Registry of Lobbyists
Version 1 of 16 (1999-01-05 to 1999-08-04) 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.
| Organization: |
PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE
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: | THE PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE (PIAC) IS A NON-PROFIT FEDERALLY-INCORPORATED ORGANISATION 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: | 1998-03-31 | ||||
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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: | ANDREW REDDICK |
| Position title: | DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH |
| 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 Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Competition Tribunal (CT), Finance Canada (FIN), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan) |
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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: | Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Energy, Industry, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, 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 FOR BILL C-20 (COMPETITION ACT) AND BILL C-54 (PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION & ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS ACT). |
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | IN ADDITION TO THE REPRESENTATION IN TRIBUNALS AS SET FORTH ABOVE, PIAC INTEND TO CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPETITION ACT. |