Registration - In-house Organization
Restaurants Canada / Shanna Munro, President and CEO
Registration Information
In-house Organization name:
Restaurants Canada
Initial registration start date:
1996-03-22
Registration status:
Active
Registration Number:
927192-502
Version 23 of 40 (2011-10-14 to 2011-10-18)
Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Agriculture
- Broadcasting
- Budget
- Consumer Issues
- Economic Development
- Employment and Training
- Energy
- Environment
- Financial Institutions
- Health
- Immigration
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- Intellectual Property
- Internal Trade
- International Relations
- International Trade
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Labour
- Municipalities
- Pensions
- Regional Development
- Science and Technology
- Small Business
- Taxation and Finance
- Telecommunications
- Tourism
- Transportation
Subject Matter Details
Policies or Program
- Agriculture trade policy with regard to trade liberalization opportunities
- Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) regarding annual dairy pricing
- Chicken and Turkey Tariff Rate Quota Advisory Committee (TQAC) regarding import quota
- Coordination of government/industry flu pandemic planning
- Employment Insurance with respect to policy for establishing premium rates
- Immigration policy with respect to foreign worker programs and permits
- Nutritional labeling policy with respect to voluntary nutrition disclosure
- Office of Energy Efficiency policy with respect to information provided to Canadians on emission impacts resulting from vehicle idling
- Sodium working group to examine possibility of a national sodium reduction strategy
- Survey methodology with regard to the monthly and annual survey of foodservice and drinking places
- Taxation policy with regard to corporate, small business and personal income taxes
- Taxation policy with regard to disincentives to work, e.g. Working Income Tax Benefit
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Tax policy with regard to Goods and Service Tax and harmonization of GST with PST
- Trans Fat Regulations with respect to the implementation of national regulatory framework for trans fat reduction.
Regulation
- Proposed amendments to the Dairy Products Regulation and the Food and Drug Regulation regarding the compositional standards of cheese
- Regulation of financial institutions with respect to credit card fees
Communication Techniques
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB)
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
- Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC)
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
- Finance Canada (FIN)
- Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
- Health Canada (HC)
- Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
- Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
- Industry Canada
- Members of the House of Commons
- Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Office of the Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism)
- Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC)
- Revenue Canada (RC)
- Senate of Canada
- Service Canada (ServCan)
- Statistics Canada (StatCan)
- The Canadian Dairy Commission
Government institutions added through a monthly communication report
- Transport Canada (TC)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
A not-for-profit trade association representing the interests of the owners and operators of foodservice establishments in Canada.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Garth Whyte, President and CEO
Organization's membership or classes of membership
Membership ranges from the largest national chain to the smallest independent restaurant. There are over 30,000 members across Canada.Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
316 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W5
Canada
Telephone number:
416-923-8416
Ext.
4211
Fax number:
416-923-1450
Lobbyists Details
Lobbyists employed by the organization
- Luc Erjavec, Vice President, Atlantic Canada | No public offices held
- Jill Holroyd, Sr Vice President, Marketing and Communications | No public offices held
- Stephanie Jones, Vice President, Membership | No public offices held
- Jean Lefebvre, Vice President, Quebec | No public offices held
- Dwayne Marling, Vice President, Manitoba-Saskatchewan | Public offices held
- Ron Reaman, Vice President, Ontario | No public offices held
- Joyce Reynolds, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs | No public offices held
- Justin Taylor, Vice President, Labour and Supply | No public offices held
- Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President, Western Canada | Public offices held
