Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Association Of Canadian Distillers / Association des Distillateurs Canadiens / JAN WESTCOTT, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Association Of Canadian Distillers / Association des Distillateurs Canadiens
Responsible Officer Name: JAN WESTCOTT, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
Initial registration start date: 1998-10-15
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 776069-660

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 160

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 15 of 33 (2007-07-09 to 2008-02-27)

Version 15 of 33 (2007-07-09 to 2008-02-27) 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: Association Of Canadian Distillers / Association des Distillateurs Canadiens
920 The East Mall, # 200
Toronto, ON  M9B 6K1
Canada
Telephone number: 416-626-0100  Ext.: 1
Fax number: 416-626-3998  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: JAN H WESTCOTT, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  
 
Description of the organization's activities: Established in 1947, the Association of Canadian Distillers is a national non-profit trade association representing Canadian resident manufacturers, marketers, exporters and importers of distilled spirits. The Association undertakes issues-oriented and information and statistical-based activities, as well as administrative functions on behalf of its membership.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: Members include large, medium and smaller sized distilled spirits companies active in all regions of Canada and with significant production facilities in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
 
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: C,J Helie
Position title: Executive Vice-President
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Jan Westcott
Position title: President & Chief Executive Officer
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: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Auditor General, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC), Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, NAFTA Secretariat, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Service Canada (ServCan), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), 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, Broadcasting, Canada Revnue Agency, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Competition Bureau, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Education, Energy, Environment, Government Procurement, Health, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Small Business, Statistics Canada, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Regulation of Advertising, Food and Drugs Regulations and Regulatory Review, Trade Barriers (WTO inconsistent treatment of spirits; trade agreements between Canada and other countries; dumping and countervailing duties; customs tariffs and classifications), Competition Compositional StandardsTaxation and Rates (Federal Excise Duties and GST) Health Promotion, Nutrition and Allergen Labeling, Alcoholic Beverage Warning labels (C-251), Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act and Regulations, Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Regulations,Climate Change and Energy Conservation,National Packaging Protocol,Genetically Modified Foods,Criminal Code-Impaired Driving (C-376),Strategic Alcohol Policy Review
Subject Matter: Prospective: Regulation of Advertising, Food and Drugs Regulations and Regulatory Review, Trade Barriers (WTO inconsistent treatment of spirits; trade agreements between Canada and other countries; dumping and countervailing duties; customs tariffs and classifications), CompetitionCompositional StandardsTaxation and Rates (Federal Excise Duties and GST) Health Promotion, Nutrition and Allergen Labeling, Alcoholic Beverage Warning labels (C-251), Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act and Regulations, Canadian Environmental Protection Act and Regulations,Climate Change and Energy Conservation,National Packaging Protocol,Genetically Modified Foods,Criminal Code-Impaired Driving (C-376),Strategic Alcohol Policy Review
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Bill or Resolution Bill C-30, An Act to Amend the Environmental Protection Act
Legislative Proposal Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Ac
Policy or Program Code for Broadcast Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages;
Regulation Consumer Packagin and Labeling Regulations
Legislative Proposal Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act;
Regulation Distillery Departmental Regulations
Regulation Distillery Regulations
Legislative Proposal Excise Act;t;
Legislative Proposal Excise act 2001;
Regulation Excise Regulations
Regulation Food and Drug Regulations
Legislative Proposal Food and Drugs Act;
Policy or Program National Alcohol Strategy;
Regulation Television Broadcasting Regulations;




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