12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association / Denis Agar, Executive Director

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2025-09-07

Who is lobbying?

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association (Address & business activities)

Denis Agar, Executive Director

Government Funding

Did Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association receive government funding within the last 12 months? Yes

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

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Affiliates

The activities of Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders 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

The following persons or organizations contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association

Environmental Defence Canada (Address information)

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 encouraging the expansion of provincial funding for public transit in British Columbia.	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of 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	Transportation
Advocacy for the installation of transit priority measures on provincially-owned streets and highways.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Transportation
Advocacy for the province to fund a low-income transit fare pass.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Transportation

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
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Office of the Premier
Parliamentary Secretary for Transit
Social Development and Poverty Reduction
Transportation and Transit

Who are the lobbyists?

In-house Lobbyists

Lobbyist

Contributions

Denis Agar
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

Aman Chandi
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

Michelle Scarr
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

Nav Sharma
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: 11142-5947
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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
2025-10-14	No	Denis Agar	George Anderson, MLA for Nanaimo-Lantzville \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-09-05	No	Denis Agar , Nav Sharma	Sunita Dhir, MLA for Vancouver-Langara \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-08-25	No	Denis Agar	Craig Chambers, Communications Manager \| Transportation and Transit Communications Office Victoria, Transportation and Transit Ravi Reetoo, Senior Public Affairs Officer \| Transportation and Transit Communications Office Victoria, Transportation and Transit	View
2025-04-08	No	Michelle Scarr	Emma Murray, Ministerial Advisor \| Minister's Office, Finance	View
2025-04-08	No	Michelle Scarr	George Chow, MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-04-08	No	Michelle Scarr	Jeremy Valeriote, MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Rose Williams, Policy Analyst \| BC Green Caucus, Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-04-08	No	Denis Agar , Aman Chandi	George Anderson, MLA for Nanaimo-Lantzville \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Reg Bawa, ADM \| Transportation and Transit Mike Farnworth, MLA for Port Coquitlam \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-04-08	No	Denis Agar , Aman Chandi	Meghan Sali, Director of Special Projects \| Office of the Premier	View
2025-04-08	No	Denis Agar , Aman Chandi	Allison Bond, Deputy Minister \| Social Development and Poverty Reduction Suzanne Christensen, ADM \| Social Development and Poverty Reduction Sam Turcott, Assistant Deputy Minister \| Social Development and Poverty Reduction	View
2025-04-08	No	Denis Agar , Aman Chandi , Michelle Scarr	George Anderson, MLA for Nanaimo-Lantzville \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View

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Requested Government Funding

Funding Request made to:	Funding Requested	Date Requested
Employment and Social Development Canada	$60,000.00	2024-12-19

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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
Employment and Social Development Canada	$50,000.00	2025-05-05 to 2025-08-29
Employment and Social Development Canada	$55,425.00	2025-05-01 to 2025-09-30

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Date Modified:: 2025-11-05

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12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association / Denis Agar, Executive Director

Who is lobbying?

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association (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

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association / Denis Agar, Executive Director

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association (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

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association - Address & business activities

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association / Denis Agar, Executive Director

Environmental Defence Canada

Requested Government Funding

Received Government Funding