Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) / Azzedine Downes, President and CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Responsible Officer Name: Azzedine Downes, President and CEO 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2005-08-22
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 846492-5204

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 69

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 1 of 33 (2005-08-22 to 2006-02-10)

Version 1 of 33 (2005-08-22 to 2006-02-10) 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: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
1 Nicholas Street
Suite 612
Ottawa, ON  K1N 7B7
Canada
Telephone number: 613-241-8996
Fax number: 613-241-0641  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Frederick O'Regan, President and CEO  
 
Description of the organization's activities: IFAW is a non-for-profit international animal welfare organization with a head office in the US and branches in Europe, Asia and Africa. IFAW is involved with all issues of animal welfare from the protection of individual animals to the conservation of species. Current campaigns concern seals, whales, bears and domestic animals.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: IFAW members are members of the public who donate money to fund our campaigns. IFAW also has sponsorship from sympathetic businesses.
 
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: Olivier Bonnet
Position title: Country Director
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Barbara Cartwright
Position title: Campaigner
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Kim Elmslie
Position title: Campaigner
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Regina Flores
Position title: Campaigner
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Patricia Zaat Zaat
Position title: Operations Manager
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), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Competition Tribunal (CT), Environment Canada, Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO), 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), 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), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC)
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, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, Health, Industry, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Mining, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Tourism, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Lobbying to ensure commercial seal hunt is properly monitored by government agencies, or stopped.
Subject Matter: Prospective: Lobbying to ensure commercial seal hunt is properly monitored by government agencies, or stopped; ensuring compliance and monitoring of Bill C-15 (amendments to the the Migratory Birds Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act); attempting to get anti-crueltly legislation passed.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Bill or Resolution Bill C-15 Migratory Birds Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act




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