Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Shipowners Association / Association des armateurs canadiens / ROBERT LEWIS-MANNING, President

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Shipowners Association / Association des armateurs canadiens
Responsible Officer Name: ROBERT LEWIS-MANNING, President 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 1997-07-30
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 839213-609

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 73

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 20 of 42 (2008-01-08 to 2008-07-04)

Version 20 of 42 (2008-01-08 to 2008-07-04) 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: Canadian Shipowners Association / Association des armateurs canadiens
350 Sparks Street
Suite 705
Ottawa, ON  K1R 7S8
Canada
Telephone number: 613-232-3539
Fax number: 613-232-6211  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: DONALD N MORRISON, PRESIDENT  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE CANADIAN SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION SEEKS TO PROMOTE AN ECONOMIC AND COMPETITIVE CANADIAN MARINE INDUSTRY.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS THE SHIPOWNERS WHOSE CANADIAN FLAG VESSELS PLY THE WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES - ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY, THE EAST COAST OF CANADA, THE ARCTIC, AND THE AMERICAN EASTERN SEABOARD.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Bruce Bowie
Position title: Vice-President, Operations
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: Shane Foreman
Position title: Policy and Research Manager
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: Andrew Losos
Position title: Manager, Environmental Policy & Initiatives
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: Donald Morrison
Position title: President
Public offices held: Yes
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Agriculture, Constitutional Issues, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Industry, Infrastructure, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Labour, Mining, Regional Development, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: MARINE SERVICES FEE, CANADA SHIPPING ACT, ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, ICEBREAKING, NAVIGATIONAL AIDS, PILOTAGE, TARIFFS, COMPETITIVENESS, PORTS, ENVIRONMENT, CUSTOMS TARIFFS, GST, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, COST RECOVERY, CANADA TRANSPORTATION ACT, CANADA MARINE ACT, PILOTAGE ACT, INCOME TAX ACT, COST REDUCTION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, SUBSIDIES, COMMERCIALISATION, SHIPBUILDING, TANKER ISSUES, GRAIN TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING, DREDGING, BALLAST WATER, TRANSPORTATION TRIBUNAL ACT OF CANADA, CABOTAGE, MARINE SECURITY, OIL POLLUTION, MARINE AIR EMISSIONS, SULPHUR EMISSION CONTROL AREAS,
Subject Matter: Prospective: Canadian Coast Guard, Fisheries and Oceans (marine services fees, ice breaking, marine navigational aids and equipment, fleet deployment and management, corporate planning); St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, Transport Canada (fees and tariffs, competition, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Study 2007, infrastructure);Pilotage Authorities, Transport Canada (tariffs, financial viability, corporate planning, administration);Canada Transportation Agency (various tariff and regulatory appeals related to pilotage);Transport Canada (marine security, port management fees and tariffs, Canadian marine cabotage, pilotage, Canada Shipping Act regulations, marine transportation competitiveness, marine gateways, National Marine Industrial Council);Finance Canada, Industry Canada (shipbuilding, shipyards, vessel import duty, federal budget, Structured Financing Facility program);Foreign Affairs, Industry Canada (free trade negotiations, agreements)Environment Canada, Transport Canada (marine air emissions, sulphur content of fuel, ballast water, aquatic invasive species, oil pollution, dry cargo residues);Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (Marine Transportation, Ports, Oceans Technologies Sector Council, marine human resource issues);Canada Border Services Agency (corporate planning, commercial vision, ecommerce technology and reporting requirements, vessels and crew security clearances, Canada - US information requirements, harmonization of information requirement systems, single window reporting);Canada Marine Act and Regulations, Canada Shipping Act and Regulations, Canada Transportation Act and Regulations, Coasting Trade Act, Marine Transportation Security Act and Regulations, Pilotage Act and Regulations (Atlantic Pilotage Authority, Laurentian Pilotage Authority, great Lakes Pilotage Authority), Transportation Appeal tribunal of Canada Act, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and Regulations, Canada Environmental Protection act 1999, Migratory Birds Convention Act 1994
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Regulation Any proposal (as yet undefined) from pilotage authorities to amend their tariffs or administrative procedures
Bill or Resolution C-23, an Act to Amend the Canada Marine Act
Bill or Resolution C-4, an Act to Amend the Pilotage Act
Bill or Resolution C-8, an Act to Amend the Canada Transportation Act
Policy or Program Continuing evolution of ship-related marine security system requirements, (Marine Transportation Security Act), information reporting requirements (Canada Border Services Agency - Border Consultative Committee)
Policy or Program Continuing free trade negotiations with Korea, and other countries, EFTA agreement
Policy or Program Environmental policies (not yet defined) that may lead to regulations affecting the marine shipping environment such as the sulphur content in marine fuel, ballast water management, control of aquatic invasive species
Regulation Regulations pursuant to the Canada shipping Act
Policy or Program Shipbuilding and related vessel import tariff issues (ongoing)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Transport Canada administers an Eco-Freight Program under which groups, such as CSA members, can obtain partial funding for approved environmentally sustainable projects. CSA can assist CSA members in this process but CSA itself would not receive government funds.




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