Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Education
• Employment and Training
• Fisheries
• Health
• Immigration
• Infrastructure
• Internal Trade
• International Trade
• Labour
• Research and Development
• Transportation

Subject Matter Details

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

• Advocating on issues related to Employment insurance programs and skills training for Canadian and Permanent Resident seafarers

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation

• Canada Labour Code, with respect to all matters concerning seafarers and workers generally and all regulations made under the Act.
• Canada Shipping Act, 2001 with respect to marine safety, security and personnel and all regulations made under the Act.
• Canada Transportation Act, with respect to matters related to marine shipping and the Canadian Transportation Agency
• Coasting Trade Act, with respect to maintaining regulations restricting the use of foreign vessels in coasting trade and enhancing provisions applicable to all vessels engaged in cabotage in Canada.
• Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, with respect to all matters concerning the employment of foreign workers and all regulations made under the Act.

Policies or Program

• Advocating on all matters related to Maritime Transport and Cabotage regulations in International Trade agreements and negotiations
• Advocating on matters related to COVID-19 rapid-testing and vaccination of seafarers and marine sector workers more generally.

Policies or Program, Regulation

• Advocating on issues pertaining to the Government’s implementation and oversight of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
• Advocating on issues related to the Government’s implementation of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978.
• Temporary Foreign Worker Program - Maritime Sector Policy, with respect to maintaining and strengthening policy and oversight of the program for compliance
• Temporary Foreign Worker Program, with respect to its application to vessels and crews engaged in Coasting Trade in Canada

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• National Defence (DND)
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Senate of Canada
• Transport Canada (TC)

Address:
200 – 1333, rue St-Jacques
Montreal, QC  H3C 4K2
Canada

Telephone number: 514-931-7859
Fax number: 514-931-0399