Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

WESTERN GRAIN ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION / WADE SOBKOWICH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: WESTERN GRAIN ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION
Responsible Officer Name: WADE SOBKOWICH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
Initial registration start date: 2005-02-23
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 775791-350

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 82

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 8

Version 1 of 22 (2005-02-23 to 2005-08-15)

Version 1 of 22 (2005-02-23 to 2005-08-15) 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: WESTERN GRAIN ELEVATOR ASSOCIATION
420 - 360 MAIN STREET
WINNIPEG, MB  R3C 3Z3
Canada
Telephone number: 204-942-6835
Fax number: 204-943-4328  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: WADE SOBKOWICH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  
 
Description of the organization's activities: THE WGEA IS THE TRADE ASSOCIATION OF GRAIN COMPANIES OPERATING IN CANADA.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: OUR MEMBERSHIP IS THE NINE MAJOR GRAIN COMPANIES OPERATING IN WESTERN CANADA.
 
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: WADE SOBKOWICH
Position title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Public offices held: N/A. Disclosure of this information was not a requirement prior to June 20, 2005.
 

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 Space Agency (CSA), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Competition Tribunal (CT), Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), 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 Film Board (NFB), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Pension Appeals Board (PAB), Privy Council Office (PCO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC), Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 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, 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: ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE GRAIN BUSINESS IN GENERAL AND SPECIFICALLY TO DO WITH THE RAILWAYS, CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD, CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION.
Subject Matter: Prospective: ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE GRAIN BUSINESS IN GENERAL AND SPECIFICALLY TO DO WITH THE RAILWAYS, CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD, CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION.




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