Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Council of Forest Industries / LINDA COADY, President and CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Council of Forest Industries
Responsible Officer Name: LINDA COADY, President and CEO 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2006-06-23
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 780872-13182

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 74

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 4

Version 5 of 54 (2008-06-23 to 2008-08-01)

Version 5 of 54 (2008-06-23 to 2008-08-01) 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: Council of Forest Industries
1501-700 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC  V6C 1G8
Canada
Telephone number: 604-684-0211
Fax number:  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: John Allan, President  
 
Description of the organization's activities: Industry association of interior BC forest products companies engaged in advocacy and marketing activities.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: COFI is composed of BC forest products companies.
 
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: 2008-03-31
 
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) $675,000.00
Government of British Columbia $505,000.00

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: John Allan
Position title: President & CEO
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: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Environment Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Forestry Innvoation Investment, Industry Canada, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Transport Canada (TC), Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format
 
Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: Aboriginal Affairs, Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, Industry, International Trade, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Representations to government relating to environmental, aboriginal, fisheries, transportation, marketing, and trade concerns for the BC forest Industry.
Subject Matter: Prospective: Representations to government relating to environmental, aboriginal, fisheries, transportation, tax, marketing, and trade concerns for the BC forest Industry.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Legislative Proposal Amendments to the federal Fisheries Act
Policy or Program Economic Status of Industry
Regulation, Legislative Proposal, Policy or Program Environment - clean air regulatory agenda, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, Climate Change.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Federal funding for iniatives relating to the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic in BC.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policy or Program Funding for the Canada Wood Export Program through Natural Resources Canada
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Funding for the Debris Management Board through the following federal departments: (DFO, Transport Canada, Vancouver Port Authority and Fraser Port Authority); provincially through: (Ministries of Environment, Transportation, Forests & Range, Agriculture and Land, Public Safety & BC Ferries).
Legislative Proposal Species at Risk Act
Policy or Program, Regulation Transportation: Regulations and policy relating to railway issues.




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