining to Air quality including Particulate Matter (PM), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and mercury Regulatory Reform
• Policies pertaining to Canada/US electricity trade as well as critical infrastructure seecurity and reliability standards
• Policies pertaining to Canadian critical infrastructure protection strategy to ensure Canadian federal policy, programs and activities meet the needs of the industry
• Policies pertaining to distributed generation and distributed resources
• Policies pertaining to electricity reliability, monitoring developments in energy policy that could impact international cooperation and compatability to protect reliability standards
• Policies pertaining to environmentally preferable power - policies pertaining to the measurement of environmental performance of electricity generation - both for the performance of conventional generation technologies and alternatives
• Policies pertaining to management practices to minimize polychlorinated biphenyls releases to the environment
• Policies pertaining to overcoming barriers to timely investment in infrastructure relatedsiting, rates of return, community acceptance and public understanding of need.
• Policies pertaining to security standards for facilities used for the international trade of electricity
• Policies programs pertaining to threat and risk assessments, security clearances, exercises and drills
• Policies/programs addressing issues of labour markets and human resources, recruiting and retaining workers, facilitating school-to-work transitions, and developing sector and career awareness strategies
• Policies/programs pertaining to building solid relationships with Aboriginal communities
• Policies/programs pertaining to cyber and infrastructure security, physical security, IT security and emergency preparedness from an all-hazards, all threats perspective
• Policies/programs pertaining to measurement and the regulations flowing from the Electricity and Gas Act as well as or any proposed legislative changes to the Act. The policies and regulations related to seal periods and to the testing of meters that are already deployed in customer premises.
• Policies/programs pertaining to occupational heath and safety, worker safety and workplace hazardous materials
• Policies/programs pertaining to pandemic planning - increased coherence between government and industry for pandemic planning
• Programs/policies and activities pertaining to the development of international and national standards on power quality and electromagnetic compatibility
• Regulatory reform activities related to the development of the Major Projects Management Office to support the development and implementation of initiatives to improve efficiency, predictability and accountability of federal regulatory system, and enhance inter-jurisdictional coordination
• Scientific Research and Experimental development tax incentive program and in particular removing the exclusions found in Section 248 (1) (e) to (k) except (g).
• Stakeholder participation under National Standards System - policies/programs pertaining to Canadian Standards Strategy
• Stewardship policies and programs with an on-going efforts to streamline and clarify regulatory process
• Tax policy (corporate tax rates, deductibility of interest on money borrowed to invest in business operations abroad, capital cost allowance rates)

Policies or Program, Regulation

• Energy & Infrastructure - electricity industry issues surrounding the need for new infrastructure development to meet growing demand and replacing aging assets.

Regulation

• Regulations of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act - monitoring and revisions of regulations of the Act.
• Regulations of the Income Tax Act - Reinstating Class 24 and Class 27; Class 43.1 and 43.2; accelerating tax treatment for transmission assets; accelerating tax treatment of advanced metering technology.
• Transportation of dangerous goods - changes to existing regulations or the introduction of new regulations that may affect the way the electricity sector companies do business.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication

Government Institutions

• Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
• Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• Environment Canada
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
• Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
• Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
• Industry Canada
• Integrated Threat Assessment Centre
• Members of the House of Commons
• National Energy Board (NEB)
• National Research Council (NRC)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC)
• Revenue Canada (RC)
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
• Senate of Canada
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

Address:
350 Sparks Street
Suite 907
Ottawa, ON  K1R 7S8
Canada

Telephone number: 613-230-9263
Fax number: 613-230-9326