Registry of Lobbyists
Version 1 of 2 (2005-08-19 to 2006-02-28) 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: |
monsanto canada
67 Scurfield Blvd Winnipeg, MB R3Y-1G4 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 204-985-1007 |
| Fax number: | 204-488-1577 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Kathleen Lee klepfer, Vice President and General Manager |
| Description of activities: | Monsanto Canada Inc. provides technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality. Monsanto offers a range of crop protection products including the Roundup brand of herbicides that have been instrumental in helping farmers reduce tillage and adopt more sustainable farming practices as well as a full line of canola, corn and soybean seed. Monsanto works with industry partners to broadly license biotechnology traits including Roundup Ready technology for corn, canola and soybeans and YieldGard insect protection for corn. |
| Parent: | The corporation is not a subsidiary of any other parent corporations. |
| Coalition | The corporation is not a member of a coalition. |
| Subsidiary: | The corporation does not have any subsidiaries that could be affected by the outcome of the undertaking. |
| 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: | John Dossetor |
| Position title: | Vice President, Government Affairs |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Bob Ingratta |
| Position title: | Vice President, Regulatory and International Affairs |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Environment Canada, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Industry Canada, National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS) | ||||
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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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Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Environment, Forestry, Health, Industry, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance | ||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Correspondence and meetings with senior officials and Ministers of various Departments including Health Canada, International Trade, Agriculture and Agri-Food,Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board. Activities focused on such issues as maintaining the integrity of our science-based regulatory system for the review of novel products, explaining our current and future products in the pipeline and general relationship building with key decision-makers. Meetings were also held to discuss the current Government of Canada complaint before the World Trade Organization over the European Union's de-facto moratorium on the approvedl of products of agricultural biotechnology. | ||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Prospective meetings will include meeting with new members of Cabinet if there is a Cabinet shuffle, ongoing relationship building with senior officials from the following departments - international trade, health, agriculture and industry. Buidling political and bureacratic support for agricultural biotechnology is an ongoing goal of such meetings. Meetings will also likely be held with officials from the Privy Council office regarding the Smart Regulations Initiative | ||||
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