12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

B.C. Pharmacy Association / Geraldine Vance, CEO

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2025-05-09 - Projected End Date: 2030-12-31

Who is lobbying?

B.C. Pharmacy Association (Address & business activities)

Geraldine Vance, CEO

Government Funding

Did B.C. Pharmacy Association receive government funding within the last 12 months? No

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

B.C. Pharmacy Association is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

B.C. Pharmacy Association does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Affiliates

The activities of B.C. Pharmacy Association 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 B.C. Pharmacy Association:

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
Discussions around the development or amendments to pharmacy programs or policies and the role pharmacists play in primary and public health in the province	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	Health
Discussions around the development or amendments to pharmacy programs or policies and the role pharmacists play in primary and public health in the province	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	Finances and Budgets
Discussions around the development or amendments to pharmacy programs or policies and the role pharmacists play in primary and public health in the province.	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	Health, Mental Health and Addictions
Hearing updates on the latest PharmaCare information as it pertains to pharmacists.	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	Health
Meetings with the Ministry of Health and MLAs to provide updates on B.C.'s community pharmacists' work in the province to help in primary care, immunizations and other services.	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	Health, Mental Health and Addictions
Promote the interests of pharmacists and pharmacies and their patients with representatives of Ministry of Health, Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions and the Premier's Office; exchange knowledge of mutual benefit.	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	Health, Mental Health and Addictions

Subject matter details in previous versions

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Advocating for pharmacists' role in Suboxone therapy and renewing opioid agonist treatments to help in B.C's response to the opioid overdose crisis.	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	Mental Health and Addictions
COVID-19 vaccine and testing in community pharmacy	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	Health
Medication Review Services: Program Enhancements Through Telehealth & Virtual Care	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Health
Meetings with the Ministry of Health and MLAs to provide updates on B.C.'s community pharmacists' work in the province on immunizations, opioid agonist treatment, COVID-19 impacts and all services provided by pharmacists.	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	Health, Mental Health and Addictions
Planning for upcoming flu season. Requested update on PPE to support flu administration in community pharmacists.	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	Health
Policy and program recommendations related to COVID-19 vaccination campaign.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Health
The role of pharmacists/pharmacies in delivering COVID-19 boosters	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	Health
Vaccine administration and PPEs, Virtual provision of Medication Review Services, PSD re-organization & Pharmaceutical Care Management Strategy, Special Authority Transformation Project, Flu planning and distribution of flu vaccine, E-prescribing, Biosimilar phase 3, RFP for NRT program, Prescribers refusing to comply with legal prescription requirements	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	Health

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
Health
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Ministries/Provincial Entities in previous versions
- Advanced Education and Skills Training
- Fraser Health Authority
- Mental Health and Addictions
- Provincial Health Services Authority
- Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Who are the lobbyists?

In-house Lobbyists

Lobbyist

Contributions

Devyani Basoodetsing
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No