Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Agriculture
- Budget
- Education
- Energy
- Environment
- Fisheries
- Health
- Immigration
- Infrastructure
- Pensions
- Taxation and Finance
- Transportation
Subject matters added through a monthly communication report
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- -Seeking funding opportunities for The Existence Project – Community based workshops connecting community through storytelling -Seeking funding opportunities for The Existence Project’s Keeping It Human Program - a storytelling workshop for classrooms that want to build a deeper understanding of youth homelessness.
-Communications with MPs regarding the status of 2019 Canada Summer Jobs funding applications
- Funding application to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada under the Call for Proposals 2019: Settlement and Resettlement Assistance Program.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Amending the Canada Water Act to reflect contemporary environmental concerns
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
- Canada Water Act: Exploring potential for renewal of legislation to strengthen federal role in fresh water management.
- Fisheries Act: Seeking strengthening of habitat protections, incorporation of sustainability principles, and legal obligations to rebuild depleted fish stocks.
- Navigation Protection Act - Process for restoring lost protection and incorporate modern safeguards to the Navigation Protection Act, and to any related regulation and policy, in accordance with Mandate Letter issued to the Minister of Transportation.
- Navigation Protection Act: Seeking a return to protections for all navigable waters.
- Process for restoring lost protection and incorporate modern safeguards to the Fisheries Act, and to any related regulation and policy, in accordance with Mandate Letter issued to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
Policies or Program
- -Updating Canada’s Federal Water Policy of 1987 to better support how fresh water is governed and how the health of Canada’s freshwater ecosystems can be improved.
-The benefits of updating the Canada Water Actof 1970 to support freshwater health across Canadaand the federal government’s role in supporting healthy fresh water across the country.
-Including priorities identified by the Our Living Waters Network in the formation of the Canada Water Agency-which is referred to in the mandate letter issued to the Minister of Environment and
Climate Change Canadaby the Prime Minister.
- Advocating establishment of a Canada Water Agency
- Discussing engaging pension fund beneficiaries and supporting pension fund managers to be a part of the transition to a low-carbon economy to achieve the inextricably linked goals of pension wealth and planet health. Sharing research and discussing new laws and programs that various states and governments have been passing related to this area.
- Infrastructure investment to improve water quality; Offer feedback and ideas on how infrastructure investment could improve water quality
- Pan Canadian national water quality strategy; Explore concept and how to set up pan Canadian water strategy
- Policies related to the integration of water health into food and agricultural policy, including but not limited to the development of a new Food Policy Framework for Canada.
- Policies related to the reduction of phosphorous in Canadian lakes, including but not limited to the Lake Erie Phosphorus Reduction Plan.
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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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
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House of Commons
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Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Senate of Canada
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Transport Canada (TC)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
MakeWay Charitable Society's mission is to provide uncommon solutions for the common good by helping Canadians secure a healthy environment in ways that promote social equity and economic prosperity. We advance our mission by creating opportunities to pool ideas and resources to solve complex environmental and social problems; and by connecting and empowering a wide range of people and initiatives across the country to take on tough social and environmental challenges.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Joanna Kerr,
CEO & President
Organization's membership or classes of membership
Membership of MakeWay Charitable Society consists of its Board members.
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2020-03-31
List of Government Funding
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Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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$27,928.34
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Yes
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Canada Council for the Arts
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$0.00
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Yes
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Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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$66,500.00
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Yes
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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
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$0.00
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Yes
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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$65,354.00
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Yes
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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$56,276.00
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Yes
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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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$150,000.00
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No
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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$0.00
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Yes
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
400-163 W Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H5
Canada
Telephone number:
647-417-1727
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Marko Curuvija,
Project Director, The Existence Project |
No public offices held
- Richard Farthing-Nichol,
Coordinator, FLOW |
No public offices held
- Joanna Kerr,
CEO & President |
No public offices held
- Andrew Stegemann,
Project Director, Our Living Waters |
No public offices held
- Lindsay Telfer,
Project Director |
No public offices held
