Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

TEAMSTERS CANADA / François Laporte, PRESIDENT

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: TEAMSTERS CANADA
Responsible Officer Name: François Laporte, PRESIDENT 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2001-01-17
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 912967-363

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 558

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 5

Version 7 of 52 (2008-02-29 to 2008-11-24)

Version 7 of 52 (2008-02-29 to 2008-11-24) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.

A. Organization Information

Organization: TEAMSTERS CANADA
2540 BOUL. DANIEL-JOHNSON BUREAU 804
LAVAL, QC  H7T 2S3
Canada
Telephone number: 450-682-5521
Fax number: 450-682-0134  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: ROBERT BOUVIER, PRESIDENT  
 
Description of the organization's activities: DECENT WAGES. JOB SECURITY. WORKING CONDITION. BENEFITS. SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. THESE ARE THE ISSUES WHICH MEAN THE MOST TO WORKING MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS CANADA. AND THESE ARE THE SAME ISSUES WHICH TEAMSTERS CANADA AND ITS LOCAL UNIONS KEEP AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST AS THEY WORK ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN 120,000 MEMBERS ACROSS CANADA.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: WE REPRESENT 1,5 MILLION MEMBERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND WE ARE A VERY DIVERSIFIED UNION. TEAMSTERS CANADA HAS ESTABLISHED TRADE DIVISION TO COORDINATE BARGAINING AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS IN THEIR OWN INDUSTRIES. THE TRADE DIVISIONS ARE: RAIL, AIRLINE, CONSTRUCTION, DAIRY & SALES DRIVERS, FREIGHT, GROCERY AND RETAIL STORES, MOVIE AND TRADE SHOW, PARCEL AND SMALL PACKAGES, WAREHOUSE AND MISCELLANEOUS.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: PHIL BENSON
Position title: LOBBYISTE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Ken Deptuck
Position title: Lobbyist
Public offices held: No
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), National Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Pension Appeals Board (PAB), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Mining, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Sports, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act; Canadian environmental protection act; Canadian air transportation security authority act; personal information protection and electronic documents act; accountability act; department of transport-hOurs is service road rail air, infrastructure, security; department of finance, pension, budget; Canada Labour code, the Arthurs report; agencies and consultation of bodies, Canadian council motor transportation administrators, advisory council to the minister, transportation of dangerous goods, Canadian a nation regulation advisory council, security committees; contracting in the observer program (Fisheries); the replacement worker act; day of mourning act amendment; international bridge and tunnel act; the aeronautics act; An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act; Rail Safety Act Review; Safety Management Systems in Transportation;
Subject Matter: Prospective: Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act; Canadian environmental protection act; Canadian air transportation security authority act; personal information protection and electronic documents act; accountability act; department of transport-hOurs is service road rail air, infrastructure, security; department of finance, pension, budget; Canada Labour code, the Arthurs report; agencies and consultation of bodies, Canadian council motor transportation administrators, advisory council to the minister, transportation of dangerous goods, Canadian aviation regulation advisory council, security committees; contracting in the observer program (Fisheries); the replacement worker act; cross border issues; the clean air act; international bridge and tunnel act; the aeronautics act; An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act; Rail Safety Act Review; An Act respecting airports, airport authorities and other airport operators and amending the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program access to information;
Regulation accountability act;
Bill or Resolution, Legislative Proposal accountability act;
Regulation advisory council to the minister, transportation of dangerous goods,
Bill or Resolution, Legislative Proposal advisory council to the minister, transportation of dangerous goods,
Regulation agencies and consultation of bodies, Canadian council motor transportation administrators,
Bill or Resolution, Legislative Proposal agencies and consultation of bodies, Canadian council motor transportation administrators,
Regulation An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act
Policy or Program armored car related issues;
Regulation Canada Labour code, the Arthurs report;
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution Canada Labour code;
Policy or Program Canada pension plan;
Regulation Canadian air transportation security authority act;
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution Canadian air transportation security authority act;
Bill or Resolution, Legislative Proposal Canadian aviation regulation advisory council
Regulation Canadian aviation regulation advisory council;
Regulation Canadian environmental protection act;
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution Canadian environmental protection act;
Regulation department of finance, pension, budget;
Legislative Proposal department of finance, pension, budget;
Regulation department of fisheries, observer program;
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution department of fisheries, observer program;
Legislative Proposal department of transport-hours is service road rail air, infrastructure, security;
Regulation department of transport-HOurs is service road rail air, infrastructure, security;
Policy or Program employment insurance;
Regulation international bridge and tunnel act;
Policy or Program Medicare.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Not applicable
Policy or Program pension fund;
Regulation personal information protection and electronic documents act;
Bill or Resolution, Legislative Proposal personal information protection and electronic documents act;
Policy or Program protection of privacy;
Policy or Program rail road air port cargo security;
Regulation Regulations enacted under the authority of the following statutory instruments or the corresponding consultation of regulatory bodies:Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act;
Bill or Resolution, Legislative Proposal security committees;
Regulation security committees;
Regulation the aeronautics act;
Policy or Program the Arthur report;
Legislative Proposal the Arthurs report;
Policy or Program the labour program;
Policy or Program the observer program;
Bill or Resolution, Legislative Proposal the replacement workers act.
Bill or Resolution, Legislative Proposal Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act;




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