12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant Lobbyist

Wine Growers British Columbia Society / Moe Sihota, Consultant Lobbyist

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2023-12-15

Who is lobbying?

Wine Growers British Columbia Society (Address & business activities)

Government Funding

Did Wine Growers British Columbia Society request or receive government funding within the last 12 months? Yes

Coalition Members Information

Wine Growers British Columbia Society is not a coalition member.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Wine Growers British Columbia Society does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Affiliates

The activities of Wine Growers British Columbia Society 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 Wine Growers British Columbia Society:

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will the consultant lobbyist be arranging meetings between a public office holder and the client for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed:

Yes

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Direct sale of Wine above a wholesale price level;	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation 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	Agriculture, Consumer Issues, Economic Development and Trade, Internal Trade, Regional Development, Taxation and Finance
Government assistance for crop damaged caused by climate change resuklting in freeze damage to wine buds	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	Environment
Improved Agriculture Land Comission Policies	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation	Agriculture
Modernize Bc Industry Licensing Regieme	Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation	Agriculture, Liquor Control/Alcohol
Modernize Sales Agreement between wine producers and the Liqour Distribution Branch	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Economic Development and Trade
Offset Impacts of Federal Excise Tax on support progrrams	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Finances and Budgets
Regulatory Changes to Temporary Expanded Service Areas for BC Wineries	Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation	Agriculture, Liquor Control/Alcohol
Responsible Consumption of Wine Campaign	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Consumer Issues
Seeking assistance for climate related damage to grapes and vineyards and consequential short crops	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Agriculture
Seeking to safeguard existing industry support programs offered through the Liqour Distribution Branch and related Ministeries of Agriculture, Finance and Solicitor General	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Finances and Budgets

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders

Lobbyists are required to provide information regarding gifts or benefits provided within the last 12 months to a public office holder they have lobbied. For more information, review the Guide to Lobbyist Gifts.

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

Agriculture and Food
British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch
Destination BC Corp
Finance
Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Office of the Premier
Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development
Provincial Health Services Authority
Public Safety and Solicitor General
Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport

Who is the lobbyist?

Moe Sihota, Consultant Lobbyist (Business address and contact information)

Parhar Investments&Consulting Ltd (Address & contact information)

Former Public Office Holder in BC: Yes

Relevant Codes of Conduct: The consultant lobbyist does not have in place an undertaking to comply with any relevant codes of conduct.

Individuals Hired by the Consultant Lobbyist to Lobby on Behalf of the Client:

No individuals have been hired or subcontracted to lobby on behalf of the client for this registration.

Contingency Information:

Payment to the consultant lobbyist by the client, in whole or in part, is not contingent on the outcome of this lobbying activity.
Payment to the consultant lobbyist by the client, in whole or in part, is not contingent on the success in arranging a meeting with public office holders on behalf of the client.

Who has provided contributions?

Consultant has lobbied, or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this client, on or after 2020-09-21:

Yes

Has made a political contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2020-09-21:	Consultant:	Yes
	Client:	No
Has made a sponsorship contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2020-09-21:	Consultant:	No
	Client:	No
Has made a recall contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2020-09-21:	Consultant:	No
	Client:	No

