Registry of Lobbyists
Version 6 of 48 (2008-05-09 to 2008-08-15) 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.
| Organization: |
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada / Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada
225 Metcalfe Street Suite 311 Ottawa, ON K2P 1P9 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 613-230-2201 Ext.: 230 | ||||
| Fax number: | 613-230-2231 | ||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Nicholas Gazzard, Executive Director | ||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | CHF Canada is a non-profit co-op association. Our services include research to support new co-op development and improve government support programs; representing our members' interests to the federal government; developing and promoting national education materials for the co-op housing movement; organizing conferences and training forums, etc; providing support to co-ops and member federations upon request; research on legal matters; publishing newsletters and bulletins for our members. | ||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Our members include: non-profit housing co-ops (except in Quebec, where housing co-ops belong to CHF Canada through their local federations); federations of existing housing co-ops at the local and regional levels; groups that help housing co-ops; provincial co-op housing associations that work on provincial issues; associations that represent and support housing co-op staff; land trusts that hold and protect land for housing co-ops; sponsoring organization who lend us their support and assistance. | ||||
| 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: | 2007-12-31 | ||||
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| Name: | Harvey Cooper |
| Position title: | Manager, Govt Relations/Co-op Services, Ontario Region |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Nicholas Gazzard |
| Position title: | Executive Director |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | David Granovsky |
| Position title: | Government Relations Co-ordinator |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Dale Reagan |
| Position title: | Managing Director, Ontario Region |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Merrilee Robson |
| Position title: | National Communications Officer |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Nicholas Sidor |
| Position title: | Director, Corporate Affairs |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Karla Skoutajan |
| Position title: | Director, Sector Development |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Members of the House of Commons | ||||||||||||||
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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: | Housing, community development | ||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | 1. Lobbying for changes to regulations governing administration of the federal co-op housing portfolio. 2. Lobbying against devolution of co-op housing programs to the provinces, municipalities and for-profit private sector organizations. 3. Lobbying for new housing supply program. 4. Lobbying around homelessness issues. | ||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | 1. Lobbying for changes to regulations governing administration of the federal co-op housing portfolio.2. Lobbying for the transfer of federal co-op housing administration for Manitoba to the federal level.3. Lobbying for funding for new affordable housing programs.4. Lobbying for new low-income subsidies for federal co-ops.5. Lobbying for energy retrofit programs for co-op housing.6. Lobbying around the elimination of homelessness in Canada. | ||||||||||||||
Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
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| Subject matters added through a communication report |
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| Government institutions added through a communication report: |
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
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This is the responsible officer name as provided in the most recent registration for the corporation or organization.
| Name | From | To |
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| Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada/Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada | 2008-08-15 | current |
| Responsible Officer Name | From (YYYY-MM-DD) | To (YYYY-MM-DD) |
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| Timothy Ross | 2018-06-11 | Current |
| Karla Skoutajan | 2017-12-02 | 2018-06-11 |
| Nicholas Gazzard | 2005-11-03 | 2017-12-02 |
Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.
Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.
Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.
Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.
Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.
Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.