Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Agriculture
• Budget
• Consumer Issues
• Financial Institutions
• Housing
• Industry
• Privacy and Access to Information
• Small Business
• Taxation and Finance

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• . The Business Credit Availability Program (BCAP). Discussion relating to Canada’s COVID-19 economic response plan to provide credit through the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Export Development Canada (EDC) under the Loan Guarantee for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, the Co-Lending Program for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and a new Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA).
• Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security and preparation for government's next scheduled review of federal financial institutions legislative review.
• Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act as it relates to lending practices and priority of security. Monitor and participate in the review of the Act.
• Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC) Act. Monitor the progress of the CDIC review of deposit insurance and participate in any consultations or research initiatives Monitor any resulting changes to the CDIC Act.
• Canadian Payments Act - Monitor work by the Department of Finance, Bank of Canada and the Canadian Payments Association related to any amendments to CPA Act and proposed modernization initiatives.
• Co-operative Credit Associations Act scheduled review of federal financial institutions legislative review due in 2023.
• Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.
• Income Tax Act - any provision applicable to credit unions including but not limited to (Part XVIII and Part XIX) pertaining respectively to the automatic exchange of financial account information with the United States under the intergovernmental agreement to facilitate compliance with the "The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the automatic exchange of financial account information with jurisdictions other than the US in accordance with the Common Reporting Standard.
• Monitor the financial powers and operations of the Business Development Bank of Canada as being considered during the current statutory Parliamentary Review of the Business Development Bank of Canada.
• Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act with respect to reporting and compliance obligations of credit unions and credit union centrals.
• The Canada Anti-Spam Law as it relates to contraventions under the Act and general impact on credit union operations.
• The Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act as they relate to the taxation of credit unions, cooperatives and small business.
• The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act with respect to impact on credit unions and credit union centrals.
• Winding-up Restructuring Act and applicability to credit unions and credit union centrals.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation

• Aboriginal reconciliation- Discussion on federal policies, programs and initiatives aimed at enhancing aboriginal economic development opportunities and engaging in reconciliation.

Policies or Program

• . Discussion relating to Canada's COVID-19 economic response plan.
• Discussion relating to a national strategy on financial literacy, with respect to the work of the credit unions on financial literacy.
• Ensuring the implementation of the federal government's "Small Business Lens" policy framework in policy areas that impact credit unions.
• Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - mutual evaluations of Canada
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) and Article 4 consultations.
• Issues that impact the competitiveness of credit unions including: Accessibility to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) default management tools, federal credit union legislation; CMHC's mortgage insurance policies; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation; social finance and social innovation; financial literacy
• Monitoring housing finance policy as it relates to data collection by the Government, Regulatory Burden and how policy will affect consumers.
• Participated in the Department of Finance consultation on the development of a financial consumer code. Continue to monitor its development.
• The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Common Reporting Standards and potential impacts on credit unions.

Policies or Program, Regulation

• Engaging with all Government stakeholders that are investigating the implementation of an open-banking framework in Canada and how that will affect credit unions and their members.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Bank of Canada
• Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
• Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC)
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Export Development Canada (EDC)
• Farm Credit Canada (FCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
• Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC)
• Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
• Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
• Senate of Canada
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

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