Registry of Lobbyists
Version 8 of 19 (2000-06-12 to 2001-01-04) 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.
| Organization: |
FEDERATION OF CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES (FCM)
24 CLARENCE STREET OTTAWA, ON K1N 5P3 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 613-241-5221 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fax number: | 613-241-7440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | JAMES KNIGHT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | THE FEDERATION OF CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES (FCM) HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED SINCE 1937 AS THE NATIONAL VOICE OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS. IT IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CANADIAN COMMUNITIES. FCM REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF ALL MUNICIPALITIES ON POLICY AND PROGRAM MATTERS WITHIN FEDERAL JURISDICTION. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS CONSTITUTING FCM'S MEMBERSHIP REPRESENT MORE THAN 20 MILLION CANADIANS. FCM MEMBERS INCLUDE CANADA'S LARGEST CITIES, SMALL URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES AND THE 18 MAJOR PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATIONS. MUNICIPAL LEADERS FROM ALL PARTS OF CANADA ASSEMBLE ANNUALLY TO ESTABLISH FCM POLICY ON KEY ISSUES. THE NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS QUARTERLY TO REVIEW POLICY AND PROGRAM MATTERS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | $100 BASE FEE PLUS 9.8 CENTS PER CAPITA WITH A MINIMUM FEE OF $275 ANNUALLY. MUNICIPAL MEMBERS: FULL VOTING RIGHTS AND FCM PUBLICATIONS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. FCM PUBLICATIONS TO SENIOR ADMINISTRATORS. AFFILIATE MEMBERS: COMPRISE 19 PROVINCIAL / TERRITORIAL / MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH A $1,000 ANNUAL FEE. CORPORATE MEMBERS: PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, $1,000 ANNUALLY. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: $500 ANNUALLY. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: | 2000-03-31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name: | JOHN BURRETT |
| Position title: | SENIOR POLICY ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | JENA CAMERON |
| Position title: | POLICY ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | LOUISE COMEAU |
| Position title: | DIR.- SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | JOSEPH DION |
| Position title: | DIRECTOR, POLICY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | SYLVESTRE FINK |
| Position title: | POLICY ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | ANGELA GILLIS |
| Position title: | POLICY ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | JAMES KNIGHT |
| Position title: | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | MARIE-HELENE LEVESQUE |
| Position title: | PROGRAM MANAGER - CLPP |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | STÉPHANIE MCFADYEN |
| Position title: | POLICY ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | SUZANNE MEUNIER |
| Position title: | MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | RICHARD ROBERT |
| Position title: | POLICY ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | KATHY THOMPSON |
| Position title: | SENIOR POLICY ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | SUSAN WELKE |
| Position title: | POLICY ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| 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), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Environment Canada, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), NATIONAL SECRETARIAT ON HOMELESSNESS, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) |
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format |
