Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Labour Congress / Congrès du travail du Canada / Beatrice Bruske, PRESIDENT

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Labour Congress / Congrès du travail du Canada
Responsible Officer Name: Beatrice Bruske, PRESIDENT 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 1999-07-02
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 949495-367

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 1079

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 23

Version 9 of 73 (2005-04-12 to 2005-11-24)

Version 9 of 73 (2005-04-12 to 2005-11-24) 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: Canadian Labour Congress / Congrès du travail du Canada
2841 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
OTTAWA, ON  K1V 8X7
Canada
Telephone number: 613-521-3400
Fax number: 613-521-4655  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: KENNETH GEORGETTI, PRESIDENT  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE PURPOSES OF THE CLC IS TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF ITS AFFILIATES AND TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF CANADIAN WORKERS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR RETIRED; TO AFFILIATE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL UNIONS, REGIONAL AND PROVINCIAL ORGANIZATIONS; TO SECURE LEGISLATION THAT WILL GUARANTEE THE BASIC RIGHTS OF WORKERS, INCLUDING FREE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND THE RIGHT TO STRIKE, AND THE SECURITY AND WELFARE OF ALL CANADIANS; TO PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, TO ENSURE FULL RECOGNITION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES TO WHICH WE ARE ENTITLED; TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF PEACE AND FREEDOM; TO SERVE AS "THE VOICE OF LABOUR" IN SPEAKING ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES; TO PRESERVE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE LABOUR MOVEMENT FROM POLITICAL CONTROL, WHILE ENCOURAGING WORKERS TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP, AND TO PLAY THEIR RIGHTFUL PART IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: THE CLC THROUGH ITS TRADE UNION AFFILIATES HAS OVER 3 MILLION MEMBERS.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? Yes
End date of the organization's last completed financial year: 2004-12-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
HUMAN RESOURCES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT $41,355.00
CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY $1,697,641.00
HUMAN RESOURCES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT $100,279.00
NATIONAL LITERACY SECRETARIAT $134,254.00
ENVIRONMENT CANADA $11,641.00
HUMAN RESOURCES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT $87,828.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: CLIFF ANDSTEIN
Position title: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: BONNIE ARMSTRONG-TUBMAN
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JEFF ATKINSON
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ROBERT BALDWIN
Position title: DIRECTOR, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PATTY BARRERA
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JEAN-CLAUDE BASQUE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: BERTRAND BEGIN
Position title: COORDINATOR, POLITICAL ACTION AND CAMPAIGNS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: STEVE BENEDICT
Position title: DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DAVID BENNETT
Position title: DIRECTOR, HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DENISE BERNIER
Position title: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: TRISH BLACKSTAFFE
Position title: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MARIE-HELENE BONIN
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: BARBARA BYERS
Position title: EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: RICK BYRNE
Position title: DIRECTOR, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: LYNN CARLILE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: BILL CHEDORE
Position title: COORDINATOR, HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MARIE CLARKE WALKER
Position title: EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DEE DEE DAIGLE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: SANDI ELLIS
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: FRANCES FITZGIBBON
Position title: WEB ORGANIZER/DESIGNER, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: BARRY FRASER
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: LINDA GALLANT
Position title: DIRECTOR, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: SUSAN GENGE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, WOMEN'S AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: KELLY HAYES
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: KEVIN HAYES
Position title: ECONOMIST, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: AMBER HOCKIN
Position title: COORDINATOR, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: SHARON HURD
Position title: ACTING REGISTRAR, LABOUR COLLEGE OF CANADA
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ORION IRVINE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, YOUTH ISSUES, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ANDREW JACKSON
Position title: DIRECTOR, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: SHEILA KATZ
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PATRICK KERWIN
Position title: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PIERRE LALIBERTE
Position title: ECONOMIST, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DARLA LEARD
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: TAMARA LEVINE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, LITERACY PROJECT, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MICHAEL MACISAAC
Position title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: BRENDA MAKEECHAK
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DANIEL MALLETT
Position title: DIRECTOR, POLITICAL ACTION AND CAMPAIGNS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JAY MOOR
Position title: EVENTS AND FACILITIES COORDINATOR, ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ANNA NITOSLAWSKA
Position title: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATOR, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTM
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DAVID ONYALO
Position title: DIRECTOR, ANTI-RACISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PIERRE OUIMET
Position title: FINANCIAL ADVISOR/CONTROLLER, ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PAUL PURITT
Position title: PROGRAM COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MURRAY RANDALL
Position title: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY-TREASURER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DAVID RICE
Position title: DIRECTOR, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PENNI RICHMOND
Position title: DIRECTOR, WOMEN'S AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PAULETTE SADOWAY
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MICHAEL SHERIDAN
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MARY SHORTALL
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: MIKE SINKEVITCH
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: EDDIE STE. MARIE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: LES STEEL
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: RON STIPP
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: IRIS TAYLOR
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: CINDY WIGGINS
Position title: DIRECTOR, EDUCATION AND REGISTRAR, LABOUR COLLEGE OF CANADA
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DAVID WINTER
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JEAN WOLFF
Position title: DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: HASSAN YUSSUFF
Position title: SECRETARY-TREASURER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 

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: PUBLIC PENSIONS; CHANGES TO CANADA PENSION PLAN (CPP); PATENT ACT (DRUG PATENTS) AMENDMENTS; ACT TO AMEND STANDARDS COUNCIL; CANADA LABOUR CODE; CHANGES TO THE CANADA LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD (CLRB) AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE STAFF RELATIONS ACT AND BOARD (PSSRB); ENDANGERED SPECIES LEGISLATION; UNIVERSAL DISABILITIES; FEDERAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AMENDMENTS; CHANGES TO CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (CEPA); POLLUTION CONTROL LEGISLATION; IMMIGRATION LAWS; CHILDCARE LEGISLATION; VISIBLE MINORITY LEGISLATION; EMPLOYMENT AND PAY EQUITY LEGISLATION; DISABILITY RIGHTS LEGISLATION; GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION INCL. VIOLATIONS IN CHINE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; LITERACY; TRAINING IN THE WORKPLACE; CHILD LABOUR LEGISLATION; CANADIAN TRADE WITH CUBA; ASIA PACIFIC LABOUR NETWORK; FISHERIES DISPUTES (SALMON AND COD); TRADE ISSUES: BEL HORIZONTE BRAZIL CONFERENCE; OECD MULTINATIONAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT; NAFTA; TRADE LEGISLATION AND EDUCATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
Subject Matter: Prospective: EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENT, INCL. CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT; CANADA LABOUR CODE; EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LABOUR; TAXATION AND FINANCE; JOBS AND UNEMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRY; BROADCASTING; BANKING INDUSTRY, INCLUDING MERGERS; CHILDCARE; PENSIONS; BANKRUPTCY LEGISLATION; PAY EQUITY; WHISTLE BLOWER LEGISLATION, ETC.




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