Registration number: 2094-4052
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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	Senior Public Office Holder, Position Title \| Ministry/Provincial Entity	Subject Matters
2024-03-06	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2024-03-06	No	Stefan Avlijas, Chief of Staff \| Agriculture and Food	View
2024-03-05	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2024-02-28	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2024-02-21	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2024-02-08	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2024-02-07	No	Pam Alexis, Minister \| Agriculture and Food Stefan Avlijas, Chief of Staff \| Agriculture and Food Peter Pokorny, Deputy Minister \| Agriculture and Food	View
2024-02-05	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2024-02-03	No	Claire Edmonds, Ministerial Assistant \| Minister's office, Public Safety and Solicitor General	View
2024-01-31	No	Stefan Avlijas, Chief of Staff \| Agriculture and Food	View
2024-01-31	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2024-01-26	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2024-01-23	No	Stefan Avlijas, Chief of Staff \| Agriculture and Food	View
2024-01-23	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-12-15	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-12-14	No	Mike Farnworth, Minister \| Public Safety and Solicitor General	View
2023-11-29	No	Don Bain, ADM \| Office of the Premier	View
2023-11-29	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-11-20	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-11-15	No	Stefan Avlijas, Chief of Staff \| Agriculture and Food	View
2023-11-10	No	Stefan Avlijas, Chief of Staff \| Agriculture and Food	View
2023-10-25	No	Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Destination BC Corp	View
2023-10-23	No	Stefan Avlijas, Chief of Staff \| Agriculture and Food Roly Russel, MLA \| Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development	View
2023-10-20	No	David Eby, Premier \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Roly Russel, MLA \| Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development	View
2023-09-20	No	Stefan Avlijas, Chief of Staff \| Agriculture and Food	View
2023-09-14	No	Blain Lawson, President \| British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch Erin McEwan, Executive Director \| British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch	View
2023-08-15	No	Byron Jonson, Director \| Agriculture and Food Michelle Koski, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Agriculture and Food	View
2023-08-09	No	Claire Edmonds, Ministerial Assistant \| Minister's office, Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, Minister \| Public Safety and Solicitor General Melissa Maher, Ministerial Advisor \| MInister's Office, Public Safety and Solicitor General Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2023-07-11	No	Stefan Avlijas, Chief of Staff \| Agriculture and Food	View
2023-07-05	No	Pam Alexis, Minister \| Agriculture and Food	View
2023-06-27	No	Pam Alexis, Minister \| Agriculture and Food Michelle Grant, Provincial Director \| Supply Chain, Provincial Health Services Authority	View
2023-06-21	No	Stefan Avlijas, Chief of Staff \| Agriculture and Food	View
2023-06-19	No	Claire Edmonds, Ministerial Assistant \| Public Safety and Solicitor General	View
2023-06-13	No	Claire Edmonds, Ministerial Assistant \| Public Safety and Solicitor General Kim Horn, ADM \| Finance Erin McEwan, Executive Director \| British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch	View
2023-05-18	No	Michelle Koski, ADM \| Agriculture and Food	View
2023-05-18	No	Claire Edmonds, Ministerial Assistant \| Public Safety and Solicitor General	View
2023-05-17	No	Claire Edmonds, Ministerial Assistant \| Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, Minister \| Public Safety and Solicitor General Kim Horn, ADM \| Finance Erin McEwan, Vice President \| British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch	View
2023-05-15	No	Claire Edmonds, Ministerial Assistant \| Public Safety and Solicitor General	View
2023-05-09	No	Claire Edmonds, Ministerial Assistant \| Public Safety and Solicitor General	View
2023-04-24	No	Roly Russel, MLA \| Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development	View

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Requested Government Funding

Funding Request made to:	Funding Requested	Date Requested
Destination BC Corp	$210,000.00	2023-01-31

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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
Agriculture, Food and Fisheries	$55,650.00	2022-08-24 to 2023-03-31
Agriculture, Food and Fisheries	$74,900.00	2022-04-01 to 2022-12-31
Destination BC Corp	$225,624.00	2022-05-20 to 2023-03-31
Destination BC Corp	$210,000.00	2023-01-31 to 2024-03-31

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Date Modified:: 2024-01-29

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12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant Lobbyist

Wine Growers British Columbia Society / Moe Sihota, Consultant Lobbyist

Who is lobbying?

Wine Growers British Columbia Society (Address & business activities)

Government Funding

Coalition Members Information

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Other Affiliates

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

What is being lobbied?

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders

Who is being lobbied?

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Who is the lobbyist?

Moe Sihota, Consultant Lobbyist (Business address and contact information)

Who has provided contributions?

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

12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant Lobbyist

Wine Growers British Columbia Society / Moe Sihota, Consultant Lobbyist

Wine Growers British Columbia Society (Address & business activities)

Government Funding

Coalition Members Information

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Other Affiliates

Contributors with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Moe Sihota, Consultant Lobbyist (Business address and contact information)

Wine Growers British Columbia Society - Address & business activities

Wine Growers British Columbia Society / Moe Sihota, Consultant Lobbyist

Parhar Investments&Consulting Ltd

Requested Government Funding

Received Government Funding