Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

PAPRICAN (PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA) / JOSEPH WRIGHT, PRESIDENT AND CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: PAPRICAN (PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA)
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: JOSEPH WRIGHT, PRESIDENT AND CEO 
Initial registration start date: 1996-07-10
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 776648-476

Version 1 of 16 (1996-07-10 to 1997-02-07)

Version 1 of 16 (1996-07-10 to 1997-02-07) 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: PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA
570 ST JEAN BOULEVARD
POINTE-CLAIRE, QC  H9R 3J9
Canada
Telephone number: 514-630-4100
Fax number: 514-630-4110  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: JOSEPH WRIGHT, PRESIDENT AND CEO  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA (PAPRICAN) IS A NON- PROFIT RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION. IT OPERATES RESEARCH LABORATORIES IN POINTE-CLAIRE, QUEBEC, AND VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND EDUCATION AND POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS AT THE PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH CENTRE AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY, THE PULP AND PAPER CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ON THE CAMPUS OF ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE. APPROXIMATELY 375 SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WORK AT THESE LOCATIONS. THE OPERATING COSTS OF PAPRICAN'S RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE BORNE LARGELY BY THE INSTITUTE'S MAINTAINING MEMBER COMPANIES. OUR PROGRAM INCLUDES APPLIED RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, AND TECHNICAL SERVICE. OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM INCLUDES POSTGRADUATE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TO TRAIN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS FOR THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO COMPANIES PRODUCING PULP AND PAPER PRODUCTS IN CANADA AND WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN PULP AND PAPER ASSOCIATION. WE CALL THESE COMPANIES MAINTAINING MEMBER COMPANIES. THERE ARE NO OTHER CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP.
 
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: 1995-12-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Industry Canada $2,800,000.00
Forestry Canada $67,500.00
Energy, Mines and Resources $134,785.00
Natural Resources Canada $120,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: CYRIL DOUCET
Position title: VICE-PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JAMES ROGERS
Position title: SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JOSEPH WRIGHT
Position title: President/CEO
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Environment Canada, Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Industry Canada
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Education, Energy, Environment, Forestry, Industry, Intellectual Property, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: GRANTS, CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER FINANCIAL BENEFITS: PROPOSAL SUBMITTED FOR FUNDING FROM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, INDUSTRY CANADA. THE PROPOSAL IS ENTITLED: ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY THE SYSTEMS CLOSURE CONCEPT.
Subject Matter: Prospective: GRANTS, CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER FINANCIAL BENEFITS: PROPOSAL SUBMITTED FOR FUNDING FROM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, INDUSTRY CANADA. THE PROPOSAL IS ENTITLED: ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY THE SYSTEMS CLOSURE CONCEPT.




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