Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Corporation

TransCanada PipeLines Limited / Francois Poirier, President and Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Corporation name: TransCanada PipeLines Limited
Previous in-house corporation names
Responsible Officer Name: Francois Poirier, President and Chief Executive Officer 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2005-10-24
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 947955-5537

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 1088

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 23

Version 1 of 158 (2005-10-24 to 2006-05-19)

Version 1 of 158 (2005-10-24 to 2006-05-19) 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. Information about Responsible Officer and Corporation

Corporation: TransCanada Corporation
450 - 1st Street, SW
Calgary, AB  T2P 5H1
Canada
Telephone number: 403-920-7700
Fax number: 403-920-2413  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Harold Kvisle, Chief Executive Officer  
Description of activities: TransCanada is a leader in the responsible development and reliable operations of North American energy infrastructure. TransCanada's network of approximately 41,000 kilometres (25,600 miles) of pipeline transports the majority of Western Canada's natural gas production to key Canadian and U.S. markets. TransCanada now owns, or has interests in, approximately 6,000 megawatts of power generation in Canada and the United States.
 
Parent: The corporation is not a subsidiary of any other parent corporations.
Coalition The corporation is not a member of a coalition.
Subsidiary: The corporation does not have any subsidiaries that could be affected by the outcome of the undertaking.
Other direct interests The corporation's activities are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.
 
Was the corporation 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 Corporation

Name: Linda Angus
Position title: Mackenzie Gas Project
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Celine Belanger
Position title: VP, Regulatory Services
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Donald Bell
Position title: LNG
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Albrecht Bellstedt
Position title: EVP, Law & General Counsel
Public offices held: No
 
Name: James Bennett
Position title: Cancarb Limited
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Cliff Blumhagen
Position title: Information Systems
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Gordon Boese
Position title: CS&E - Safety
Public offices held: No
 
Name: William Brown
Position title: Procurement Operations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Ian Cameron
Position title: Regulatory Services
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Armand Cardinal
Position title: Field Operations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Christine Cinnamon-Langille
Position title: Power Project Development
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Stephen Clark
Position title: Gas Transmission West
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Robert Day
Position title: SVP, Public Sector Relations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Deborah Dias
Position title: Customer Contracts & Billing
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Rebecca Domino
Position title: Cost Accounting
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Roderic Egert
Position title: CS&E - Safety
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Joel Forrest
Position title: Gas Transmission, Law
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Donna Friesen
Position title: VP, Law - Gas Development
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Richard Gateman
Position title: VP, Gas Development West
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Benoit Gauvin
Position title: Project Finance
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Timothy Gibson
Position title: System Design & Operations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Russell Girling
Position title: EVP, Corporate Development & CFO
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Lynemari Hansen
Position title: Procurement Operations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Peter Hecht
Position title: CS&E - Safety
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Martin Heeg
Position title: Alaska Business Development
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Shelley Henderson
Position title: CS&E - Land
Public offices held: No
 
Name: James Hinks
Position title: Corporate Finance
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Michael Hogan
Position title: Power Marketing & Trading West
Public offices held: No
 
Name: William Hosie
Position title: Power Marketing & Trading West
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Franklin Hufnagel
Position title: Supply Chain Management
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Andrea Jalbert
Position title: LNG
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Denise Jamieson
Position title: Procurement Operations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Daniel King
Position title: Pipe Engineering
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Perry Kocis
Position title: Aboriginal Relations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Darcy Kundert
Position title: Community, Safety & Environment
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Roger Lemieux
Position title: Field Services
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Alison Lewis
Position title: CS&E - Safety
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Patrick Leys
Position title: Major Projects - Western
Public offices held: No
 
Name: David Lodi
Position title: Gas Control
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Roger MacIntosh
Position title: Cost Accounting
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Nitin Manerikar
Position title: Human Resources
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Donald Marchand
Position title: VP, Finance & Treasurer
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Grant Martin
Position title: Procurement Operations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Kim McCaig
Position title: Supply Chain Management
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Dennis McConaghy
Position title: EVP, Gas Business Development
Public offices held: No
 
Name: James McPherson
Position title: Gas Transmission East
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Adrienne Menzies
Position title: Mackenzie Gas Project
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Gregory Moffatt
Position title: Director, Government Relations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Stephen Monroe
Position title: Aviation
Public offices held: No
 
Name: David Montemurro
Position title: Procurement Operations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Harvey Motowylo
Position title: Procurement Operations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Wolfgang Neuhoff
Position title: LNG
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Terence Ofremchuk
Position title: US/Offshore Taxation
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Daniel Ouimet
Position title: Director, Government Relations
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: Anthony Palmer
Position title: VP, Alaska BD
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Stephen Pankiw
Position title: Cost Accounting
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Henry Petranik
Position title: VP, LNG
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Christos Pezoulas
Position title: Supply Chain Management
Public offices held: No
 
Name: James Phillips
Position title: Cancarb Limited
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Susannah Pierce
Position title: Director, Government Relations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Alexander Pochmursky
Position title: VP, Information Systems
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Sarah Raiss
Position title: EVP, Corporate Services
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Alan Ross
Position title: Gas Transmission - Law
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Jacqueline Ross
Position title: Human Resources
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Brian Rothwell
Position title: Pipe Engineering
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Glenn Russell
Position title: Field Operations
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Elizabeth Siarkowski
Position title: Environmental
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Robert Sillner
Position title: Supply Chain Management
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Thomas Slimmon
Position title: Pipe Engineering
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Leona Stang
Position title: Human Resources
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Gary Stephen
Position title: CNG
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Elizabeth Swanson
Position title: Operations & Engineering Law
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Robert Tarvydas
Position title: Human Resources
Public offices held: No
 
Name: David Taylor
Position title: Pipe Engineering
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Allen Thurston
Position title: CS&E - Safety
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Ronald Turner
Position title: EVP, Gas Transmission
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Gordon Vadnais
Position title: Taxation
Public offices held: No
 
Name: John Van Der Put
Position title: LNG
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Evelyn Walker
Position title: Climate Change Initiative
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Donald Wishart
Position title: EVP, Operations & Engineering
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Jacquelyn Yardy
Position title: Corporate Treasury
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Scott Yule
Position title: Western Markets & Interconnecting Pipelines
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Joseph Zhou
Position title: Pipe Engineering
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, Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Environment Canada, 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), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), 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 Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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: Alaska Pipeline ProjectMackenzie Pipeline Project
Subject Matter: Prospective: Alaska Pipeline Project
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Bill or Resolution Northern Pipeline Act




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