Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY (THE) / PIERRE DUPLESSIS, SECRETARY GENERAL AND CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY (THE)
Responsible Officer Name: PIERRE DUPLESSIS, SECRETARY GENERAL AND CEO 
Initial registration start date: 1997-10-01
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 775646-615

Version 1 of 13 (1997-10-01 to 1998-05-05)

Version 1 of 13 (1997-10-01 to 1998-05-05) 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 RED CROSS SOCIETY (THE)
1800 ALTA VISTA DRIVE
OTTAWA, ON  K1G 4J5
Canada
Telephone number: 613-739-2057
Fax number: 613-739-2590  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: PIERRE DUPLESSIS, SECRETARY GENERAL AND CEO  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY IS A VOLUNTEER BASED ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDES EMERGENCY RELIEF AND HUMANITARIAN SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC 1. IN TIME OF DISASTER OR CONFLICT IN CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD, 2. THROUGH THE OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE, AND 3. THROUGH COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE INITIATIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MOVEMENT.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY ARE THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE FROM TIME TO TIME ENROLLED OR ELECTED MEMBERS OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSES: BRANCH MEMBERS, REGIONAL MEMBERS, DIVISIONAL MEMBERS AND NATIONAL MEMBERS.
 
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: 1997-03-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
CIDA $25,819,952.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: CONSTANCE BERRY
Position title: CORPORATE SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DR. WARK BOUCHER
Position title: SENIOR DIRECTOR, REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PIERRE DUPLESSIS
Position title: SECRETARY GENERAL
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DEBORAH GIBSON
Position title: DEPUTY NAT'L DIR., INTERNATIONAL SERVICES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ROD HALL
Position title: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: CLAUDE HOUDE
Position title: NATIONAL DIRECTOR, BLOOD SERVICES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: BERNARD LAMONTAGNE
Position title: DIRECTOR, MAJOR PROJECTS, BLOOD SERVICES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ED LANE
Position title: CEO-CANADIAN RED CROSS FRACTIONATION CORPORATION
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JEAN PIERRE LAROCHE
Position title: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DOUGLAS LINDORES
Position title: SECRETARY GENERAL & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: CATHY MACNUTT
Position title: ASSISTANT NATIONAL DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: JOHN MULVIHILL
Position title: NATIONAL DIRECTOR, FIELD OPERATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: ANTOINE NORMAND
Position title: SPECIAL ADVISOR TO SEC GEN, COMMUNICATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DENNIS ORCHARD
Position title: DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: SUSANNE REID
Position title: REGULATORY AFFAIRS ASSOCIATE, ERROR/ACCIDENT
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: GILLES SANDRE
Position title: NATIONAL DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL SERVICES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: DR. THOMAS WALKER
Position title: DIRECTOR, REGULATORY AFFAIRS, COMPLIANCE & LICENSI
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: PAUL WHARRAM
Position title: CO-ORDINATOR, PLANNING & EDUCATION, INT'L SERVICES
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 
Name: KATE WHIDDEN
Position title: INT'L SERVICES OFFICER, OVERSEAS OPERATIONS
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 

C. Lobbying Activity Information

Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC)
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: Health, International Relations
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: REPORTED AND DISCUSSED REGULATORY ISSUES WITH BBR (BUREAU OF BIOLOGICS AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS), HEALTH CANADA, CONCERNING THE BLOOD SYSTEM. LOBBIED GOVERNMENT ON POLICY AND OPERATING PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO CHANGES TO REGULATIONS UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. LOBBIED CIDA AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN RELATION TO INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS. ESTABLISHED WORLDWIDE CAMPAIGN TO BAN LANDMINES. LAUNCHED CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP INITIATIVES,, OPERATE HOMEMAKERS PROGRAM IN ONT., N.B., N.S., COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, SICK-ROOM LOAN EQUIPMENT FACILITIES, FITNESS PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS.
Subject Matter: Prospective: CONTINUATION OF ACTIVITIES SET OUT IN THE RETROSPECTIVE SECTION OF THIS DOCUMENT.




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