Registration - In-house Organization

Spirits Canada / CALVIN BRICKER, President and CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Spirits Canada
Responsible Officer Name: CALVIN BRICKER, President and CEO
Initial registration start date: 2024-01-02
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 780721-377176

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 8

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 3 of 4 (2024-03-14 to 2024-08-19)

Registration versions:

Version 3 of 4 (2024-03-14 to 2024-08-19)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Agriculture
Budget
Consumer Issues
Economic Development
Health
Industry
Intellectual Property
Internal Trade
International Trade
Regional Development
Small Business
Taxation and Finance
Tourism

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Consumer packaging and labeling act as they pertain to labeling requirements for spirits.
Federal budget, taxation and or regulation of distilled spirits. Food and drugs act, excise tax 2001 as they pertain to the regulation and taxation of spirits.
Federal budget. Holding to 2% for the next two years the escalator clause on excise tax for alcohol
Working with the Department of Finance to limit the escalator on Excise taxes for alcoholic beverages to 2% for 2 years

Policies or Program

Internal trade: specifically, encouraging the adoption of policies that support local producers across Canada to get their products more easily to consumers in other provinces.
International trade: specifically, as at impacts both importers and exporters of spirits in Canada and internationally.
Working with the Department of Health to assure that safe drinking standards are based in science.
Working with the Department of Health to ensure that safe drinking standards are based in science.

Regulation

Excise regulations as they pertain to the taxation of spirits.
Food and drug regulations as they pertain to the production of spirits.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Competition Tribunal (CT)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Senate of Canada

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

The trade association for distilled spirits manufacturers in Canada

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

CALVIN BRICKER, President and CEO

Organization's membership or classes of membership

It has an 8 member board of directors and 4 staff

Government funding

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

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
219 Dufferin Street, Unit 100A-2
Toronto, ON M6K 3J1
Canada

Telephone number: 647-822-5771

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

CALVIN BRICKER, President and CEO | No public offices held
Lorena Patterson, SVP | No public offices held

Spirits Canada/

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
Spirits Canada/	2024-08-19	current
Spirits Canada/	2024-01-02	2024-08-19

Spirits Canada

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)

CALVIN BRICKER, President and CEO (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 1-8 of 8

Spirits Canada
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Branden Leslie, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Taxation and Finance
Communication date: 2024-03-13
Posted date: 2024-03-14
Communication number: 377176-596985 View associated registration
Spirits Canada
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Nicholas Kang, Senior Policy Advisor | Policy and Cabinet Affairs | Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Subject Matter of the communication: Taxation and Finance
Communication date: 2024-03-08
Posted date: 2024-03-14
Communication number: 377176-596981 View associated registration
Spirits Canada
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Yash Nanda, Policy Advisor | Finance Canada (FIN)
Subject Matter of the communication: Taxation and Finance
Communication date: 2024-02-29
Posted date: 2024-03-14
Communication number: 377176-596977 View associated registration
Spirits Canada
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Michelle Ferreri, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Taxation and Finance
Communication date: 2024-02-28
Posted date: 2024-03-14
Communication number: 377176-596975 View associated registration
Spirits Canada
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Philip Lawrence, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Taxation and Finance
Communication date: 2024-02-22
Posted date: 2024-03-14
Communication number: 377176-596972 View associated registration
Spirits Canada
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- James Maloney, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Taxation and Finance
Communication date: 2024-02-15
Posted date: 2024-03-14
Communication number: 377176-596968 View associated registration
Spirits Canada
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Patrick Mangan, Ontario regional advisor and parliamentary secretary assistant | Finance Canada (FIN)
- Francis Drouin, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Taxation and Finance
Communication date: 2024-02-14
Posted date: 2024-03-14
Communication number: 377176-596962 View associated registration
Spirits Canada
In-house Organization

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
- Yasir Naqvi, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
Subject Matter of the communication: Taxation and Finance
Communication date: 2024-02-01
Posted date: 2024-03-14
Communication number: 377176-596958 View associated registration

Date Modified:: 2024-04-04

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Registration - In-house Organization

Spirits Canada / CALVIN BRICKER, President and CEO

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 3 of 4 (2024-03-14 to 2024-08-19)

Version 3 of 4 (2024-03-14 to 2024-08-19)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Policies or Program

Regulation

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