Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Budget
- Child Services
- Climate
- Consumer Issues
- Economic Development
- Employment and Training
- Environment
- Financial Institutions
- Health
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- International Development
- Municipalities
- National Security/Security
- Natural Resources
- Privacy and Access to Information
- Taxation and Finance
- Transportation
Subject Matter Details
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Co-op Sector: To establish a framework that will promote the recognition and development of co-operatives in Canada and asks Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) to establish a national co-operative development strategy.
Call upon the Federal Government to support or invest in the Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund. To commit resources to build capacity in the co-op sector to promote co-operatives as a sustainable and well understood business model that can have significant impact on major policy.
Policies or Program
- Charitable sector: Policies, including those around the disbursement quota, to support programming and services empowering marginalized youth and individuals with mental health challenges to progress in their path towards employability.
- Clarification of Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) treatment of financial services.
- Climate Change Adaptation - Advancing flood resiliency, residential overland flood insurance, flood mapping, weather harden houses/changes in building codes as well as call for more public education programs on flood and climate risks to stress the urgency of the risks that Canadians face.
- Dental care: Raise awareness of the role private insurers play in dental care coverage and advocate for improvements to the current system.
- Fire Safety with respect to enhancing community resilience to wildfires and implementing a provision in the National Building Code of Canada for the mandatory installation of fire sprinklers in new residential home construction.
- Health care: Support affordable prescription drug system for Canadians and promote efforts toward universal mental health care.
- Resilient and Low-Carbon Economy: Support the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures to promote more consistent, comparable, and reliable disclosure of climate related information. Call upon the Government to support the work and recommendations of the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance to reduce climate-risk exposure in Canada's markets and financial institutions. Contribute to the framework for a stable and reliable sustainable finance market. Support policies that catalyze a broad societal partnership to improve community resiliency.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Canada Infrastructure Bank
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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National Research Council (NRC)
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
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Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan)
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Public Safety Canada (PS)
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Senate of Canada
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Transport Canada (TC)
In-house Corporation Details
Description of activities
Based in Guelph, Ontario Co-operators is a group of Canadian companies focusing on insurance. As a federally regulated tier-three co-operative, our members are 46 co-operatives and credit union centrals, representing a combined membership of 5 million Canadians. As one of Canada's most prominent financial services organizations we are proud to provide insurance and financial services to more than two million Canadians.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Rob Wesseling,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Corporation Contact Information
Address:
130 Macdonell St.
Guelph, ON N1H 6P8
Canada
Telephone number:
519-767-3053
Fax number:
519-824-0599
Parent Company Information
The Co-operators Group Ltd. / Groupe Co-operators limitée is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.
Subsidiary Beneficiary Information
- Addenda Capital Inc.
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800, boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest
Bureau 2750
Montreal, QC H3B 1X9
Canada
- Co-operators Financial Investment Services Inc.
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130 Macdonell St.
Guelph, ON N1H 6P8
Canada
- Co-operators Financial Services Limited
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130 Macdonell St.
Guelph, ON N1H 6P8
Canada
- Co-operators General Insurance Company
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Priory Square
Guelph, ON N1H 6P8
Canada
- Co-operators Life Insurance Company
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1900 Albert St.
Regina, SK S4P 4K8
Canada
- Federated Agencies Limited
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5600 Cancross Court
Mississauga, ON L5R 3E9
Canada
- HB Group Insurance Management Limited
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5600 Cancross Court
Mississauga, ON L5R 3E9
Canada
- Premier Managers Holding Corporation
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Priory Square
Macdonell Street
Guelph, ON N1H 6P8
Canada
- The CUMIS Group Limited / The CUMIS Group Limited
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P.O. Box 5065, 151 North Service Road
Burlington, ON L7R 4C2
Canada
- The Edge Benefits
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1255 Nicholson Rd.
Newmarket, ON L3Y 9C3
Canada
- The Sovereign General Insurance Company
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3700-520 3rd Ave SW
Calgary, AB T2P 0R3
Canada
Lobbyists Details
Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties
- Jessica Baker,
Chief Retail Sales Officer and EVP, Advisor, Contact Centre and Retail Wealth |
No public offices held
- Roger Beauchemin,
President & CEO, Addenda Capital Inc. |
No public offices held
- Alec Blundell,
EVP and COO, Co-operators Life Insurance Company & President & COO, The CUMIS Group Ltd. |
No public offices held
- Andy Dykstra,
Associate Vice President, Enterprise Fraud and Investigative Services |
No public offices held
- Tom Ewart,
Associate Vice President, Sustainability |
No public offices held
- Emmie Fukuchi,
Executive Vice-President, Chief Experience Officer |
No public offices held
- Lisa Guglietti,
EVP, Chief Operating Officer, P&C Manufacturing |
No public offices held
- Paul Hanna,
Executive Vice President, Member Relations, Governance and Corporate Services |
No public offices held
- Karen Higgins,
Executive Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, The Co-operators Group Ltd. |
No public offices held
- Michelle Laidlaw,
Associate Vice President, National Product Portfolio, Home |
No public offices held
- Laura Mably,
Chief Human Resources Officer |
No public offices held
- Chad Park,
Vice President, Sustainability and Citizenship |
No public offices held
- Steve Phillips,
EVP, Emerging and Adjacent Business Models |
No public offices held
- Harry Pickett,
Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer |
No public offices held
- Colette Taylor,
EVP, Chief Operating Officer, Sovereign Insurance |
No public offices held
- Robert Wesseling,
President and Chief Executive Officer |
No public offices held
Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties
- Maya Milardovic,
Associate Vice President, Government Relations |
No public offices held