12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

Council of Canadian Innovators / Benjamin Bergen, President

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2025-09-03

Who is lobbying?

Council of Canadian Innovators (Address & business activities)

Benjamin Bergen, President

Government Funding

Did Council of Canadian Innovators receive government funding within the last 12 months? No

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

Council of Canadian Innovators is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Council of Canadian Innovators does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Affiliates

The activities of Council of Canadian Innovators 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 Council of Canadian Innovators:

What is being lobbied?

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
Advocacy regarding changes to the Personal Information Protection Act	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly	Privacy
Policy and program recommendations regarding innovation and technology - with a specific focus on how the government can improve access to talent, capital, customers and marketplace frameworks for domestic scale-up firms in the province.	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly 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 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 Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to transfer from the Crown for consideration all or part of, or any interest in or asset of, any business, enterprise or institution that provides goods or services to the Crown, a Provincial entity or the public Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to have the private sector instead of the Crown provide goods or services to the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Information Technology
Policy and program recommendations regarding the province's technology and innovation economy, specifically in the area of access to talent	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Advanced Education, Employment and Training, Municipal Affairs, Science and Technology
Policy and program recommendations regarding the province's technology and innovation economy, specifically in the area of a modernized procurement strategy	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Government Procurement
Policy and program recommendations regarding the province's technology and innovation economy, specifically in the area of an intellectual property strategy	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Intellectual Property
Policy and program recommendations regarding the province's technology and innovation economy, specifically in the area of a provincial data strategy	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Freedom of Information, Industry, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Science and Technology
Policy and program recommendations regarding the province's technology and innovation economy, specifically in the area of funding opportunities	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, Finances and Budgets, Mental Health and Addictions, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance
Policy and program recommendations regarding the province's technology and innovation economy, specifically in the area of the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Energy, Environment, Science and Technology
Policy and program recommendations regarding the province's technology and innovation economy, specifically in the area of the province's trade and export strategy	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, Internal Trade, International Trade
Policy and program recommendations regarding the province's technology and innovation economy, specifically in the area of the RevUp Program	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Science and Technology

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

Citizens' Services
Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
Energy and Climate Solutions
Finance
Health
Housing and Municipal Affairs
Infrastructure
Innovate BC
Jobs and Economic Growth
Labour
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies
Office of the Premier
Parliamentary Secretary for Labour
Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills
Transportation and Transit
University of British Columbia

Ministries/Provincial Entities in previous versions
- Advanced Education and Skills Training
- Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation
- Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation
- Mental Health and Addictions
- Minister of State for Trade
- Municipal Affairs
- Transportation and Infrastructure

Who are the lobbyists?

In-house Lobbyists

Lobbyist

Contributions

Benjamin Bergen
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 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Kiersten Enemark
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 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Abhishek Kamat
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 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Dana O'Born
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 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Registration number: 7842-4163
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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
2025-10-21	No	Kiersten Enemark	Maija Duffy, Executive Director, Life Sciences \| Jobs and Economic Growth Kevin Samra, Executive Director \| Innovation, Health	View
2025-10-17	No	Kiersten Enemark	Stuart Restall, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Citizens' Services	View
2025-10-16	No	Kiersten Enemark	Brenda Bailey, MLA for Vancouver-South Granville \| FIN, Finance Jeremy Hewitt, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Policy and Taxation, Finance Tyler Norman, Chief of Staff \| Minister's Office, Finance Douglas Scott, Deputy Minister \| FIN, Finance	View
2025-10-15	No	Kiersten Enemark	Diana Gibson, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head \| Citizens' Services Arjin Toor, Ministerial Assistant \| Citizens' Services	View
2025-09-29	No	Kiersten Enemark	Mahdiyar Biazi, Senior Ministerial Advisor \| JEDI, Jobs and Economic Growth Rick Glumac, MLA for Port Moody-Burquitlam \| Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies Scott Harris, Chief of Staff \| Jobs and Economic Growth Nathan Nankivell, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Jobs and Economic Growth	View
2025-09-26	No	Kiersten Enemark	Stuart Restall, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Citizens' Services	View
2025-09-25	No	Kiersten Enemark	Tyler Norman, Chief of Staff \| Minister's Office, Finance	View
2025-09-05	No	Kiersten Enemark	Theresa Ho, Chief of Staff \| Minister of State for Trade, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies	View
2025-09-03	No	Kiersten Enemark	Maija Duffy, Executive Director, Life Sciences \| Jobs and Economic Growth	View
2025-07-30	No	Abhishek Kamat , Dana O'Born	Denise Evdokimoff, Executive Lead, Deal Management Office \| Citizens' Services Shane Hoag, Executive Director, Procurement Strategy and Governance \| Citizens' Services Stuart Restall, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Citizens' Services	View
2025-07-17	No	Abhishek Kamat , Kiersten Enemark	Brenda Bailey, MLA for Vancouver-South Granville \| FIN, Finance Jeremy Hewitt, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Policy and Taxation, Finance Tyler Norman, Chief of Staff \| Minister's Office, Finance Douglas Scott, Deputy Minister \| FIN, Finance	View
2025-07-10	No	Kiersten Enemark	Tyler Norman, Chief of Staff \| Minister's Office, Finance	View
2025-07-07	No	Kiersten Enemark	Nathan Nankivell, Assistant Deputy Minister \| JEDI, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2025-06-27	No	Kiersten Enemark	Gavin Dew, MLA for Kelowna-Mission \| Legislative Assembly, Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-06-24	Yes	Kiersten Enemark	Tyler Norman, Chief of Staff \| FIN, Finance	View
2025-06-23	No	Kiersten Enemark	Maija Duffy, Executive Director, Technology and Life Sciences \| JEDI, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2025-06-10	Yes	Kiersten Enemark	Mahdiyar Biazi, Senior Ministerial Advisor \| JEDI, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2025-05-15	No	Kiersten Enemark	Shauna Brouwer, Deputy Minister \| CITZ, Citizens' Services	View
2025-05-09	No	Kiersten Enemark	Maya Engelbrecht, Director \| PREM, Office of the Premier Jessica Prince, Assistant Deputy Minister \| PREM, Office of the Premier	View
2025-05-08	No	Kiersten Enemark	Mahdiyar Biazi, Senior Ministerial Advisor \| JEDI, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2025-04-29	No	Kiersten Enemark	Farid Azar, Chief of Staff \| Office of the Minister, Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation	View
2025-04-07	Yes	Abhishek Kamat , Benjamin Bergen	Diana Gibson, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-02-12	Yes	Abhishek Kamat , Benjamin Bergen	Anne Kang, MLA for Burnaby Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-01-27	Yes	Abhishek Kamat , Benjamin Bergen	Gavin Dew, MLA for Kelowna-Mission \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View

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Date Modified:: 2025-11-05

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12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

Council of Canadian Innovators / Benjamin Bergen, President

Who is lobbying?

Council of Canadian Innovators (Address & business activities)

Government Funding

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) 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 by the organization

Who is being lobbied?

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Who are the lobbyists?

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

12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

Council of Canadian Innovators / Benjamin Bergen, President

Council of Canadian Innovators (Address & business activities)

Government Funding

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) 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 by the organization

Ministries/Provincial Entities

Council of Canadian Innovators - Address & business activities

Council of Canadian Innovators / Benjamin Bergen, President