Registry of Lobbyists
Version 17 of 75 (2007-07-31 to 2008-01-30) 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: |
Retail Council of Canada / Conseil canadien du commerce de detail
800 - 1255 Bay St. Toronto, ON M5R 2A9 Canada |
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| Telephone number: | 416-922-0553 Ext.: 232 | ||||||||
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| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Diane J. Brisebois, President & CEO | ||||||||
| Description of the organization's activities: | Retail Council of Canada (RCC) is a national not-for-profit organization representing more than 9000 members including independent retailers, regional and national chain stores, discount, and department stores. RCC provides an extensive range of services including group buying services, national conferences and government relations for its members. For more information, visit our website at www.retailcouncil.org. | ||||||||
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Retail members - independents, national chains, discount, and department stores Supplier members - suppliers of goods and services to the retail trade | ||||||||
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | Yes | ||||||||
| End date of the organization's last completed financial year: | 2006-12-31 | ||||||||
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| Name: | Diane Brisebois |
| Position title: | CEO & President |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Vince Chu |
| Position title: | Director, Information Technology |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Rita Estwick |
| Position title: | Director, Loss Prevention |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Kim Furlong |
| Position title: | Director Federal Government Relations |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Dianne Johnstone |
| Position title: | Director, GR & Membership Services (Alberta) |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Hyung-Sun Jy |
| Position title: | Project Administrator |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Rachel Kagan |
| Position title: | National Manager, Environment |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Max Logan |
| Position title: | Director, GR & Membership Services - British Columbia |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Ashley McClinton |
| Position title: | Director, GR Ontario |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Lanny McInnes |
| Position title: | Director, GR & Member Services - Manitoba, Saskatchewan |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Ken Morrison |
| Position title: | Consultant |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Derek Nighbor |
| Position title: | Vice-President, National Affairs |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Andrew Siegwart |
| Position title: | Director, Education |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Peter Woolford |
| Position title: | Vice-President, Policy Development & Research |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Bill Yetman |
| Position title: | Executive Vice-President |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| 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), Members of the House of Commons, 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), Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS), Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: | Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer and Commercial Relations; Citizenship & Culture; Employment Standards; Skills & Training for Workforce, 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, Regional Development, Science and Technology, Small Business, Sports, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | International trade - ethical sourcing, safeguards, anti-dumping, countervailing duties, Transportation infrastructure, Privacy, Product safety, Taxation, Finance, Competition Law, Copyright Law; Energy; Environment; Labour Relations and Labour Shortages; and Skills Development Canada partnerships. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | Budget Work and General Taxation Policy; Labour/Skills Training/Employment Policies, Consumer Protection; Electronic Commerce; Energy; Transportation Infrastrucutre, Privacy, Competition, Copyright, and International Trade. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
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This is the responsible officer name as provided in the most recent registration for the corporation or organization.
| Name | From | To |
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| Retail Council of Canada/Conseil canadien du commerce de detail | 2009-04-01 | current |
| Responsible Officer Name | From (YYYY-MM-DD) | To (YYYY-MM-DD) |
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Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.
Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.
Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.
Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.
Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.
Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.