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Aboriginal Affairs, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, 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: | FED BUDGET 2000: SECURED AN ENDOWMENT TO FCM OF $125 MILLION FOR GREEN MUNICIPAL ENABLING (GMEF) AND GREEN MUNICIPAL INVESTMENT FUNDS(GMIF);MORE THAN $1 MILLION RECD' FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE PARTNERS FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION (PCP) PROGRAM. ENDORSED THE MUNICIPAL LEADERS STATEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE (RE: SUPPORTING RATIFICATION OF KYOTO PROTOCOL), NATIONAL PESTICIDES REDUCTION STRATEGY WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED,JOINT WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED RE: RECLAMATION OF "BROWNFIELDS", COMMUNITY ENERGY SYSTEMS PROJECTS ARE ONGOING. POLICIES OR PROGRAMS WORK WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS ON REDUCTION OF LIMITS OF SULPHUR CONTENT IN GASOLINE; GRAIN TRANSPORTATION(ESTEY REPORT,PACKAGING WASTE, CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (CEPA).THE FCM QUALITY OF LIFE REPORTING SYSTEM PROJECT CONTINUES,HAVING INDICATORS ON QUALITY OF HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT, COMMUNITY AFFORDABILITY, COMMUNITY SAFETY, ETC. REPRESENTATIONS MADE ON THE NEED FOR A NATIONAL POLICY TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS AND CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. FCM INTERVENTIONS LED TO DEC. 1999 FED.GOVT ANNOUNCEMENT OF: $753 MILLION FOR HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES, FCM'S EFFORTS LED TO HOUSING BEING INCLUDED IN FED BUDGET (2000) FOR FIRST TIME IN APPROX. 10 YEARS; RELEASED POLICY PAPER: "TOWARD A NATIONAL HOUSING STRATEGY". WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT;SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION TO THE NEGOTIATION OF IMPROVED LEGISLATION ON PAYMENTS-IN-LIEU-OF-TAXES (PILTS). WORTH ABOUT $800 MILLION/YEAR TO MUNICIPALITIES. REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING PILTS, GST, BUILDING PERMITS AND DEVELOPMENT CHARGES ON CROWN LAND AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE.RENEWAL OF CANADA INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS PROGRAM, LOBBIED THROUGOUT 1999-2000 TO OBTAIN FED.GOVT. FUNDING FOR MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE ($2.6B ANNOUNCED IN FEB 2000 FED. BUDGET). NATIONAL AIRPORTS POLICY, AIRPORTS CAPITAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ACAP), NATIONAL MARINE POLICY, CANADA TRANSPORTATION ACT, RAILWAY SAFETY ACT,PARTICIPATION IN TRANSPORT CANS WORKING |
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | PURSUE THE AIRLINE RESTRUCTURING ISSUE, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION: DEDICATED FUEL TAXES, INTERVENE IN THE STATUTORY REVIEW OF THE CANADA TRANSPORTATION ACT, CONTINUE INVOLVEMENT IN TRANSPORT CANADA WORKING GROUPS ON RAIL ISSUES,PROMOTE MUNICIPAL RIGHTS-OF-WAY DEFENCE FUND,INTERVENE AND MONITOR RELEVANT TELECOMMUNICATIONS CASES AND ISSUES, PREPARE ARGUMENT FOR CRTC PUBLIC PROCEEDING.DEVELOP POLICY OPTIONS & MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO CREATE A NATL RESPONSE BY FED/PROV/TERR/MUN. GOVTS TO HOMELESSNESSORGANIZE NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE OFMUNICPAL RACE RELATIONS COMMITTEES, FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES AND IMPACTS.CONTINUE TO MEET WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR PWGSC AND TB ON ADMINISTRATION AND BEST PRACTICES ON PAYMENTS-IN-LIEW-OF-TAXES (PILTS) UNDER THE PAYMENTS-IN-LIEW-OF-TAXES ACT. MAKE REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING EFFECTS OF MUNICIPAL AMALGAMATION AND PROVINCIAL OFFLOADING OF RESPONSIBILITES AND CONTINUE REPRESENTATIONS ON LIABILITY FOR TAX PRACTITIONERS AND CHANGES I COINAGE.CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE ADDITIONS TO RESERVES POLICY AND THE IMPACTS ON MUNICIPAL GOVT.MONITOR AND INFLUENCE THE PROPOSED SPECIES AT RISK ACT.MONITOR AND INFLUENCE THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT AND PEST CONTROL PRODUCTS ACT. IMPLEMENT OPTIONS FOR WASTE MINIMIZATION, PROMOTE GREEN FUNDS (GMEF & G, MIF) AND NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM GOAL: COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY. POSITION MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AAS KEY PARTNERS IN CLIMATE PROTECTION,SEEK FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR RESPONSIBLE PEST MANAGEMENT.CREATE SUB-COMMITTEE ON 'CANADIAN CITIES OF CULTURE' (ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE), WORK WITH THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE RE: MEASURING HEALTH IN SMALL AND RURAL COMMUNITIES, EXPLORE E-BUSINESS AND ITS IMPACTS ON MUNICIPAL SERVICES, REVENUES AND GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE OF MUNICIPALITIES.YOUTH CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (C-3)(PROPOSED AMENDMENTS), WORK WITH CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE RE: LOBBYING TO COMBAT DRUG ABUSE. PROCEED WITH MUNICIPAL DRUG STRATEGY. |