Registry of Lobbyists
Total Number of Communication Reports: 51
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 5 of 12 (2007-10-26 to 2008-05-22) 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: |
Canwest Global Communications Corp.
31st Floor, CanWest Global Place 201 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3B 3L7 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 204-953-7760 | ||||
| Fax number: | 204-947-9841 | ||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Leonard Asper, President & CEO | ||||
| Description of activities: | CanWest Global Communications Corp. is an international media company. In addition to owning the Global Television Network, CanWest is Canada's largest publisher of English language daily newspapers and owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in conventional television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, web sites, and radio stations and networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Indonesia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. | ||||
| Parent: | The corporation is not a subsidiary of any other parent corporations. | ||||
| Coalition | The corporation is not a member of a coalition. | ||||
| Subsidiary: |
Barney Production Holdings Inc.
121 Bloor Street East, Suite 1500 Toronto, ON Canada M4W 2M5 CW Media Inc. 31st floor, CanWest Global Place 201 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB Canada R3B 3L7 CanWest MediaWorks Inc. 31st Floor, CanWest Global Place 201 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB Canada R3B 3L7 CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. 31st Floor, CanWest Global Place 201 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB Canada R3B 3L7 DejaView Partnership 31st Floor, CanWest Global Place 201 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB Canada R3B 3L7 Fox Sports World Canada Partnership 81 Barber Greene Road Toronto, ON Canada M3C 2A2 Global Television Network Quebec Limited Partnership 31st Floor, CanWest Global Place 201 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB Canada R3B 3L7 Lonestar Partnership 81 Barber Greene Road Toronto, ON Canada M3C 2A2 MenTV General Partnership 9th Floor, 1600 de Maisonneuve Boulevard East Montreal, QC Canada H2L 4P2 Mystery Partnership 81 Barber Greene Road Toronto, ON Canada M3C 2A2 National Post Company 1450 Don Mills Road Toronto, ON Canada M3B 2X7 Prime TV 81 Barber Greene Road Toronto, ON Canada M3C 2A2 Xtreme Sports Partnership 81 Barber Greene Road Toronto, ON Canada M3C 2A2 |
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| 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? | Yes | ||||
| End date of the corporation's last completed financial year: | 2007-08-31 | ||||
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| Name: | David Asper |
| Position title: | Executive Vice President |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Leonard Asper |
| Position title: | President & CEO |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Charlotte Bell |
| Position title: | Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Television and Radio |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Jonathan Medline |
| Position title: | Director, Regulatory Affairs |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Tina-Marie Tatto |
| Position title: | Manager, Regulatory Affairs |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Peter Viner |
| Position title: | President & CEO, Canadian Operations |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Barbara Williams |
| Position title: | Senior Vice-President, Programming |
| 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), Health Canada (HC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Advertising, Consumer Issues, Governor in Council appointments, Health, Industry, Intellectual Property, International Relations, International Trade, Labour, Regional Development, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Amendments to Copyright Act; Broadcasting Industry, Telecommunications; Licensing and benefit issues for broadcasting assets, Consultation process in Finance re: Income Trust Legislation; Diversity of Voices; Emergency Alerting; Policy discussions with Canadian Heritage; Ongoing communications with Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Amendments to Copyright Act; Arts and Culture; Broadcasting Industry; Telecommunications; Health; Licensing and benefit issues for broadcasting assets; Diversity of Voices; Review of New Media; Emergency Alerting; Technological changes impacting broadcast policy, legislation and delivery; Licence renewal process for television channels; Radiocommunications Act; Governor in Council appointments; Arts and Culture funding policy, including Canadian Television Fund and Consumer Advertising, Federal Accountability Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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