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12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

Futurpreneur Canada / Karen Greve Young, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2023-05-10

Who is lobbying?

Futurpreneur Canada (Address & business activities)

Karen Greve Young, Chief Executive Officer

Government Funding

Did Futurpreneur Canada request or receive government funding within the last 12 months? Yes

Coalition Members Information

Futurpreneur Canada is not a coalition member.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Futurpreneur Canada does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Affiliates

The activities of Futurpreneur Canada are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of Futurpreneur Canada:

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

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
Futurpreneur Canada will seek funding in order to help young entrepreneurs start businesses. Futurpreneur Canada will encourage government to use resources to promote and support entrepreneurship as a viable career path and to encourage related skills development. Young entrepreneurs can address youth unemployment challenges by starting and taking over businesses, creating jobs and government revenues, and contributing to robust, sustainable growth.	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, Finances and Budgets, International Trade, Non-Profit Organization, Regional Development, Small Business

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

Who is being lobbied?

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Finance
Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation
Labour
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Office of the Premier

Ministries/Provincial Entities in previous versions
- Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development
- Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation

Who are the lobbyists?

In-house Lobbyists

Lobbyist

Contributions

Micah Anshan
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Karen Greve Young
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Janis Nixon
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Megane Visette
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Andrea Welling
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Registration number: 1471-1505
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Lobbying Activity Reports

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?

What lobbying activities have taken place in the last 12 months?
Date	Arranging a Meeting	Lobbyists	Senior Public Office Holder, Position Title \| Ministry/Provincial Entity	Subject Matters
2023-11-10	No	Micah Anshan , Andrea Welling	Mike Starchuk, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-10-16	No	Megane Visette , Micah Anshan , Andrea Welling	Jordan Bennett, Director, Strategic Initiatives \| Small Business Branch, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2023-09-14	Yes	Micah Anshan , Andrea Welling	Mike Starchuk, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-07-18	No	Micah Anshan , Andrea Welling	Henry Yao, MLA for Richmond South Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-05-04	No	Micah Anshan , Karen Greve Young	Mike Starchuk, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-05-04	No	Micah Anshan , Karen Greve Young	Henry Yao, MLA for Richmond South Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-05-04	No	Micah Anshan , Karen Greve Young	Jordan Bennett, Director, Strategic Initiatives \| Small Business Branch, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Debbie Smollett, Executive Director \| Small Business Branch, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2023-05-03	No	Micah Anshan , Karen Greve Young , Andrea Welling	Brenda Bailey, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation \| Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2023-05-03	No	Micah Anshan , Karen Greve Young	Janet Routledge, MLA for Burnaby North \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-04-13	No	Micah Anshan	Tom Shypitka, MLA for Kootenay East \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-04-13	Yes	Micah Anshan	Mike Starchuk, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-04-13	Yes	Micah Anshan	Henry Yao, MLA for Richmond South Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-04-12	No	Micah Anshan	Megan Dykeman, MLA for Langley East \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-04-12	No	Micah Anshan	Adam Walker, MLA for Parksville-Qualicum \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-04-12	No	Micah Anshan	Brittny Anderson, MLA for Nelson-Creston \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-04-12	Yes	Micah Anshan	Janet Routledge, MLA for Burnaby North \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-04-06	Yes	Micah Anshan	Jordan Bennett, Director, Strategic Initiatives \| Small Business Branch, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Swin Chai, Senior Director, Small Business Programs \| Small Business Branch, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Debbie Smollett, Executive Director \| Small Business Branch, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View

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Futurpreneur Canada - Address & business activities

Address:

2015 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5T 3C2
Canada

Telephone number: 604-598-2923

Contact information in previous versions
- 425 Carrall Street, Suite 580
  
  Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 604-598-2923
- 425 Carrall Street, Suite 580
  
  Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-882-0114
- 425 Carrall Street, Suite 580
  
  Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-408-2923
- 133 Richmond St W
  
  Toronto, BC M5H 2L3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-408-2923
- 133 Richmond St W
  
  Toronto, ON M5H 2L3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-408-2923
- 133 Richmond St. W., Suite 700
  
  Toronto, ON M5H 2L3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-408-2923
- 133 Richmond St. W - Suite 700
  
  Toronto, ON M5H 2L3
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 416-408-2923
  
  Fax number: 416-408-3234

Description of Activities:
Futurpreneur Canada has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada's young enterprise for over two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our industry-leading mentoring program matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of over 2,400 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur Canada is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- Futurpreneur Canada has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada's young enterprise for over two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our industry-leading mentoring program matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of over 3,000 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur Canada is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
- Futurpreneur Canada has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada's young enterprise for over two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our industry-leading mentoring program matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of over 3,000 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur Canada is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
- Futurpreneur Canada has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada's young enterprise for over two decades. We are the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our industry-leading mentoring program matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of nearly 3,000 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur Canada is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
- Futurpreneur Canada (formerly the Canadian Youth Business Foundation, or CYBF) is the only national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our internationally recognized mentoring program hand matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of more than 2,800 volunteer mentors. Futurpreneur is a founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance, the Canadian member of The Prince's Youth Business International, and the Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
- Futurpreneur Canada is a national non-profit organization dedicated to growing our nation's economy one young entrepreneur at a time. We look at character not collateral, when providing youth, age 18-39, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring, to help them launch and sustain a successful entrepreneurial business. CYBF is a founding member of the global G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance (G20 YEA).

Requested Government Funding

Funding Request made to:	Funding Requested	Date Requested
Government of Alberta	$375,000.00	2023-04-01

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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
Government of Alberta	$750,000.00	2020-07-23 to 2023-06-30
Government of Canada - Global Affairs	$92,620.00	2023-03-01 to 2023-03-31
Government of Canada - ISED	$7,600,000.00	2019-04-01 to 2024-03-31
Government of Canada - ISED (COVID-19 package)	$20,100,000.00	2020-04-28 to 2024-03-31
Government of Manitoba	$750,000.00	2020-12-07 to 2023-03-31
Government of Manitoba	$900,000.00	2023-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Government of New Brunswick	$10,000.00	2022-01-13 to 2023-03-31
Government of Nova Scotia	$100,000.00	2022-03-10 to 2023-03-31
Government of Nova Scotia	$600,000.00	2023-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Government of Ontario	$1,000,000.00	2022-02-25 to 2023-03-31
Government of Ontario	$2,000,000.00	2023-04-01 to 2024-03-31
Government of Saskatchewan	$20,000.00	2022-06-09 to 2022-09-30
Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	$488,000.00	2023-04-01 to 2025-03-31

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Date Modified:: 2023-11-22