Registry of Lobbyists
Version 3 of 4 (2006-07-31 to 2007-03-02) 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: |
The Toronto Board of Trade
1 First Canadian Place, P.0. Box 60 100 King Street West Toronto, ON M5X 1C1 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 416-862-4536 |
| Fax number: | 416-366-6460 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Glen Grunwald, President & CEO |
| Description of the organization's activities: | Federal non-profit corporation which provides a number of services to its members including meetings, dining, research facilities and advocates on belalf of its members on issues of importance to the Greater Toronto Business Area (GTA) business communities. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Corporate, Individual, Junior (under the age of 40), Honorary and Courtesy. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, National Defence (DND), National Energy Board (NEB), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS) | ||||||
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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, Constitutional Issues, Defence, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, Government Procurement, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Small Business, Taxation and Finance, Tourism, Transportation | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | Meeting with Finance Minister Dwight Duncan on uploading social service costs and corporate tax harmonization Letter to the Ontario Minister of Finance recommending hard-cap property tax levy restriction be maintained for non-residential properties and Toronto's provincial business property tax be lowered.Letter to Douglas Kuntze, Director - Trade-Marks Branch of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office regarding Canada's adoption of the Madrid Protocol for Trade-Marks.Letter to John Mitsopulos, Business Law Modernization Project, Ministry of Government Services regarding Financial Assistance Provisions and Directors' Residency Requirement under the Business Corporations Act.Letter to Jim Flaherty - Finance Canada's proposal for the deductibility of interest and other expenses.Letter to the Minister of Transport, the Hon. Lawrence Cannon, regarding airport rents.Letter to Jim Flaherty regarding technical tax changeLetter to Ministry of Government Services regarding Corporate Law Reform Phase II. | ||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | May contact:Ministry of Industry regarding corporate legislation, competition legislation, policy, trade mark protection, regulation of telemarketing, regulation of "spam" e-mail, federal budget, expenditures, investment, economic growth and cities.Competition Bureau regarding competition legislation and policy.Ministry of Finance regarding a single securities regulator.Canadian Intellectual Property Office regarding trademark protection.Treasury Board regarding federal budget and expenditures.Senate leader regarding federal budget.Ministry of Public Works and Government Services regarding federal budget and public private partnerships.Ministry of Justice regarding federal budget, tax legislation.Ministry of Environment regarding federal budget.Ministry of Health regarding federal budget, health care benefits, structure of the health care system, affordable housing and infrastructure investment.Ministry of National Revenue regarding federal budgetMinistry of Industry regarding federal budget, expenditures, investment, economic growth and cities.Ministry of Heritage regarding federal budget affordable housing.Ministry of National Defence, Ministry of Veterans Affairs regarding federal budget and GTA Minister.Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities regarding federal budget, cities, affordable housing, GTA Minister, airport rents, transit investment and funding.Ministry of National Revenue regarding federal budget, expenditures and GTA Minister.Ministry of International Trade regarding federal budget, cities, foreign trade and investment, competitiveness and GTA Minister.Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding federal budget and cities.Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs regarding federal government, cities and federal-provincial relations.Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development regarding federal budget, cities, GTA Minister, skills (apprenticeships, colleges, universities, tax policy). | ||||||
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