Total Number of Communication Reports: 8
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 15 of 37 (2004-02-25 to 2005-02-10) 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.
Organization: |
Non-Smokers' Rights Association / L'Association pour les droits des non-fumeurs
221 - 720 SPADINA AVENUE TORONTO, ON M5S 2T9 Canada |
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Telephone number: | 416-928-2900 | ||||||
Fax number: | 416-928-1860 | ||||||
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | CLIFFORD G MAHOOD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | ||||||
Description of the organization's activities: | A NON-PROFIT PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORKING TO REDUCE THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY CAUSED BY TOBACCO INDUSTRY PRODUCTS. WE ALSO HAVE A RELATED CHARITABLE STATUS ORGANIZATION - SHAF [SMOKING AND HEALTH ACTION FOUNDATION] - WHOSE MANDATE IS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. | ||||||
Organization's membership or classes of membership: | OPEN MEMBERSHIP FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE ASSOCIATION'S HEALTH OBJECTIVES IN CATEGORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND INSTITUTIONS. OUR MEMBERSHIP COMPRISES A CROSS SECTION OF CANADIAN SOCIETY. | ||||||
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | Yes | ||||||
End date of the organization's last completed financial year: | 2003-03-31 | ||||||
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Name: | FRANCOIS DAMPHOUSSE |
Position title: | DIRECTOR OF MONTREAL OFFICE |
Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
Name: | LORRAINE FRY |
Position title: | GENERAL MANAGER |
Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
Name: | CLIFFORD MAHOOD |
Position title: | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
Name: | DAVID SWEANOR |
Position title: | SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL |
Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
Name: | FRANCIS THOMPSON |
Position title: | POLICY ANALYST |
Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canadian Heritage (PCH), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS) |
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, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Health, Industry, Intellectual Property, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Taxation and Finance |
Subject Matter: Retrospective: | COMMENTS ON HEALTH POLICY INCLUDING DRAFT REGULATIONS FOR THE TOBACCO ACT, PARTICULARLY IN RESPONSE TO THE MINISTER OF HEALTH'S NOTICE OF INTENT TO REGULATE CONCERNING "LIGHT" AND "MILD" DESCRIPTORS; HEALTH CANADA'S MASS MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON TOBACCO CONTROL; HEALTH CANADA'S PROPOSAL TO REGULATE CIGARETTES TO REDUCE THEIR PROPENSITY TO GENERATE FIRES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING WRITTEN COMMENTS TO AND TESTIFYING BEFORE THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH HEARINGS ON BILL C-260; LAYING OF COMPLAINT OF CONSUMER FRAUD BEFORE THE COMPETITION BUREAU. |
Subject Matter: Prospective: | COMMENTS ON HEALTH POLICY INCLUDING ANY PROPOSED NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE TOBACCO ACT, SUCH AS THOSE ON REGULATION OF RETAIL PROMOTION, PROPOSED NEW LEGISLATION ON FIRE-SAFE CIGARETTES, TOBACCO TAXATION, TOBACCO SMUGGLING, AND ON HEALTH CANADA'S MASS MEDIA CAMPAIGN; INTERACTION WITH COMPETITION BUREAU AS A RESULT OF COMPLAINT UNDER THE COMPETITION ACT. |