Registration - Organization

Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium / Josipa Petrunic, President & CEO

Registration Information

Organization name: Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium
Senior Officer Name: Josipa Petrunic, President & CEO
Initial registration start date: 2016-11-15
Registration status: Inactive
Registration number: 1946-837

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Total number of Lobbying Activity Reports: 7

Lobbying Activity Reports - last 6 months: 0

Version 8 of 17 (2020-07-17 to 2021-01-04)

Registration versions:

Version 8 of 17 (2020-07-17 to 2021-01-04)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will any of the lobbyists listed within this registration arrange a meeting between a public office holder and any other individual for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed below:

Yes

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Facilitate a neutral feasibility assessment of H2 heavy duty vehicle performance throughout public fleets across British Columbia to support its private H2 ecosystem (fuellers/generators, suppliers, integrators and parts manufacturers). a) Recognizing investments already made in the battery-driven electrification of transit across B.C. and Canada, B.C. is ideally situated to support the additional electrification of systems via hydrogen fuel cell technologies and green or low-carbon hydrogen production. To support the national launch of H2 projects to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs), we encourage the B.C. government to consider funding (through its existing funds) a CUTRIC-led data-based simulation and feasibility analysis of the performance of H2 heavy-duty vehicles and fuelling systems across mountainous terrain as operated across four seasons of temperature gradient. This type of neutral consortium study led by CUTRIC's B.C. office would demonstrate the benefits, costs, opportunities and risks associated with the adoption, performance and maintenance of H2 heavy-duty vehicles applied to public fleets such as transit, delivery vehicles, garbage trucks and other city or regional vehicular fleets. b) CUTRIC proposes to complete this study using a combination of its Members' contributions through crowd-sourced support (i.e., from BC Hydro, Fortis BC, Ballard), along with federal MITACS research funded graduate students (located at the University of Victoria, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University) and with additional relevant funds from the province (likely from its existing clean funds for innovation) within the next six-month period to complete a full and complete H2 electric performance analysis for heavy-duty vehicles in B.C.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	COVID-19, Economic Development and Trade, Energy, Environment, Non-Profit Organization, Transportation
Support the ongoing development of a robust low-carbon smart mobility innovation ecosystem in B.C. through the support of industry-academic collaborative innovation projects focusing on battery electric mobility, fuel cell electric mobility, smart autonomous and connected vehicle mobility, and data-driven mobility solutions. a) CUTRIC's Best Practices in Low-Carbon Smart Mobility indicate a cost-sharing ratio of 33:33:33, which works well with projects ranging in technology readiness from a scale of three to six (i.e., ?TRL 3-6). This would require a 33 per cent contribution by the B.C. government toward the C$9 million in project proposals, a C$3 million fund over a four-year period. Funding Model (2020-2023) C$3 million industry contributions C$3 million provincial contributions C$3 million federal (or municipal transit) contributions (MITACs, NSERC/SSHRC, NRCan EVID Programming, etc.) b) Based on its existing industry-academic R&D funding framework and set of protocols and practices, CUTRIC could launch this program immediately in B.C. There is no ramp-up time required as CUTRIC has built the funding program, project review, project approvals, accounting and auditing practices over the past three years starting in 2016. Those practices are fully operational and already support projects in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	COVID-19, Colleges & Universities, Economic Development and Trade, Environment, Infrastructure, Transportation

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
Environment and Climate Change Strategy
Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Municipal Affairs and Housing
Office of the Premier
Parliamentary Secretary for Environment
Parliamentary Secretary for Technology
Parliamentary Secretary for TransLink
Partnerships British Columbia Inc
Transportation and Infrastructure

Ministries/Provincial Entities added through a Lobbying Activity Report

Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development

Organization Details

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Josipa Petrunic, President & CEO

Organization Contact Information

Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium

Address:
1 Yonge Street, Suite 1801
Toronto, ON M5E 1W7
Canada

Telephone number: 647-981-4020

Description of Activities

To make Canada a global leader in low-carbon smart mobility technologies across heavy-duty and light-duty platforms, including advanced transit, transportation, and integrated mobility applications.

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of the organization that has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity.

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Requested Government Funding

Funding Request made to:	Funding Requested	Date Requested
Government of Canada	$378,385.00	2020-12-31

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Received Government Funding

The Received Government Funding table below is not intended to be additive. Adding all of the entries together does not necessarily provide an accurate sum of all government funding received. There may be redundancy (reporting of the same funding more than once) caused by overlap in the "Date/Period Received" between 2 or more entries.

Source of Government Funding	Funding Received	Date/Period Received
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade	$382,483.00

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Coalition Members Information

Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium is not a coalition member.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

The activities of Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.

Lobbyists Details

Lobbyists Employed by this Organization

Lobbyist

Contributions

Jason Lesage
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: Yes
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted