Registry of Lobbyists

Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Teachers' Federation / Fédération canadienne des enseignantes et des enseignants / Cassandra Hallett, Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Teachers' Federation / Fédération canadienne des enseignantes et des enseignants
Responsible Officer Name: Cassandra Hallett, Executive Director 
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2008-06-10
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 904198-17180

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 74

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 10

Version 1 of 22 (2008-06-10 to 2008-08-25)

Version 1 of 22 (2008-06-10 to 2008-08-25) 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: Canadian Teachers' Federation / Fédération canadienne des enseignantes et des enseignants
2490 Don Reid Drive
Ottawa, ON  K1H 1E1
Canada
Telephone number: 613-688-4301
Fax number: 613-232-1886  
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: Calvin Fraser, Secretary General  
 
Description of the organization's activities: To advance the cause of education and the teaching profession by acting as the collective voice of Canadian teachers at the inter-provincial, federal and international levels. To facilitate the sharing of ideas, knowledge and skills; To conduct and foster educational research; To coordinate and deliver international assistance programs; To cooperate with other organizaitons in Canada and the world, sharing similar goals.
Organization's membership or classes of membership: The Federation is comprised of 16 Member organizations and one Affiliate Member who collectively represent over 220,000 elementary and secondary school teachers. Member organizations are the provincial and territorial teacher organizations across Canada.
 
Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? No
 

B. Lobbyists Employed by the Organization

Name: Calvin Fraser
Position title: Secretary General
Public offices held: No
 
Name: John Staple
Position title: Deputy Secretary General
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 Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Environment Canada, Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Members of the House of Commons, Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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, Arts and Culture, Broadcasting, Constitutional Issues, Consumer Issues, Education, Employment and Training, Environment, Financial Institutions, Health, Immigration, Industry, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internal Trade, International Relations, International Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Labour, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance, Telecommunications
 
Subject Matter: Retrospective: Child poverty, Child care, Copyright, Cyberconduct, Tax treatment of employment expenses, Section 43 of the Criminal Code, Linguistic duality and official languages, TV violence, Employment insurance, Federal budget.
Subject Matter: Prospective: Reduce Child Poverty by increasing minimum wage, improving EI benefits, investing in social housing, improve access to post-secondary education.Improve Child Care through a universal child care system, and special programs to help school readiness, aboriginal, immigrant and refugee children.Achieve changes to Copyright legislation addressing education concerns.Improve tax treatment of employment expenses for teachers.Oppose Bill S-209 in its attempt to remove Section 43 of the Criminal Code.Improve Employment Insurance benefits for part-time workers.Raise the profile of the importance of defined benefit pension plansLobby for funding for programs to improve education services to Aboriginal children, and in-home support and prevention services to First Nation families.Include child & youth services in agreements concerning immigrants and refugees.Obtain funding for education programs related to Cyberconduct.Improve the regulations for the rating of films and video games to prevent violent products from being sold to children.Support amendments to the Criminal Code to address the misuse of technology and occurrences such as cyberbullying. Strengthen laws against exploitation of women and children.Monitor changes to Canadian labour law following SCC decision of June 2007 re collective bargaining as a constitutional right.Make presentation during Federal budget consultations.
 

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Categories Description
Bill or Resolution Achieve changes to Copyright legislation addressing education concerns.
Policy or Program Improve Child Care through a universal child care system, and special programs to help school readiness, aboriginal, immigrant and refugee children
Regulation Improve Employment Insurance benefits for part-time workers.
Regulation Improve tax treatment of employment expenses for teachers
Regulation Improve the regulations for the rating of films and video games to prevent violent products from being sold to children.
Policy or Program Include child & youth services in agreements concerning immigrants and refugees.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Lobby for funding for programs to improve education services to Aboriginal children, and in-home support and prevention services to First Nation families
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Make presentation during Federal budget consultations
Legislative Proposal Monitor changes to Canadian labour law following SCC decision of June 2007 re collective bargaining as a constitutional right.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit Obtain funding for education programs related to Cyberconduct
Bill or Resolution Oppose Bill S-209 in its attempt to remove Section 43 of the Criminal Code.
Policy or Program Raise the profile of the importance of defined benefit pension plans
Policy or Program Reduce Child Poverty by increasing minimum wage, improving EI benefits, investing in social housing, improve access to post-secondary education
Legislative Proposal Strengthen laws against exploitation of women and children.
Legislative Proposal Support amendments to the Criminal Code to address the misuse of technology and occurrences such as cyberbullying.




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