Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Budget
- Defence
- Employment and Training
- Environment
- Government Procurement
- Health
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- Internal Trade
- International Trade
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Labour
- Research and Development
- Science and Technology
- Small Business
- Taxation and Finance
- Transportation
Subject Matter Details
Policies or Program
- Discussion with National Research Council regarding collaboration and research into difficult-to-recycle plastics.
- Discussions with the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) of Public Services and Procurement Canada regarding educating members on how to do business with the Government of Canada.
- Encouraging inclusion of recycled content requirements and use of secondary resources in COVID Economic Recovery Plan.
- Encouraging the inclusion of scrap metals and the recycling industry in the Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan and the production of Canada's Recycling Report Card.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Addressing interests of Canada's recycling industry in the review of the Annexes of the United Nations - Environment Programme (UN-EP) Basel Convention.
Regulation
- Addressing changes to the Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Materials Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).
- Assisting Environment and Climate Change Canada in explaining the impact of Canada's ratification of the Basel Convention's Plastic Ban Amendments and the separate U.S.-Canada Article 11 Arrangement.
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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Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
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Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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Health Canada (HC)
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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National Defence (DND)
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National Research Council (NRC)
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
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Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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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
THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF RECYCLING INDUSTRIES (CARI) PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMPANIES TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION OF ALL TYPES AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, REGIONAL CHAPTER MEETINGS, THE ANNUAL CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION, AND ALL SOCIAL EVENTS. IT IS THE RESOURCE CENTRE FOR MEMBERS, PROVIDING SERVICES AND INFORMING THEM OF ONGOING ACTIVITIES IN RECYCLING THROUGH BULLETINS AND A MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS. CARI ACTS AS THE ADVOCATE FOR THE INDUSTRY AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND DEVELOPS PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT EXPLAIN THE INDUSTRY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUE OF RECYCLING TO THE CANADIAN SOCIETY AND ECONOMY. CARI ALSO INTERACTS WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE TO COLLECTIVELY ADDRESS THE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES TO THE INDUSTRY.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Tracy Shaw,
President and CEO
Organization's membership or classes of membership
CARI CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 255 MEMBERS THAT WORK WITH ALL RECYCLED COMMODITIES, BUT THE MAJORITY DEAL MAINLY OR EXCLUSIVELY IN METAL RECYCLING. ACTIVE MEMBER COMPANIES ARE PRIMARILY SCRAP DEALERS (RANGING FROM INDIVIDUAL SCRAP COLLECTORS TO TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED CAPITAL-INTENSIVE PROCESSING PLANTS), CONSUMERS OF RECYCLED MATERIALS AND TRADERS. EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE SUPPLIERS ARE ASSOCIATED MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE INDUSTRY ARE AFFILIATED MEMBERS.
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
130 Albert
Suite 1906
Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4
Canada
Telephone number:
613-728-6946
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization