Registry of Lobbyists
Version 3 of 112 (2007-01-18 to 2007-08-01) 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.
| Corporation: |
Rogers Communications Inc.
333 Bloor Street East, 10th Floor Toronto, ON M4W 1G9 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 416-935-3535 |
| Fax number: | 416-935-3538 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Edward S. Rogers, President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Description of activities: | Rogers Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications and media company engaged in three primary lines of business. Those businesses are operated through subsidiary companies; Rogers Cable Inc., Canada's largest cable television service provider, offering cable television, high speed internet access and video retailing; Rogers Wireless Inc.,Canada's largest wireless voice and data communications services provider and the country's only carrier operating on the world standard GSM/GPRS technology platform; and Rogers Media Inc.which owns and operates a collection of well known media assets, including radio and television broadcasting stations, a televised home shopping service, magazine publishing and sports entertainment. |
| Parent: | The corporation is not a subsidiary of any other parent corporations. |
| Coalition | The corporation is not a member of a coalition. |
| Subsidiary: |
Rogers Cable Inc.
333 Bloor Street East Toronto, ON Canada M4W 1G9 Rogers Media Inc. 777 Jarvis Street Toronto, ON Canada M4Y 3B7 Rogers Wireless Inc. 1 Mount Pleasant Road Toronto, ON Canada M4Y 2Y5 |
| Other direct interests | The corporation's activities are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking. |
| Was the corporation funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | Jean-Yves Bernard |
| Position title: | Senior Technical Advisor, Rogers Communications Inc |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Robert Berner |
| Position title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Heidi Bonnell |
| Position title: | Director, Government Relations, Rogers Communications Inc. |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Alexander Brock |
| Position title: | Vice President Business Development, RCI-Technology |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Kenneth Engelhart |
| Position title: | Vice President, Regulatory, Rogers Communications Inc. |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Jan Innes |
| Position title: | Vice President, Communications, Rogers Communications Inc. |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Michael Lee |
| Position title: | Chief Strategy Officer, Rogers Communications Inc |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Philip Lind |
| Position title: | Vice-Chairman, Rogers Communications Inc. |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | William Linton |
| Position title: | Chief Financial Officer & VP Finance |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Ronan McGrath |
| Position title: | President, Rogers Shared Operations and Chief Information Officer |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Robin Mirsky-Daniels |
| Position title: | Executive Director, Telefund |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Nadir Mohamed |
| Position title: | President and Chief Operating Officer, Communications Group |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | David Robinson |
| Position title: | Vice President, Product Management |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Edward Rogers |
| Position title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | David Watt |
| Position title: | Vice President, Business Economics, Rogers Communications Inc. |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Competition Tribunal (CT), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), House of Commons, Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Senate of Canada, Solicitor General Canada (SGC) | ||||||||||||
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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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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Government Procurement, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Rogers Communications Inc. and / or its subsidiary operating companies are involved in many issues affecting the cable, wireless, and broadcasting industries in Canada. In particular, digital telephony; spectrum policy; lawful access and privacy issues; distribution and broadcasting licensing issues, broadband deployment; satellite signal theft, and copyright. | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Rogers Communications Inc. either directly or through one of its operating subsidiary companies will be monitoring and / or making representations with regard to the Order Varying Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-15, Forbearance from the Regulation of Retail Local Exchange Services, the Competition Bureau "Draft Bulletin on the Abuse of Dominance Provisions as Applied to the Telecom Industry", the Telecom Policy Directive, and Spectrum Framework Consultation, and will be monitoring on a continuous basis CRTC decisions and policies as they relate to broadcasting, distribution, and licensing, Industry Canada radio frequency spectrum management, issues relating to copyright law reform, pending lawful access legislation and possible amendments to the Radiocommunications Act pertaining to satellite signal theft. | ||||||||||||
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