Registration - In-house Organization

OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd. / Line Porfon, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Line Porfon, Chief Executive Officer
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2019-12-18
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 953098-365619

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 10

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 2

Version 1 of 25 (2019-12-18 to 2020-03-11)

Registration versions:

Version 1 of 25 (2019-12-18 to 2020-03-11)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Budget
Economic Development
Government Procurement
Infrastructure
International Development
International Trade
Labour
Taxation and Finance

Subject Matter Details

Policies or Program

Canada-United States - Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). Providing suggestions to mitigate adverse implications for small and medium size contractors.
Community-Benefit Agreements (also known as social procurement), that may be a requirement of any federal-provincial-territorial infrastructure agreements and funding. Lobbying specifically related to construction, infrastructure, commercial and industrial issues.
Economic policy relating to: the development and implementation of economic policies that reflect market realities, support for future economic sustainability and growth; economic certainty for open shop contractors; skilled labour shortages and supports free movement of labour across Canada: infrastructure investment; and, controls for commodity price volatility.
National Pharmacare program. The impact of a Canadian Drug Agency or related body, a pharmacare universal model, and the differences between a single-payer versus fill-in-the-gap model. Relating to the national framework as well as the provincial jurisdictions.
Open tendering versus closed tendering. Supporting competition in the construction industry based only on price and productivity while ensuring a level playing field between non-unionized workers and contractors when competing for work against unionized workers and contractors. Lobbying related to construction, infrastructure, commercial and industrial issues.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

House of Commons

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

The purposes of the Corporation are: To provide benefits, training, human resource tools and advocacy to the construction industry.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Malcolm Kirkland, President

Organization's membership or classes of membership

The Corporation is authorized to establish Class "A" Members and Class "B" Members as follows: 1) The Class "A" Members shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend all meetings of the Members of the Corporation and each Class "A" Member shall have one (1) vote at each such meeting, except for meetings at which only Members of another Class are entitled to vote separately as a Class; 2) Except as otherwise provided by the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act, S.C. 2009, c. 23 the Class "B" Members shall not be entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at meetings of the Members of the Corporation.

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
13025 St. Albert Trail
103
Edmonton, AB T5L 4H5
Canada

Telephone number: 780-455-5999

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Malcolm Kirkland, President | No public offices held
Line Porfon, Vice President of External Relations | No public offices held

OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd./

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd./	2024-04-02	current
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd./	2022-05-16	2024-04-02
Merit National Open Shop Advocacy Ltd./	2019-12-18	2022-05-16

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Merit National Open Shop Advocacy Ltd./

OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Line Porfon	2022-08-31	Current
Malcolm Kirkland	2019-12-18	2022-08-31

Line Porfon, Chief Executive Officer (Organization)

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Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.

Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15^th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.

Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.

Results 1-10 of 10

OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Justin Mohr, Regional Advisor | Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Budget, Employment and Training
Communication date: 2023-11-28
Posted date: 2023-12-07
Communication number: 365619-585958 View associated registration
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Ekateryna Nova, Policy Advisor | Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Budget, Employment and Training
Communication date: 2023-11-28
Posted date: 2023-12-07
Communication number: 365619-585957 View associated registration
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Ziad Aboultaif, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
- Tony Van Bynen, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Employment and Training
Communication date: 2022-11-21
Posted date: 2022-12-15
Communication number: 365619-548582 View associated registration
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Randy Hoback, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: International Trade
Communication date: 2022-10-24
Posted date: 2022-11-15
Communication number: 365619-544855 View associated registration
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Mike Lake, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Health
Communication date: 2022-07-18
Posted date: 2022-08-15
Communication number: 365619-538694 View associated registration
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Scott Aitchison, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Labour
Communication date: 2021-12-03
Posted date: 2021-12-03
Communication number: 365619-516529 View associated registration
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Todd Doherty, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Health
Communication date: 2021-05-27
Posted date: 2021-12-03
Communication number: 365619-514357 View associated registration
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Tom Kmiec, Caucus Chair | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Government Procurement, Infrastructure, Labour, Health
Communication date: 2020-07-27
Posted date: 2020-08-14
Communication number: 365619-480126 View associated registration
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Erin O'Toole, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Government Procurement, Labour, Health
Communication date: 2020-06-23
Posted date: 2020-07-14
Communication number: 365619-477635 View associated registration
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Matt Generoux, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Government Procurement, Labour, Health
Communication date: 2020-06-11
Posted date: 2020-07-14
Communication number: 365619-477636 View associated registration

Line Porfon, Chief Executive Officer (Organization)

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Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.

Results 1-10 of 10

OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Justin Mohr, Regional Advisor | Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Budget, Employment and Training
Communication date: 2023-11-28
Posted date: 2023-12-07
Communication number: 365619-585958 View associated registration
OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd.
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Ekateryna Nova, Policy Advisor | Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Subject Matter of the communication: Budget, Employment and Training
Communication date: 2023-11-28
Posted date: 2023-12-07
Communication number: 365619-585957 View associated registration

Date Modified:: 2024-04-04

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Registration - In-house Organization

OpenCircle National Advocacy Ltd. / Line Porfon, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 1 of 25 (2019-12-18 to 2020-03-11)

Version 1 of 25 (2019-12-18 to 2020-03-11)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization