Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Non-Smokers' Rights Association / L'Association pour les droits des non-fumeurs / Lorraine Fry, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Non-Smokers' Rights Association / L'Association pour les droits des non-fumeurs
Responsible Officer Name: Lorraine Fry, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 1996-03-29
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 836932-530

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 8

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 19 of 37 (2007-03-12 to 2007-10-15)

Version 19 of 37 (2007-03-12 to 2007-10-15) 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.

A. Organization Information

Organization: Non-Smokers' Rights Association / L'Association pour les droits des non-fumeurs
221 - 720 SPADINA AVENUE
TORONTO, ON  M5S 2T9
Canada
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 SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: OPEN MEMBERSHIP FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE ASSOCIATION'S HEALTH OBJECTIVES IN CATEGORIES FOR INDIDIVDUALS, 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: 2006-03-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Quebec Government $115,000.00
HEALTH CANADA $410,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Pippa Beck
Position title: policy analyst
Public offices held: No
 
Name: FRANCOISE DAMPHOUSSE
Position title: DIRECTOR
Public offices held: No
 
Name: FLORY DOUCAS
Position title: POLICY ANALYST
Public offices held: No
 
Name: LORRAINE FRY
Position title: GENERAL MANAGER
Public offices held: No
 
Name: TREVOR HACHE
Position title: OUTREACH AND INFORMATION COORDINATOR
Public offices held: No
 
Name: FRANCIS THOMPSON
Position title: POLICY ANALYST
Public offices held: No
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

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:
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, Public Health, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: COMMENTS ON HEALTH POLICY INCLUDING DRAFT REGULATIONS FOR THE TOBACCO ACT, PARTICULARLY CONCERNING DECEPTIVE DESCRIPTORS OR PACKAGE WARNINGS; TOBACCO TAX POLICY.
Subject Matter: Prospective: COMMENTS ON HEALTH POLICY INCLUDING ANY PROPOSED NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE TOBACCO ACT, SUCH AS REGULATION ON RETAIL PROMOTION; TOBACCO TAXATION, TOBACCO SMUGGLING, AND ON HEALTH CANADA'S MASS MEDIA CAMPAIGN.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Regulation ANY PROPOSED NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE TOBACCO ACT
Policy or Program COMMENTS ON HEALTH POLICYCOMMENTS ON TOBACCO TAX POLICY
Bill or Resolution TOBACCO ACT




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