Registration - In-house Organization

Beer Canada / Bière Canada / CJ Helie, President

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Beer Canada / Bière Canada
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: CJ Helie, President
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2007-07-26
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 949529-15627

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 315

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 6

Version 62 of 64 (2024-06-14 to 2024-09-11)

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Version 62 of 64 (2024-06-14 to 2024-09-11)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Industry	Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 as it pertains to use of certain single-use plastics.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Health, Industry	Communicating on beverage alcohol drinking guidance and labelling.	Policies or Program
Industry	Communicating on proposed restrictions on the use of certain single-use plastics.	Regulation
Taxation and Finance	Federal Budget as it pertains to beverage alcohol taxation or regulation.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Industry	Food & Drug Regulations, pertaining to beer and alcoholic beverages.	Regulation
Health, Industry	Food & Drugs Act and Safe Food For Canadians Act as they pertain to the regulation of beer and alcoholic beverages.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Industry	Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act as it pertains to internal trade of beverage alcohol.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Health	Requesting that Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) ensure that the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) action plans and strategies on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan align with the Global Alcohol Strategy.	Policies or Program
Health	Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, pertaining to beer and alcoholic beverages.	Regulation
Taxation and Finance	Under the Excise Act, seeking the repeal of the automatic annual escalator on the federal excise duty and the introduction of new excise tiers with reduced rates for lower alcohol content beers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

International Trade

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
Justice Canada (JC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Senate of Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

Beer Canada is the national voice of beer, representing 50+ Canadian brewing companies that account for 90% of beer made in Canada. As a national non-profit trade association representing brewing companies operating in Canada, the Association undertakes issue-orientated, statistical, and administrative activities on behalf of membership.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

CJ Helie, President

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Membership is open to such corporations not affiliated through stock ownership or share control or management agreement with any other member, or any other group of members associated with the aforesaid, which are licensed to engage in the business of a brewer in Canada, and which make application in writing to the Board of Directors of the Association for membership therein and are elected to membership by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
PO Box 654
Ottawa, ON K2S 1A7
Canada

Telephone number: 613-232-9601

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Emma Breen, VP, Ontario & Atlantic Canada | No public offices held
Luke Chapman, VP, Federal Affairs | No public offices held
Karine Cousineau, VP, Strategic Communications | Public offices held
Ed Gregory, Senior Research Advisor | No public offices held
CJ Helie, President | No public offices held
Philippe Roy, Directeur général | Public offices held
Evan Southern, VP, Government Relations - Western Canada | No public offices held

Beer Canada/Bière Canada

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
Beer Canada/Bière Canada	2013-11-01	current
BREWERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA/L'ASSOCIATION DES BRASSEURS DU CANADA	2008-08-07	2013-11-01

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

BREWERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA/L'ASSOCIATION DES BRASSEURS DU CANADA

Beer Canada / Bière Canada

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
CJ Helie	2021-07-06	Current
Luke Chapman	2020-01-27	2021-07-06
Luke Harford	2013-01-02	2020-01-27
Andre Fortin	2012-11-30	2013-01-02
Ian Faris	2007-07-26	2012-11-30

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Staff Member for MP Pauline Picard - Drummondville Member of Parliament, House of Commons	January 1993 to December 1995	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Executive Assistant House of Commons, Office of the Member of Parliament for Outremont	September 2006 to January 2007	Not a designated office
Assistant Prime Minister's Office, Policy & Cabinet Affairs	January 2003 to June 2004	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2024-12-05

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Registration - In-house Organization

Beer Canada / Bière Canada / CJ Helie, President

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 62 of 64 (2024-06-14 to 2024-09-11)

Version 62 of 64 (2024-06-14 to 2024-09-11)

Subject Matter Details

Subject matters added through a monthly communication report

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization