Registration - Consultant

Subject Matters

• Arts and Culture
• Broadcasting
• Consumer Issues
• Employment and Training
• Immigration
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Intellectual Property
• Internal Trade
• International Trade
• Justice and Law Enforcement
• Privacy and Access to Information
• Science and Technology
• Taxation and Finance
• Telecommunications

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Propose legislation to amend the Copyright Act, the Trade-marks Act, the Customs Act, the Criminal Code, and the Proceeds of Crime Act, for the purpose of increasing enforcement and penalties for intellectual property offences and piracy.

Policies or Program

• Accelerating processing times for labour market opinions and work permits for Temporary Foreign Workers in the IT & gaming industries.
• Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ("CETA") with respect to market access for digital products and services, labour mobility for IT and game industry workers, intellectual property protection, investor protection, foreign investment, cultural goods protection and international harmonization of regulations
• Innovation Agenda, with respect to its development and implementation with respect to the Canadian software industry.
• Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit and other tax changes that may affect digital products and services, Canadian business online, the entertainment software industry, and development, sale and distribution of entertainment software in Canada.
• Skills development initiatives and services for youth as they relate to developing skills needed by IT and gaming industries.
• Trade classification of on-line video game services under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
• Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement ("TPP") with respect to market access for digital products and services, labour mobility for IT and game industry workers, intellectual property protection, investor protection, foreign investment, cultural goods protection and harmonization of regulations

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication

Government Institutions

• Canadian Heritage (PCH)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• House of Commons
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)

Address:
130 Spadina Avenue, Suite 408
Toronto, ON  M5V 2L4
Canada

Telephone number: 416-620-7171  Ext. 249
Fax number: 416-620-7085  

Client representative

Jayson Hilchie, President and CEO

Parent Company Information

Entertainment Software Association of Canada / Association Canadienne du Logiciel de Divertissement is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.