Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Arthritis Society Canada / Société de l’arthrite du Canada / Patricia Barbato, President and Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Arthritis Society Canada / Société de l’arthrite du Canada
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Patricia Barbato, President and Chief Executive Officer 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2008-04-09
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 945692-16891

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 71

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 2

Version 1 of 31 (2008-04-09 to 2008-07-02)

Version 1 of 31 (2008-04-09 to 2008-07-02) 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.

A. Organization Information

Organization: The Arthritis Society / La Société d'Arthrite
393 University Ave, Ste 1700
Toronto, ON  M5G 1E6
Canada
Telephone number: 416-979-3353  Ext.: 366
Fax number:  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Steven McNair, President and CEO  
 
Description of the organization's activities: A national charity, with divisions in each province/territory, that provides expertise, research and career development and services on arthritis for the people of Canada
Organization's membership or classes of membership: The corporate members are the members of the national and divisional boards
 
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: 2007-03-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Public Health Agency of Canada $86,471.34

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Steven McNair
Position title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Public offices held: Yes
 
Name: Lynn Moore
Position title: Director, Public Affairs
Public offices held: Yes
 

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, Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), Members of the House of Commons, National Research Council (NRC), Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Revenue Canada (RC), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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, Employment and Training, Health, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: none
Subject Matter: Prospective: Arthritis as a major chronic disease and a priority for chronic disease management and prevention strategies and activities, Indirect Costs of Research Program, pharmaceutical policy and access to perscription medications, joint replacement wait time benchmarks
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program 07/08 budget
Policy or Program Common Drug Review process
Policy or Program Pharmaceutical strategy and access to perscription medications
Policy or Program Public Health Agency and Health Canada plans and priorities
Bill or Resolution Senate inquiry related to arthritis
Policy or Program tax deductions for charitable giving
Policy or Program Wait times strategy




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