Registry of Lobbyists
Total Number of Communication Reports: 56
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 4 of 30 (2007-05-31 to 2008-01-10) 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.
| Organization: |
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
180 Dundas Street West Toronto, ON M5G 1Z8 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 416-482-5222 Ext.: 232 |
| Fax number: | 416-482-5879 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Len Crispino, President and CEO |
| Description of the organization's activities: | The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) is a federation of 160 local chambers of commerce and boards of trade in the Province of Ontario, representing 57,000 businesses of all sizes, in all economic sectors and from every area of the province. The OCC's mandate is to advocate strong policies on issues that affect its membership throughout Ontario's business community and those that promote a competitive business climate |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | "Affiliate Membership" : local chambers of commerce and boards of trade"Corporate Membership": businesses, associations, individuals who join the Chamber of Commerce directly |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | Len Crispino |
| Position title: | President & CEO |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Svetlana Diomin |
| Position title: | Senior Policy Analyst |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Mary Hogarth |
| Position title: | Senior Policy Analyst |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Stuart Johnston |
| Position title: | Vice President Policy & Government Relations |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Scott McCammon |
| Position title: | Vice President Communications & Stakeholder Relations |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Sonia Mistry |
| Position title: | Policy Analyst |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Amy Terrill |
| Position title: | Director Media Relations & Communications |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), 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), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada, Members of the House of Commons, National Energy Board (NEB), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Service Canada (ServCan), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), 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: | Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Financial Institutions, 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: | Provided information and recommendations on fiscal federalism, dealing with the fiscal imbalance that exists between provincial and federal government.Provided information and recommendations on the issues of skilled trades, GST/PST harmonization |
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Continue to provide information and views on the fiscal imbalance.Continue to provide information and views on border and trade issues between Canada and the US. |