Registry of Lobbyists
Version 1 of 1 (2004-11-04 to 2005-04-12) 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.
| Organization: |
TEAMSTERS CANADA
1300 AGES DRIVE OTTAWA, ON K1G5T4 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 613-737-4185 | ||||
| Fax number: | 613-247-0391 | ||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | PHIL BENSON, LOBBYIST | ||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | DECENT WAGES. JOB SECURITY. WORKING CONDITION. BENEFITS. SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. THESE ARE THE ISSUES WHICH MEAN THE MOST TO WORKING MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS CANADA. AND THESE ARE THE SAME ISSUES WHICH TEAMSTERS CANADA AND ITS LOCAL UNIONS KEEP AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST AS THEY WORK ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN 115,000 MEMBERS ACROSS CANADA. | ||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | WE REPRESENT 1,5 MILLION MEMBERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND WE ARE A VERY DIVERSIFIED UNION. TEAMSTERS CANADA HAS ESTABLISHED TRADE DIVISION TO COORDINATE BARGAINING AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS IN THEIR OWN INDUSTRIES. THE TRADE DIVISIONS ARE: RAIL, AIRLINE, CONSTRUCTION, DAIRY & SALES DRIVERS, FREIGHT, GROCERY AND RETAIL STORES, MOVIE AND TRADE SHOW, PARCEL AND SMALL PACKAGES, WAREHOUSE AND MISCELLANEOUS. | ||||
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last calendar year? | Yes | ||||
| End date of the organization's last completed financial year: | 2004-12-31 | ||||
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| Name: | PHIL BENSON |
| Position title: | LOBBYIST |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| 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), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), National Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Pension Appeals Board (PAB), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), 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, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Mining, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Sports, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation |
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | DEPT OF FINANCE - BUDGET, TAX AND TARIFF ISSUES; DEPT OF TRANSPORT - RAIL, ROAD, AIR AND PORT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, SECURITY AND CROSS-BORDER ISSUES, ARMOURED CAR RELATED ISSUES; DEPT OF LABOUR - FAIR WAGES, CLRB ISSUES; INFRASTRUCTURE - CROSS-BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES; DEPT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - RETIREMENT ISSUES; DEPT OF FOREIGN TRADE - TARIFF ISSUES, NAFTA;BILL C-498 - MOURNING DAY ACT AMENDMENT |
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | DEPT OF FINANCE - BUDGET, TAX AND TARIFF ISSUES; DEPT OF TRANSPORT - RAIL, ROAD, AIR AND PORT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, SECURITY AND CROSS-BORDER ISSUES, ARMOURED CAR RELATED ISSUES;DEPT OF LABOUR - FAIR WAGES, CLRB ISSUES; DEPT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - RETIREMENT ISSUES; HRDC - TRAINING ISSUES, EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; INFRASTRUCTURE - CROSS-BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES; DEPT OF FOREIGN TRADE - TARIFF ISSUES, NAFTA; BILL C-498 - MOURNING DAY ACT AMENDMENT |