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: 24

Version 11 of 73 (2006-09-13 to 2007-05-07)

Version 11 of 73 (2006-09-13 to 2007-05-07) 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: 2005-12-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
CIDA - Decent Employment for Sustainable Development I $97,783.00
HRSDC - Western Region Enhanced Network System $27,388.00
CIDA - Decent Employment for Sustainable Development II $281,312.00
HRSDC - Labour Market Partnership Grant $83,067.00
National Literacy Secretariat $192,224.00
Canadian International Development Agency $1,634,252.00
Environment Canada $30,037.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: CLIFF ANDSTEIN
Position title: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BONNIE ARMSTRONG-TUBMAN
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JEFF ATKINSON
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: PATTY BARRERA
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, POLITICAL ACTION AND CAMPAIGNS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JEAN-CLAUDE BASQUE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BERTRAND BEGIN
Position title: COORDINATOR, POLITICAL ACTION AND CAMPAIGNS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: STEVE BENEDICT
Position title: DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DENISE BERNIER
Position title: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: GOGI BHANDAL
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MARIE-HELENE BONIN
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BARBARA BYERS
Position title: EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: LYNN CARLILE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BILL CHEDORE
Position title: COORDINATOR, HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MARIE CLARKE WALKER
Position title: EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DEE DEE DAIGLE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SANDI ELLIS
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: FRANCES FITZGIBBON
Position title: WEB ORGANIZER/DESIGNER, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: KARL FLECKER
Position title: DIRECTOR, ANTI-RACISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: LINDA GALLANT
Position title: DIRECTOR, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SUSAN GENGE
Position title: ACTING DIRECTOR, WOMEN'S AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JOEL HARDEN
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: KELLY HAYES
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: TERESA HEALY
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: AMBER HOCKIN
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: CAROL HUGHES
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: ORION IRVINE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, YOUTH ISSUES, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: ANDREW JACKSON
Position title: DIRECTOR, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DEBORAH JAMERSON
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SHEILA KATZ
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MEHDI KOUHESTANINEJAD
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: GORDON LARKIN
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DARLA LEARD
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: TAMARA LEVINE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, LITERACY PROJECT, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MICHAEL MACISAAC
Position title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DANIEL MALLETT
Position title: DIRECTOR, POLITICAL ACTION AND CAMPAIGNS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JAY MOOR
Position title: EVENTS AND FACILITIES COORDINATOR, ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: WINNIE NG
Position title: DIRECTOR, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: ANNA NITOSLAWSKA
Position title: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATOR, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTM
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DAVID ONYALO
Position title: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY-TREASURER
Public offices held: No
 
Name: PIERRE OUIMET
Position title: FINANCIAL ADVISOR/CONTROLLER, ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MAUREEN PREBINSKI
Position title: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DAVID RICE
Position title: DIRECTOR, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: PENNI RICHMOND
Position title: DIRECTOR, WOMEN'S AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: PAULETTE SADOWAY
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MARY SHORTALL
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: EDDIE STE. MARIE
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: LES STEEL
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: RON STIPP
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: IRIS TAYLOR
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SALIMAH VALIANI
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: CINDY WIGGINS
Position title: DIRECTOR, EDUCATION AND REGISTRAR, LABOUR COLLEGE OF CANADA
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DAVID WINTER
Position title: DIRECTOR, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JEAN WOLFF
Position title: DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: HASSAN YUSSUFF
Position title: SECRETARY-TREASURER
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), Members of the House of Commons, 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), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), 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), Service Canada (ServCan), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), 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.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Bill or Resolution Bill C-55 - An Act to establish the Wage Earner Protection Program Act;Bill C-257 - An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers)
Policy or Program Budgets and Taxation and Economic Policy; Employment Insurance, Social Policy; Training and Post Secondary Education; Health and Social Policy; Pension issues; We are also interested in pay equity legislation, in the recommendations of the federal Pay Equity Task Force; in the current employment equity review; almost everything that Human Resources and Social Development Canada does, including labour law, employment policy; child care policy and programme delivery,current private member's bill on child care; maternity and parental leave, employment insurance, disability policy and programme delivery, including anticipated Conservative legislation; pensions; immigration policy, including the Live-In Caregiver programme and foreign temporary workers; Charter and Canadian Human Resource Commission matters; Justice is always of interest: obviously when any relevant piece of legislation is being drafted, or when issues, such as same sex marriage, are on the agenda of the government.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit We have in the past applied for federal support in very specific areas of our work, such as: Literacy, Labour market partnership, disability rights, employment for sustainable development, One-Tonne Challenge, Young Workers and Climate Change and International development.




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