Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Consumer Issues
- Environment
- Labour
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Privacy
- Product Safety
- Standards Development
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Discussed possible funding for a new standard on cisterns for portable water with Health canada, Agriculture Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs.
- Funding from Health Canada for the Product Safety Project Committee
- Funding from Public Works and Government Services Canada for development of blast standard.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Discussion on possible assistance to federal government for protocol development process. Discussion regarding contract funding.
- Discussion regarding proposal on the Integrated design process with Natural Resources Canada
- Met with Environment Canada Staff at their invitiation to discuss a possible Advisory Services Projects regarding Potential Scoping Study for Chemical Substitution Programs. This does not currently involve influencing a specific statute, regulation , policy, program.
- Submission of preliminary proposal to members of the Canadian Association of Administrators of Labour Legislation - Occupational Safety and Health Subcommittee (CAALL-OSH) Federal/Provincial/Territorial (F/P/T) including Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) for next 2 year agreement for support of Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) standards.
CSA Staff has initiated discussion with the Canadian Association of Administrators of Labour Legislation for Occupational Safety and Health (CAALL-OSH) to develop the next 2-year funding agreement to support managing the development of the following CSA Standards:
* Z1002 - Hazard/Risk Identification, Assessment and Control - Phase 2
* Update of Mining Safety Standards
* B354 Elevating Work Platforms
* Z150 Mobile Cranes
* Z795 Coding of Work Injury and Illness
A separate proposal will be developed and submitted to HRSDC for their support to manage the development of CSA Standards in the subject area of occupational health and safety.
- Upadate on status of Nano proposal with Industry Canada
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Discussion regarding upcoming meeting with Industry Canada regarding the future of the Privacy Code and changes to the federal legislation. CSA management met with Industry Canada staff to discuss the options regarding CSA Standard Q830, Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information. The options discussed included developing a new edition, reaffirming the current edition or withdrawing it.
Policies or Program
- At Health Canada's request, providing information on CSA's standards development process for possible assistance for the development of a national heat advisory system.
- Communication regarding committee structure with Industry Canada confirming its interest in participating in the Project Committee for Product Safety, for which Canadian Standards Association is the secretariat.
- Conference call with Health Canada, re: Product Safety- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Committee on Consumer Policy (COPOLCO) Project Committee.
- Discussion with the Competition Bureau of future workshops and Seminars to cover the contents of the International Organization for Standardization 14021 guidance document that was developed and the topic of 2 seminars that Canadian Standards Association delivered with the Competition Bureau.
- Discussions regarding the development of a risk managment framework with Treasury Board with and potential alignment with Canadian Standards Association work in progress in risk management.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Project scope documents, proposals
Government Institutions
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Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
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Environment Canada
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Health Canada (HC)
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Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
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Industry Canada
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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Public Works and Government Services Canada
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Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group) is an independent, not-for-profit membership association serving business, industry, government and consumers. It was incorporated without share capital under Federal corporate legislation on January 21, 1919. CSA Group consists of three divisions: Canadian Standards Association, a leading solutions based standards organization, providing standards development, application products, training and advisory services; CSA International, which provides testing and certification services for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, gas and other products; and, OnSpeX, a provider of consumer product testing, inspections and advisory services for retailers and manufacturers.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Robert Griffin,
President and CEO
Organization's membership or classes of membership
CSA Group has 4 classes of membership as outlined in its By-Laws:1. Committee Members2. Sustaining Members3. Associate Members4. Honorary MembersExcept for Associate Members, they have voting rights at the Annual General Meeting.
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2008-03-31
List of Government Funding
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Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
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$0.00
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Yes
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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$0.00
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Yes
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Atomic Energy of Canada Limited AECL
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$320,000.00
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Yes
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Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp.
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$15,000.00
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Yes
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Canadian Agency for Drugs & Technologies in Health
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$390,302.00
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Yes
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Canadian nuclear Safety Commission
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$802,800.00
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Yes
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Environment Canada
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$70,412.00
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Yes
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Health Canada (HC)
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$108,077.53
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Yes
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Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
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$19,720.00
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Yes
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Industry Canada
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$0.00
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Yes
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Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
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$42,832.00
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Yes
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National Energy Board (NEB)
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$25,000.00
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Yes
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National Research Council
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$278.46
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No
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National Round Table on the Environment & the Economy
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$93,220.17
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No
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Natural Resources Canada
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$822,137.03
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Yes
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Public Safety Canada
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$53,000.00
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No
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Public Works & Government Services Canada
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$165,562.37
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Yes
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Standards Council of Canada
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$55,500.00
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Yes
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The Environment Studies Research Fund
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$260,000.00
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Yes
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Transport Canada
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$75,803.26
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Yes
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Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat
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$6,000.00
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Yes
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
178 Rexdale Boulevard
Toronto, ON M9W 1R3
Canada
Telephone number:
416-747-2550
Fax number:
416-747-2006
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Jeanne Bank,
Program Manager, Occupational Health & Safety |
No public offices held
- Nancy Bestic,
Project Manager, Health Care |
No public offices held
- Kevin Boehmer,
Program Manager, Health Care and Community Safety |
No public offices held
- Pierre Boileau,
Manager, Climate Change |
Public offices held
- Richard Boyles,
Product Manager |
Public offices held
- Jim Brown,
Senior Manager, Global Intellectual Property |
No public offices held
- Stephen Brown,
Director, Electro-Technical |
No public offices held
- William Burr,
Director, Regulatory Relations & Code Development |
No public offices held
- David Campbell,
Program Manager |
No public offices held
- Sarah Eisen,
Associate Counsel |
No public offices held
- Robert Falconi,
VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
No public offices held
- Doug Geralde,
Director, Corporate Audits and Investigations |
No public offices held
- Michel Girard,
Director, Climate Change |
Public offices held
- Manfred Gratz,
Manager, Anti Counterfeiting and Intellectual Property Enforcement |
No public offices held
- Robert Griffin,
President and CEO |
No public offices held
- Ahmad Husseini,
Program Manager, Business Management and Sustainability |
No public offices held
- Tony Joseph,
Project Manager, Energy and Utilities |
No public offices held
- Suzanne Kiraly,
President, Standards |
No public offices held
- Sam Loggia,
Project Manager, Harmonization and Energy Efficiency |
No public offices held
- David Mascarenhas,
Program Manager, Electrical and Harmonization |
No public offices held
- Ron Meyers,
Project Manager, Community Safety |
No public offices held
- Michael Mortimer,
Program Manager, Structures |
No public offices held
- Doug Morton,
Life Sciences Director |
No public offices held
- Abraham Murra,
Project Manager |
No public offices held
- Jean-Yves Paquin,
Manager, Special Investigations, Corporate Audits and Investigations |
No public offices held
- Candace Sellar,
Project Manager, Business Management & Sustainabil |
Public offices held
- Ted Shin,
Project Manager, Energy and Utilties |
No public offices held
- Dario Stefancic,
Project Manager, Electrical |
No public offices held
- Dwayne Torrey,
Project Manager |
No public offices held
- Glenn Tubrett,
Program Manager, Energy and Utilities |
No public offices held
- John Walter,
Vice President, Standards Development |
No public offices held
- Susan Winter,
Manager, Committee and Consumer Services |
No public offices held
