Registry of Lobbyists
Version 9 of 14 (2003-11-13 to 2005-02-10) 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: |
PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE / Centre pour la défense de l'intérêt public
1204 - ONE NICHOLAS STREET OTTAWA, ON K1N 7B7 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 613-562-4002 Ext.: 26 | ||||||||
| Fax number: | 613-562-0007 | ||||||||
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | MICHAEL JANIGAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | ||||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | ZHE PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE (PIAC) IS A NON-PROFIT FEDERALLY-INCORPORATED ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDES LEGAL, RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR PUBLIC INTERESTS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR SUCH RESOURCES. THE CENTRE MAINLY PROVIDES SERVICES IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. | ||||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | PIAC HAS INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PIAC. THE GROUP MEMBERS ARE NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS WHO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF PIAC. THE ASSOCIATES ARE GROUP 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: | 2003-03-31 | ||||||||
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| Name: | MICHAEL JANIGAN |
| Position title: | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | JOHN LAWFORD |
| Position title: | LEGAL ANALYST |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Name: | SUE LOTT |
| Position title: | COUNSEL |
| Public offices held: | N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005. |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Competition Tribunal (CT), Industry Canada, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Transport Canada (TC) |
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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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Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format |
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Fisheries, Forestry, Government Procurement, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Mining, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Sports, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation |
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | IN ADDITION TO PIAC'S WORK IN REPRESENTING VULNERABLE CONSUMERS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISATIONS IN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS SUCH AS THE CRTC AND THE ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD, THE ORGANISATION CARRIES OUT ADVOCACY FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE SUCH AS IN ITS EFFORTS TO SECURE PASSAGE FOR BILL S-7 (AMENDMENTS TO THE BROADCASTING ACT AND FOR CHANGES TO THE ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD ACT.PIAC ALSO MAKES SUBMISSIONS TO PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES STUDYING PARTICULAR POLICY QUESTIONS SUCH AS BANK MERGERS. PIAC PRESENTED ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON BANKING. |
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | SAME AS ABOVE |