Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Environment
- Financial Institutions
- Fisheries
- Health
- Industry
- International Development
- International Trade
- Mining
- Regional Development
- Taxation and Finance
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Promoting legal measures for ensuring Canadian companies are legally accountable, within Canada, for international activities.
- Promoting legislative changes to the Fisheries Act to ensure adequate protection of aquatic habitats from pollution and degradation caused by the mining industry.
- Promoting the establishment of an Ombudsman on the extractive industries.
- Support proposals to create legislation to enhance transparency of payments by mining companies to Canadian and foreign governments
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Calling for an end to Canadian diplomatic and financial resources being used to support controversial and damaging mining projects.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- Review and propose amendments to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to ensure that Federal Environmental Assessment is efficient and effective, considers sustainability criteria, examines cumulative impacts, and includes meaningful and effective public participation.
Policies or Program
- Calling for an end to technical support provided by the Canadian government to foreign governments regarding resource management.
- Calling for an end to the government's Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) given to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects related to mining operations overseas.
- Ecological fiscal reform of taxation policies to shift incentives from primary extraction (mining) to secondary production (recycling) of metals. Removal of the “Super Flow Through Shares Program” and the “Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance” for mining.
- Promoting adoption by the government of an action plan for implementation of the UN’s the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
- Regulation of Canadian extractive companies operating internationally: discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the federal government's "Building the Canadian Advantage: A CSR Strategy for the International Extractive Sector" and how it is implemented.
- Reviewing, critiquing and seeking improvements to DFO’s habitat compensation program and “no net loss” policy to ensure protection of aquatic ecosystem values.
Regulation
- Influence changes to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations to improve protection of aquatic ecosystems.
- Preventing further additions to Schedule 2 of the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER), ensuring improvements to and enforcement of MMER.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
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Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
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Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB)
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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Environment Canada
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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House of Commons
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Industry Canada
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Members of the House of Commons
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Revenue Canada (RC)
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Senate of Canada
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Transport Canada (TC)
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Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
TO MONITOR GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY POLICY AND ACTIVITY ON MINING ISSUES; TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FULL COSTS OF MINING; TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE FULL COSTS OF MINING
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Susan Murdock,
Administrative Coordinator
Organization's membership or classes of membership
THE ORGANIZATIONS MEMBERS ARE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COSTS OF MINING
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2012-12-31
List of Government Funding
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Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
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$11,700.00
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Yes
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Environment Canada
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$6,000.00
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No
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In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
SUITE 508, 250 CITY CENTRE AVENUE
OTTAWA, ON K1R 6K7
Canada
Telephone number:
613-569-3439
Fax number:
613-569-5138
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- CATHERINE COUMANS,
RESEARCH CO-ORDINATOR |
No public offices held
- Ramsey Hart,
Canadian Program Coordinator |
No public offices held
- Jamie Kneen,
Communications Coordinator |
No public offices held
- Jennifer Moore,
Latin America coordinator |
No public offices held
