Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Whos lobbying, who's working in the gov't?

Now where does lobbying end, and work begin??

Heart & Stroke Foundation--- Ministry of Health--Tobacco Public Education Campaign, 1,700,000;

http://lobbyist.oico.on.ca/LRO/RegistrationPublic.nsf/b13320178443e46e8525682a0073cea9/a490dbc9164a7bdd852574d4006e2f62?OpenDocument

Canadian Cancer Society --- Ministry of Health Promotion - Smokers Helpline, 2,700,000; --- Driven to Quit Challenge, 800,000;

http://lobbyist.oico.on.ca/LRO/RegistrationPublic.nsf/b13320178443e46e8525682a0073cea9/e9865bb24638326085256cb60055dab4?OpenDocument

Ontario Lung Association -- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, 1,811,897; --- Human Resources and Development Corporation, 22,375; --- Ministry of Health Promotion, 3,600,000;

http://lobbyist.oico.on.ca/LRO/RegistrationPublic.nsf/b13320178443e46e8525682a0073cea9/746b28d2b370b37185256a4c005b53a4?OpenDocument

Section C: Organization Lobbyist(s)

List each employee, including the senior officer if applicable, whose duties include lobbying:

Helen Schultz, Unit Manager, Brant-Norfolk--- Sharon Burns, Mega Unit Manager, Burlington and Oakville Unit; --- Catherine Lundy, Mega Unit Manager, Hamilton Wentworth; --- Karen Griffiths, Unit Manager, Waterloo Region Unit; --- Tanya Nixon, Mega Unit Manager, Niagara; --- Mary Anne Myhill, Unit Manager, Wellington County; --- Brenda MacGregor, Unit Manager, Barrie & District and Muskoka-North Simcoe; --- Kendra Chopcian, Mega Unit Manager, Durham Region; --- Anita Record, Unit Manager, Peterborough & District; --- Janet Walker, Mega Unit Manager, Toronto West; --- Paul Mutch, Mega Unit Manager, North York; --- Tina Huk, Unit Manager, Thunder Bay; --- Dora Masters, Mega Unit Manager, Ottawa; --- Cheryl Bird, Unit Manager, Frontenac-Lennox & Addington; --- Heather Gray, Unit Manager, Hastings-Prince Edward County; --- Marleen Gomes, Unit Manager, Lanark, Leeds & Grenville; --- Kathryn Kennedy, Unit Manager, Renfrew County; --- Carolyn Bourassa, Unit Manager, SDG & Prescott-Russell; --- Rodney Buzdygan, Unit Manager, Algoma & District; --- Cathy Burns, Unit Manager, Sudbury & District; --- Roberta Major, Unit Manager, Timmins; --- Cindy Vinall, Unit Manager, Chatham-Kent; --- Helen Cole, Unit Manager, Lambton County; --- Janis Cunningham, Unit Manager, Huron-Perth and Oxford County Units; --- Barbara Spencer, Unit Manager, North Bay & District; --- Nancy Brouillard, Unit Manager, Markham/Whitchurch-Stouffville; --- Barry Edigton, Unit Manager, Mississauga; --- Nancy Brouillard, Unit Manager, Major Mackenzie; --- Angie Woodcock, Unit Manager, Elgin-Middlesex; --- Irene Gallagher, Senior Manager, Public Issues; --- Niambi Martin-John, Mega Unit Manager, Brampton/Caledon/Georgetown/Dufferin County Unit; --- Helen Taylor, Mega Unit Manager, Scarborough Unit; --- Judy Lund, Unit Manager, Essex County Unit; --- John Hayward, Unit Manager, Holland River Unit; - Canadian Cancer Society

Yet according to hansard the gov't hasn't spent that much on the law.

Since 2006, the health promotion ministry spent over $10.2 million on media buying services. That's almost $14,000 per day, every day; not including personnel, programs, and enforcement, etc..

NOw aren't you glad they are trying to ban people from smoking 10 M from any public area as well?

Bill 42, Smoke-Free Ontario Amendment Act, 2008