Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Agriculture
- Budget
- Health
- International Trade
Subject Matter Details
Policies or Program
- Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy and revisions to Canada's Food Guide. Providing comments related to food industry exclusion form the consultation process.
Regulation
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency Regulatory Modernization
Regulations: provide baking industry input on proposed changes
- Provide baking industry perspective on Health Canada' Canada Gazette II - Nutrition Labelling, Other Labelling Provisions and Food Colours.
- Providing a baking industry perspective to Health Canada's consultation “Toward Front-of-Package Labels for Canadians”.
- Responding to Health Canada's Partially Hydrogenated Oils Prohibition consultation. Providing baking industry perspective and implications.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
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Presentations
Government Institutions
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Health Canada (HC)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
THE BAKING ASSOCIATION OF CANADA/ASSOCIATION CANADIANNE DE LA BOULANGERIE(BAC) IS A NATIONAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT TRADE ASSOCIATION THAT REPRESENTS THE CONCERNS AND INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY'S BAKING INDUSTRY. BAC ACTIVITY AREAS INCLUDE GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY, CONTINUING AND APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING, AND CONSUMER EDUCATION.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
PAUL HETHERINGTON,
PRESIDENT & Chief Executive Officer
Organization's membership or classes of membership
MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES RETAIL, IN-STORE AND COMMRECIAL BAKERIES ALONG WITH INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
7895 TRANMERE DRIVE SUITE 202
MISSISSAUGA, ON L5S 1V9
Canada
Telephone number:
905-405-0288
Fax number:
905-405-0993
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- PAUL HETHERINGTON,
PRESIDENT & Chief Executive Officer |
No public offices held
- Johanne Trudeau,
Director, Food & Nutrition Policy |
No public offices held