Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

ALLIANCE OF MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS CANADA / Perrin Beatty, President & C.E.O.

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: ALLIANCE OF MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS CANADA
Responsible Officer Name: Perrin Beatty, President & C.E.O. 
Initial registration start date: 1999-09-07
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 782298-8

Version 12 of 14 (2006-01-20 to 2006-07-18)

Version 12 of 14 (2006-01-20 to 2006-07-18) 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: ALLIANCE OF MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS CANADA
6725 Airport Road
Suite 200
Mississauga, ON  L4V 1V2
Canada
Telephone number: 905-672-3466  Ext.: 258
Fax number: 905-672-3040  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Perrin Beatty, President & C.E.O.  
 
Description of the organization's activities: ALLIANCE OF MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS CANADA OPERATING AS CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS (CME) IS A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS. CME IS CANADA'S LEADING BUSINESS NETWORK COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF CANADIAN INDUSTRY AND ENABLING THE SUCCESS OF CANADIAN BUSINESSES IN WORLD MARKETS BY AGRESSIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY INFLUENCING GOVERNMENT THINKING AND ACTION AND BY DELIVERING TIMELY, RELEVANT INFORMATION AND SUPPORT OF SUPERIOR QUALITY AND VALUE
Organization's membership or classes of membership: CME'S MEMBERS ARE DRAWN FROM ALL SECTORS OF CANADA'S MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTING COMMUNITY, AND FROM ALL PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES. OVER 80% OF CME'S MEMBERS ARE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO REPRESENTS CANADA'S LEADING GLOBAL ENTERPRISES. TOGETHER CME'S EMBERS ACCOUNT FOR AN ESTIMATED 75% OF TOTAL MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION IN CANADA AND 90% OF CANADIAN EXPORTS.
 
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: TREENA ADHIKARI
Position title: MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL TRADE & DEVELOPMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: HAL BARRETT
Position title: EXPORT DIRECTOR, BOAT BUILDING SECTOR
Public offices held: No
 
Name: PERRIN BEATTY
Position title: PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: REMI BOUDREAULT
Position title: DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (QUEBEC)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JEFF BROWNLEE
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: LUC CHARTRAND
Position title: DIRECTOR, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT (QUEBEC)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: GORDON CHERRY
Position title: POLICY MANAGER
Public offices held: No
 
Name: PAUL CLIPSHAM
Position title: POLICY DIRECTOR (ONTARIO)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: NANCY COULAS
Position title: DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DIANE DE JONG
Position title: DIRECTOR, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, TVP/II
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JON FENWICK
Position title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TVP
Public offices held: No
 
Name: COLIN HEARTWELL
Position title: SR. DIRECTOR, POLICY & ANALYSIS
Public offices held: No
 
Name: SHERRI HELMKA
Position title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EMPLOYERS' ADVOCACY COUNCIL
Public offices held: No
 
Name: IAN HOWCROFT
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT (ONT)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JOSÉ LOUIS JACOME
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS (QUEBEC)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: WERNER KNITTEL
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT(BC)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JEAN-MICHEL LAURIN
Position title: Vice President, Research & Public Affairs(QC)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MARIA MARCHESE
Position title: DIRECTOR, WORKPLACE SAFETY & COMPENSATION (ON)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: BRIAN MCCREADY
Position title: VICE-PRESIDENT (AB)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JAYSON MYERS
Position title: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF ECONOMIST
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DAVID PLANTE
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT (NB)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: CAROL ANN POLLETT
Position title: APPAREL SECTOR SPECIALIST
Public offices held: No
 
Name: JACK RADFORD
Position title: GENERAL MANAGER
Public offices held: No
 
Name: WILLIAM STIRLING
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT (NFLD & LABRADOR))
Public offices held: No
 
Name: DEBORAH TURNBULL
Position title: VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Public offices held: No
 
Name: TONY VAN ROSMALEN
Position title: VICE-PRESIDENT (MB)
Public offices held: No
 
Name: MICHAEL VINCENT
Position title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (METAL WORKING) & ADMINISTRATOR, ARIA
Public offices held: No
 
Name: AIDA VIVEIROS
Position title: DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL TRADE & DEVELOPMENT
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: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec (FORD[Q]), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Grain Transportation Agency (GTA), Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission (HMIRC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
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: Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, 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, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: MANUFACTURING LEADERSHIP,COMPETITIVENESS, INNOVATION, WORKFORCE CAPABILITIES, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Subject Matter: Prospective: MANUFACTURING LEADERSHIP, COMPETITIVENESS, INNOVATION, WORKFORCE CAPABILITIES, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program Canada-Korea free trade negotiations;Federal taxation policy and tax reform;Human Resources and Skills Development-development of comprehensive literacy and essential skills strategy;Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America;Federal government performance reporting;Canada's International Policy Statement; Export Development Canada Environmental Policy and Environmental Review Directive;Framework of Common Principles for Electronic Commerce;The Doha Development Agenda negotiations before the World Trade Organization;ITCan Emerging Markets Strategy;Telecommunications Policy Review;Greenhouse Gas Reporting Mechanism;Notice of intent for a protocol to regulate greenhouse gases;Fed/Prov Coordination of air issues;Categorization of the domestic substances list;Industry Canada - Manufacturing 2020Canadian International Development Agency;National Security;Border Management;Commercialisation of Research and Development;Industrial Research Assistant Program.
Bill or Resolution Cost Recovery Bill;Private Member's Bill, C-357;Bill C-19, An Act to Amend Competition Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts;Bill C-26, An Act to Establish Canada Border Services Agency;Bill C-28, An Act to Amend Food and Drugs Act;Bill C-59, An Act to Amend Investment Canada Act;Bill C-61, An Act to Amend Canada Marine Act and other Acts.
Regulation Imposition of License Requirements for Exports and Re-exports of Missile Technology Controlled Items Destined to Canada;CBSA Regulations - Customs Reporting and Security Compliance Regulations;Finance - Tariff Amendments;Wood Packing Material import requirements;Finance - North American Free Trade Agreement Rules of Origin and Most Favoured Nation Tariff Harmonization;Canadian export reporting regulations;Exemption on reporting requirements on returnable containers;Environmental Emergency Regulatory changes;New Substances Notification Regulations;Smart Regulations and regulatory reform.
Legislative Proposal Update of Canada's foreign investment legislation; Amendments to Investment Canada Act; Review of Federal Labour Standards; Legislation to enforce Intellectual Property rights at the border and amendments to Customs Tarif;Amendments to the Copyright Act and Criminal Code;Reform of Trademarks Act;Transportation of dangerous goods by air;Federal budget;Finance/Canada Border Services Agency - Legislation to address influx of imports from China; Canada's revised services offer in World Trade Organization General Agreement on Trade in Services negotiations;Amendments to Access to Information Act;Amendments to Customs Act;Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act;Canadian Environmental Protection Act;National Pollutant Release Inventory.




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