Registry of Lobbyists
Total Number of Communication Reports: 6
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 11 of 17 (2007-10-31 to 2008-05-28) 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: |
Canadian Publishers' Council
Suite 203 250 Merton Street Toronto, ON M4S 1B1 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 416-322-7011 Ext.: 222 |
| Fax number: | 416-322-6999 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | JACQUELINE C HUSHION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
| Description of the organization's activities: | The Council is a national English-language trade association representing publishers of general interest books for all ages, textbooks for all levels of education, online databases, e-books, and professional and reference works. The association was founded in 1910 as a section of the Toronto Board of Trade. The Council conducts research, collects market statistics, liaises with government Departments and agencies responsible for policy relevant to publishing -- including but not limited to international trade, tax, copyright, competition law, and technology. It endeavours to assist ALL Canadians in the use of intellectual property. The Council is active in several industry domestic and international organizations at a Member or Director level. The Executive Director sits on the International Publishers' Association Copyright Council (IPACC) and is Chair of the Canadian Cpyright Institute. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Full members are identifiable as a publishing entity (firm, partnership, institution, corporation, association or agency), maintain a corporate presence in Canada, actively publish annually, pay a base fee for membership plus incremental fees based upon sales, and maintain standards of business practice in accordance with the objects of the Council as set out in the Letters Patent.Affiliate members may join divisions of the Council at the discretion of the Officers. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | Jacqueline Hushion |
| Position title: | Executive Director |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, National Research Council (NRC), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), The Competition Bureau | ||||||||||||
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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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Grass-roots communication, Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Industry, Intellectual Property, International Relations, International Trade, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Parallel Importation Regulations of the Copyright Act; Copyright reform; Competition policy | ||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | 1) Potential for amendment to one definition related to the Parallel Importation section(s) of the Copyright Act2) Potential copyright reform Bill to Amend Canada's Copyright Act3) Matters related to access to published works by the visually disabled4) Regulations for Legal Deposit of Electronic Works - LAC | ||||||||||||
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