Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Inter Pares / Samantha McGavin, Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Inter Pares
Responsible Officer Name: Samantha McGavin, Executive Director 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2006-08-22
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 949455-13512

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 172

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 4

Version 3 of 41 (2008-03-03 to 2008-07-15)

Version 3 of 41 (2008-03-03 to 2008-07-15) 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: Inter Pares
221 Laurier Ave. E.
Ottawa, ON  K1N 6P1
Canada
Telephone number: 613-563-4801
Fax number: 613-594-4704  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Molly Kane, Executive Director  
 
Description of the organization's activities: Inter Pares is an international development organization that supports communities to create sustainable livelihoods and healthy futures. It supports people's struggles for self-determination and their efforts to challenge the structural obstacles to change. Inter Pares' work includes humanitarian assistance and human rights protection for people caught up in violence. Inter Pares accompanies people in their efforts to hold their governments accountable and to promote democratic social and economic policies. Inter Pares relates to social and economic issues in Canada, linking social action at home with social change work globally.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: Membership consists of the original applicants for incorporation of the corporation and such other individuals and associations, whether incorporated or unincorporated, as are admitted as members by resolution of the Board of Directors.
 
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
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Canadian International Development Agency $5,236,218.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Caroline Boudreau
Position title: Program Manager
Public offices held: No
 
Name: David Bruer
Position title: Program Manager
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Eric Chaurette
Position title: Program Manager
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Karen Cocq
Position title: Program Manager
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Nadia Faucher
Position title: Program Manager
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Peter Gillespie
Position title: Program Manager
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Rachel Gouin
Position title: Program Manager
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Rita Morbia
Position title: Program Coordinator
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Jean Symes
Position title: Program Manager
Public offices held: No
 
Name: Rebecca Wolsak
Position title: Program 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: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Members of the House of Commons, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Senate of Canada
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: Agriculture, Financial Institutions, Health, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Development Assistance, International Relations, International Trade, Mining, Women's Rights
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: International trade negotiations, international aid programs, humanitarian response to international crises, debt relief policies
Subject Matter: Prospective: same - international trade negotiations, international aid programs, humanitarian response to international crises, debt relief policies
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Policy or Program Corporate responsibility policies - the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines for multinational enterprises, more specifically the adoption of the recommendations of Advisory Group Report of the Government-led National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries, issued March 28, 2007
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Inter Pares has sought and is in the process of fulfilling various grants and contributions from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Inter Pares has sought various grants from Foreign Affairs Canada




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