Gary Sipeng Xie
Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)·0 communications in the past year
Lobbied by
Rick Hansen Foundation
1Work with the various government programs that support accessibility, inclusion, and a world without barriers, particularly in the built environment around an accessibility Certification Program which will assess and rate the built environment of Canada against a common standard (example Canadian Standards Association). Work with the Government of Canada to seek funding and support for RHF national initiatives designed to educate and engage Canadians about the importance of promoting accessibility, in coordination with National AccessAbility Week. Work with the Government of Canada to provide leadership in salmon and sturgeon conservation and related initiatives and research. Work with the Government of Canada to promote the Rick Hansen School Program to promote the adoption of this already existing program in every school in Canada. Work with Government of Canada to endorse and support the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification Program Program as the national standard to assess and certify the built environment. Communication with the Government of Canada, to keep them informed of the use and outcomes of their investment in spinal cord injury research, as well as the outcomes of any projects around which we collaborate in order to maintain funding and to seek future funding.
Stand Environmental Society
1Regulations Amending the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations, with respect to thermal coal Pension investment guidelines and decisions with respect to investing in climate safe and reduced pollution scenarios Trade Diversification Corridors Fund, Green Shipping Corridors with respect to climate safe and reduced pollution scenarios Canada Green Buildings Strategy, Canada Greener Homes Initiatives & Build Canada Homes, with respect to energy and efficiency, fossil fuels, and other environmental metrics. Recovery strategy and programs for endangered Southern Mountain Caribou under the Species at Risk Act The Oceans Protection Plan and associated programs with respect to maritime incident prevention, preparedness and response One Canadian Economy: An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act with respect to the inclusion of renewable energy and exclusion of fossil fuels Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations under the Canada Shipping Act with respect to environmental and ocean pollution from discharges, scrubbers, and transportation of oil and dangerous goods Strengthen Canadian climate policy and federal regulation of the oil and gas sector, including through the implementation of the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, the Impact Assessment Act, the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, the cap on oil and gas emissions, oil and gas methane regulations, and the Sustainable Jobs Act The Energy Efficiency Act with respect to energy and efficiency, fossil fuels, and other environmental metrics of buildings and the built environment. The Canada Health Act with respect to misleading advertising Green Taxonomy with respect to regulation of financial institutions. Federal Nature Plan with respect to ensuring old growth forest landscapes are included and supported in all goals including 30% protection by 2030. Corporate Climate Disclosures with respect to regulation of financial institutions. Competition Act, and Climate Aligned Finance Act (CAFA) with respect to regulation of financial institutions.