Registry of Lobbyists
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Aboriginal Affairs, Economic Development
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Aboriginal reconciliation- Discussion on federal policies, programs and initiatives aimed at enhancing aboriginal economic development opportunities and engaging in reconciliation.
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Regulation, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
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Economic Development, Financial Institutions
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Bank Act - federal credit union provisions. Competitiveness of credit unions, Section 983 Bank Act - Section 427-429 Bank Act security. The 2025 review of federal financial institutions legislative review.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Financial Institutions
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Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act as it relates to lending practices and priority of security. Monitor and participate in the review of the Act.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Financial Institutions
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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.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Financial Institutions
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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.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Economic Development, Financial Institutions, Regional Development
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Competition Act - merger review standards, performance and fees of the Competition Bureau as they affect credit unions, compliance programs.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Financial Institutions
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Co-operative Credit Associations Act scheduled review of federal financial institutions legislative review due in 2023.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Economic Development, Education, Financial Institutions, Regional Development
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Discussion relating to a national strategy on financial literacy, with respect to the work of the credit unions on financial literacy.
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Policies or Program
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Economic Development, Financial Institutions
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Discussion relating to Canada's COVID-19 economic response plan.
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Policies or Program
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Economic Development, Financial Institutions
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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.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Consumer Issues, Economic Development, Education, Federal-Provincial Relations, Financial Institutions, Privacy and Access to Information
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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.
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Policies or Program, Regulation
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Financial Institutions, National Security/Security, Taxation and Finance
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Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - mutual evaluations of Canada
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Policies or Program
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Financial Institutions, Taxation and Finance
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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.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Financial Institutions, Taxation and Finance
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) and Article 4 consultations.
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Policies or Program
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Education, Federal-Provincial Relations, Financial Institutions, Housing, Infrastructure, Taxation and Finance
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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
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Policies or Program
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Consumer Issues, Economic Development, Housing
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Monitoring housing finance policy as it relates to data collection by the Government, Regulatory Burden and how policy will affect consumers.
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Policies or Program
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Financial Institutions
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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.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Taxation and Finance
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Participated in the Department of Finance consultation on the development of a financial consumer code. Continue to monitor its development.
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Policies or Program
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Financial Institutions, National Security/Security
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Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act with respect to reporting and compliance obligations of credit unions and credit union centrals.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Privacy and Access to Information
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The Canada Anti-Spam Law as it relates to contraventions under the Act and general impact on credit union operations.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Economic Development, Financial Institutions, Regional Development, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
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The Income Tax Act and Excise Tax Act as they relate to the taxation of credit unions, cooperatives and small business.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Financial Institutions
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The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Common Reporting Standards and potential impacts on credit unions.
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Policies or Program
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Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Privacy and Access to Information
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The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act with respect to impact on credit unions and credit union centrals.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Financial Institutions, Regional Development
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Winding-up Restructuring Act and applicability to credit unions and credit union centrals.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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1. the national trade association for credit unions across Canada. 2. oversees and develops legislative policy and advocacy, and provides non-financial services to support credit union activities and strategies for further development: communications and marketing, payment network operations and compliance; professional development; linkage into national and international ATM networks; regulatory compliance support. 3. represents credit unions and maintains close working relationships with other national and international organizations such as: Payments Canada; Interac Corporation; Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC); the Desjardins Group; the Francophone federations outside Quebec; the World Council of Credit Unions which has affiliated members in 80 countries and directs financial and leadership resources to credit unions throughout the world; and the federal government, representing credit unions' interests on issues such as statutes, government regulation of financial services, taxation, liquidity management.
JEFF GUTHRIE, President & Chief Executive Officer
Address:
20 Queen St. West, Suite 2301A
Toronto, ON M5H 3R3
Canada
Telephone number:
416-318-5348