Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Bilingualism/Official Languages
- Budget
- Employment and Training
- Industry
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Labour
- Pensions
- Taxation and Finance
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Amendments the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canada Labour Code to remove provisions that permit mandatory retirement.Formerly Bill C-13 Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act Part 12.
- Bill C-597 An Act to Amend the Holidays Act - Designating Remembrance day as a Legal Holiday. The lobbying activity consisted of raising concerns by Federal Employers that amending the Holidays Act to designate Remembrance Day as a legal holiday could be misinterpreted to include the creation of an additional paid General Holiday under the Canada Labour Code.
- Bill C-636 An Act to Amend the Canada Labour Code - Unpaid Training. At the invitation of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, FETCO provided an overview of internship programs in place at Federally Regulated Employers and answered a series of questions posed by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour to varies stakeholders with an interest in internship programs. This included FETCO's views on Bill C-626.
- Bill S-201 - An Act to Prohibit and Prevent Genetic Discrimination. The Executive Director of FETCO attended and followed the debate of the Senate Committee on Bill S-201. FETCO raised concerns with the policy advisor to the Minister of Justice about the proposed broad application of discrimination on the basis of "genetic characteristics" that was proposed in Bi8ll S-201.
- Canada Labour Code with respect to Part I: Labour Relations
Part II Occupational Health and Safety
Part III: Labour Standards
- Formerly Bill C-38 Jobs Growth and Long Term Prosperity Act Division 22 Revisions to Division XIII .2 of the Canada Labour Code - Long Term Disability. The lobbying activity focussed on the application of regulations regarding the requirement that all long term disability plans would have to be insured as of July 1, 2014/
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
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Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)
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Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
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Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
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Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC)
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House of Commons
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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Justice Canada (JC)
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Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL)
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Senate of Canada
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Status of Women Canada (SWC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Government institutions added through a monthly communication report
- Health Canada (HC)
- Public Safety Canada (PS)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
Federally Regulated Employers - Transportation and Communications (FETCO) represents the major federally regulated companies and employers’ associations in the transportation and communications sectors in Canada.
FETCO members collectively employ approximately 400,000 employees. FETCO members employ the vast majority of unionized employees covered by the Canada Labour Code.
The mission of FETCO is to significantly influence positive public policy outcomes for member companies operating in the federal jurisdiction of Canada covering all laws and regulations pertaining to employment and human resources in the workplace, including:
labour relations
occupational health and safety
employment standards
employment equity
pay equity
human rights in the workplace
workers compensation
personal information and privacy in the workplace
pandemic preparedness
private sector and public pension policy
where warranted, FETCO will involve itself in all other laws and regulations pertaining to employment matters including provincial public policy issues that could influence Federal legislation and federally regulated employers.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Derrick Hynes,
Executive Director
Organization's membership or classes of membership
The companies that are members of FETCO are:
Air Canada, B.C. Maritime Employers Association, Bell Canada, Brinks Canada Limited,
Canada Post Corporation, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Canadian Pacific Railway, Fedex, Maritime Employers Association, NAV Canada, Purolator, SaskTel, Sunwing Airlines, Telus, Via Rail Canada, Western Grain Elevators Association.
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
1 Rideau Street, Suite 700
Ottawa, ON K1N 8S7
Canada
Telephone number:
613-670-5817
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Derrick Hynes,
Executive Director |
No public offices held
