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Registration - In-house Organization

GREATER KITCHENER WATERLOO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE / TODD LETTS, PRESIDENT & CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: GREATER KITCHENER WATERLOO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Responsible Officer Name: TODD LETTS, PRESIDENT & CEO 
Initial registration start date: 2005-05-30
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 776018-414

Version 6 of 6 (2008-03-12 to 2009-04-22)

Version 6 of 6 (2008-03-12 to 2009-04-22) 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: GREATER KITCHENER WATERLOO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
80 QUEEN STREET NORTH, PO BOX 2367
KITCHENER, ON  N2H 6L4
Canada
Telephone number: 519-576-5000
Fax number: 519-742-4760  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: TODD LETTS, PRESIDENT & CEO  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE GREATER KITCHENER WATERLOO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS A BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAMPIONS. AS THE VOICE OF BUSINESS FOR THE GREATER KITCHENER WATERLOO AREA, THE CHAMBER IS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND A PARTNER FOR PROSPERITY. BY WORKING TOGETHER AND FOCUSING ON INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT GROWTH, MEMBERS USE THE SERVICES OF THE CHAMBER AS AN IMPORTANT CATALYST FOR THEIR BUSINESS SUCCESS. RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN ONE OF CANADA'S MOST FORWARD-THINKING BUSINESS COMMUNITIES, THE GREATER KITCHENER WATERLOO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STRIVES TO BE THE BEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN CANADA. MISSION: TO SERVE BUSINESS IN THE GREATER KITCHENER WATERLOO AREA AND BE ITS VOICE IN THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: THE GREATER KITCHENER WATERLOO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CURRENTLY HAS OVER 1900 MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRY SECTORS SUCH AS MANUFACTURING, SERVICE, AUTOMOTIVE/TRANSPORTATION, BUSINESS SERVICES AND PRODUCTS, CONSTRUCTION, CONSUMER SERVICES, FINANCIAL/INVESTMENT/INSURANCE, MEDIA, RESTAURANT/TOURISM/HOSPITALITY, TECHNICAL HARDWARE/SOFTWARE AND OTHERS.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: TODD LETTS
Position title: PRESIDENT & CEO
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: Canadian Heritage (PCH), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Environment Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Revenue Canada (RC)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Informal communications, Meetings, Other types: FEDERAL ISSUES FORUM, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Education, Employment and Training, Environment, FEDERAL BUDGET, Health, Immigration, Infrastructure, International Trade, Labour, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: -Oral and written submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance re:2008 Federal Pre-Budget -Contacted Minister of Finance and Members of Parliament regarding 2008 Federal Pre-Budget submission
Subject Matter: Prospective: - May contact Members of Parliament re: Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage - CBC/Radio Canada: Defining Distinctiveness in the Changing Media Landscape- May contact Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canadavia letter re: immigration issues
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program Implementation of the Labour Market Development Agreement with Ontario




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