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: 1076

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 30

Version 13 of 73 (2007-11-13 to 2008-06-16)

Version 13 of 73 (2007-11-13 to 2008-06-16) 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 Canadian Labour Congress exists to:Promote the interests of its affiliates and advance the economic and social welfare of Canadian workers, including those who are unemployed or retired.Affiliate national, international, regional and provincial labour unions.Respond to requests from affiliates and chartered bodies to help them extend the benefits of collective bargaining to workers not yet in unions.Set up and assist provincial and territorial federations of labour and local labour councils.Work for laws that protect workers' rights, such as free collective bargaining and the right to strike, and the security and welfare of all Canadians.Protect and strengthen our democratic institutions and ensure full recognition and enjoyment of the rights and liberties to which we are entitled.Safeguard the democratic nature of the labour movement and respect the autonomy of every affiliate.Help create and participate in coalitions with groups that share our goals and principles.Promote peace and freedom throughout the world and work with labour movements and peace groups in other countries.Provide an efficient and orderly method for settling disputes between affiliates.Actively encourage mergers between compatible affiliates to create stronger, more effective unions and reduce conflict and duplication.Speak for labour on national and international issues, explain union policies and represent the labour movement with national and international agencies.Keep the labour movement independent of political control while encouraging workers to exercise their full rights and duties as citizens and play their rightful part in the political system at every level.Promote labour media and other means of informing and educating union members.Encourage the sale and use of union-made goods and union services through the use of the union label and other symbols.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: Members of the Congress are:affiliated national, international, regional and provincial unions;directly chartered local unions; andchartered provincial and territorial federations of labour and local labour councils.
 
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: 2006-12-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) -Western Region Enhanced Network System $8,635.00
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) $1,873,671.00
National Literacy Secretariat $203,510.00
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) -HIV-Aids Conference $100,000.00
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) -Decent Employment for Sustainable Development II $120,128.00
Environment Canada $28,117.00
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) -Gender, Labour Standard & Trade: Central America $50,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: CLIFF ANDSTEIN
Position title: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: PATTY BARRERA
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JEAN-CLAUDE BASQUE
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BERTRAND BEGIN
Position title: NATIONAL COORDINATOR
Public offices held: No
 
Name: STEPHEN BENEDICT
Position title: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: GOGI BHANDAL
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BUFFY BURRELL
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BARBARA BYERS
Position title: EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: LYNN CARLILE
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BILL CHEDORE
Position title: REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MARIE CLARKE WALKER
Position title: EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DEE DEE DAIGLE
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JOHN HUGH EDWARDS
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SANDI ELLIS
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: FRANCES FITZGIBBON
Position title: WEB ORGANIZER/DESIGNER
Public offices held: No
 
Name: KARL FLECKER
Position title: DIRECTOR, ANTI-RACISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SUSAN GENGE
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, WOMEN'S AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Public offices held: No
 
Name: KENNETH GEORGETTI
Position title: PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JOEL HARDEN
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: ERIN HARRISON
Position title: NATIONAL YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE
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: MARK HENNESSY
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: AMBER HOCKIN
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: CAROL HUGHES
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: HASSAN HUSSEINI
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: ORION IRVINE
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: ANDREW JACKSON
Position title: NATIONAL DIRECTOR, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DEBORAH JAMERSON
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SHEILA KATZ
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MEHDI KOUHESTANINEJAD
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DARLA LEARD
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: TAMARA LEVINE
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MICHAEL MACISAAC
Position title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DANIEL MALLETT
Position title: NATIONAL DIRECTOR, POLITICAL ACTION & CAMPAIGNS DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: ANNA NITOSLAWSKA
Position title: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATOR
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DAVID ONYALO
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: ANDREA PEART
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MAUREEN PREBINSKI
Position title: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DAVID RICE
Position title: REGIONAL DIRECTOR, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: PENNI RICHMOND
Position title: NATIONAL DIRECTOR, WOMEN'S AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Public offices held: No
 
Name: PAULETTE SADOWAY
Position title: REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SYLVAIN SCHETAGNE
Position title: SENIOR ECONOMIST
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MARY SHORTALL
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ATLANTIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: EDDIE STE. MARIE
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: LES STEEL
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: RON STIPP
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, PACIFIC REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: IRIS TAYLOR
Position title: REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, PRAIRIE REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BONNIE TUBMAN
Position title: REPRESENTATIVE, ONTARIO REGION
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SALIMAH VALIANI
Position title: NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: CINDY WIGGINS
Position title: DIRECTOR OF LABOUR EDUCATION/LABOUR COLLEGE REGISTRAT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DAVID WINTER
Position title: REGIONAL DIRECTOR
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, Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Environment Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Human Rights, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Taxation and Finance, Transportation, Women's Equality
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Canada Labour Code and the Canada Labour Relations Board; Federal budgets and main estimates; expenditure restraint; child care; health care; Status of Women; pay equity and pay equity laws; human rights inclduing same sex marriage; medicare; Security and Prosperity Partnership; municipalities/cities; infrastructure; employment equity; migrant workers; immigration.
Subject Matter: Prospective: In addition to the legislation and programs outlined above, public pensions and pharmacare, training and retraining and environmental issues including the fishery.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Bill or Resolution Anti-Scab C-257
Bill or Resolution C-278 Amend the Employment Insurance Act
Bill or Resolution C-33 Taxes
Bill or Resolution C-415 Replacement Workers
Bill or Resolution C-52-2007 Budget
Bill or Resolution C-54 - Political loans
Bill or Resolution C-55 An Act to Amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
Legislative Proposal Canada Labour Code
Policy or Program Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) -appointments.
Policy or Program Child care
Legislative Proposal Child Care Act
Policy or Program Child Care funding arrangments.
Bill or Resolution EI Bill C-269: An Act to Amend the Employment Insurance Act (improvement of the employment insurance system)
Legislative Proposal Employment Equity Act
Policy or Program Employment Insurance
Legislative Proposal Employment Insurance Act
Policy or Program Environmental issues
Policy or Program Expenditure cutbacks within Status of Women Canada
Policy or Program Expenditure restraint
Legislative Proposal Federal budgets and main estimates
Policy or Program Health care
Policy or Program Human rights
Legislative Proposal Human Rights Act
Legislative Proposal Immigration/Refugee Protection Act
Legislative Proposal Indian Act
Bill or Resolution M-322 Court Challenges Program
Policy or Program Pay equity
Policy or Program Pharmacare
Policy or Program Public pensions
Policy or Program Retraining
Policy or Program Status of Women
Policy or Program Training




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