12-Month Lobbying Summary - Organization

Canadian Home Builders' Association of BC / Darren Witt, Interim CEO

Registration Summary

Currently active - Last Updated: 2025-12-01

Who is lobbying?

Canadian Home Builders' Association of BC (Address & business activities)

Darren Witt, Interim CEO

Senior Officer in previous versions
- Neil Moody, CEO

Government Funding

Did Canadian Home Builders' Association of BC receive government funding within the last 12 months? Yes

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

Canadian Home Builders' Association of BC is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Direct Interests of the Lobbying Activity

Affiliates

Canadian Home Builders' Association of BC does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Affiliates

The activities of Canadian Home Builders' Association of BC 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 Canadian Home Builders' Association of BC:

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
Addressing the costs to build homes specifically through improvement of development finance tools such as DCCs, CACs, PST and more.	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	Housing
As part of CHBA BC's Day at the Legislature event, discussed priorities and further action that can be taken around streamline housing approvals, low carbon solutions, and reducing the costs of new homes. This included further improvements to provincial regulations, expanded funded for CleanBC incentives to energy retrofits, and reforms to development finance tools. Initiatives underway to address workforce labour challenges were also discussed.	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	Economic Development and Trade, Energy, Housing
BC Build program and initiatives to standardized applications and streamline approvals for multiplex projects.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Housing
BC Builds announcement and the future engagement and partnership the Province seeks to have with private sector home builders.	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	Housing
CleanBC, amendment to Demand-Side Measures (DSM) Regulation, under the Utilities Commission Act, and impact on future housing construction and affordability.	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	Economic Development and Trade, Energy, Environment, Housing
Discussion on the United to Fix Housing Strategy and how it may impact residential builders while also supporting the need for more housing and affordability in the province, among other necessary measures.	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	Economic Development and Trade, Housing
Discussions on the BC Energy Step Code from the perspective of builders and energy advisors, including costs, meeting the technical requirements, administrative procedures, climate zones, and implementation timelines.	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	Energy, Environment, Housing
Expand funding to grow skilled trades to address labour shortages in the residential construction sector. We recommend that the Province establish targeted and sustained funding to help address labour shortages in the residential construction sector that: ● Support the growth of skilled trades across BC to meet current and future housing construction demand; ● Expand core funding for SkilledTradesBC in the short- and long-term to enable more seats for training and increased fl exibility for programming; ● Ensure regional equity with dedicated funding to support skilled trades in remote communities and among underrepresented groups; ● Are developed in consultation with training providers and industry partners to ensure programs refl ect current industry needs, technologies, and practices; and ● Promote skilled trades career pathways for youth.	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	Colleges & Universities, Education, Employment and Training, Housing
Greater reliance on qualified professionals to support streamlining the approvals process.	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	Housing
Heritage Conservation Act (HCA) and the HCA Transformation Project (HCATP) work update and feedback on how to improve the management of cultural resources, while supporting housing goals and streamlining initiatives.	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	Forestry
Homes for People Action Plan and actions to implement the Development Approvals Process Review, reduce red tape and speed up the delivery of all forms of housing to meet demand and carbon reduction goals.	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	Energy, Housing, Municipal Affairs
Implementation of provincial multiplex policies and foreseeable financing challenges for multiplex projects with lenders. As well as concern with the priority tiers for the Permitting Connect Team and how it may exclude prioritization of small- and medium-sized builders.	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	Housing
Introduction of Prompt Payment legislation in BC and it's impact on BC home builders and future housing. Specifically, current issues relating to the stakeholder engagement process and working group for legislation.	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	Economic Development and Trade, Housing, Labour/Labour Relations
Leave policy for illness and injury for residential construction projects	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	Labour/Labour Relations
Permitting Strategy for Housing and streamlining permits under Forestry, Transportation and Environment including Water Act Permits, Riparian Regulations authorizations, and Archaeological Permits.	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	Agriculture, Environment, Forestry, Housing, Municipal Affairs, Transportation
Update on National Building Code harmonization, Step Code and Building Official challenges in the province.	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	Housing
Wildfire impacts on Course of Construction Insurance and ability for residential projects to proceed during the season.	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	Finances and Budgets, Forestry, Housing

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

Attorney General
Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
Finance
Forests
Housing and Municipal Affairs
Jobs and Economic Growth
Labour
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Office of the Premier
Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development
Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills
Water, Land and Resource Stewardship

Ministries/Provincial Entities in previous versions
- Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation
- Municipal Affairs

Who are the lobbyists?

In-house Lobbyists

Lobbyist

Contributions

Pauline Rupp
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: No

Heesoo Scott
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

Mahsa Toghrai
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

Lobbyists in previous versions

In-house Lobbyists
Lobbyist	BC Former Public Office Holder Positions	Contributions
Neil Moody	Former Public Office Holder in BC: No	Contributions: No

Registration number: 11803-752
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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
2026-01-14	No	Heesoo Scott	Linda Hepner, MLA for Surrey-Serpentine River \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Peter Milobar, MLA for Kamloops Centre \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-12-12	No	Heesoo Scott	Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs \| Housing and Municipal Affairs Carrie Dye, Director, Program and Change Management (Permitting Solutions Branch) \| Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Randene Neill, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship \| Water, Land and Resource Stewardship	View
2025-11-26	No	Heesoo Scott	George Anderson, MLA for Nanaimo-Lantzville \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs \| Housing and Municipal Affairs	View
2025-11-14	No	Heesoo Scott	Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs \| Housing and Municipal Affairs Ravi Parmar, Minister of Forests \| Forests Jessica Ruskin, Executive Director, Forest Resiliency and Archaeology Division \| Forests	View
2025-10-17	No	Heesoo Scott	Carrie Dye, Director, Program and Change Management (Permitting Solutions Branch) \| Water, Land and Resource Stewardship	View
2025-09-25	No	Heesoo Scott , Neil Moody	Niki Sharma, Attorney General \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-08-20	No	Heesoo Scott , Neil Moody	Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs \| Housing and Municipal Affairs	View
2025-08-19	No	Neil Moody	Katie Armitage, Legal Counsel \| Policy and Legislation Division, Attorney General	View
2025-08-07	No	Neil Moody	Hon. Jennifer Whiteside, Minister \| Labour	View
2025-07-30	No	Neil Moody	Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing & Municipal Affairs \| Housing and Municipal Affairs	View
2025-07-30	No	Neil Moody	Niki Sharma, Attorney General \| Attorney General	View
2025-07-23	No	Neil Moody	Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth \| Jobs and Economic Growth	View
2025-07-23	No	Neil Moody	Jessie Sunner, Minister of Post-Secondary Education \| Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills	View
2025-07-23	No	Neil Moody	Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing & Municipal Affairs \| Housing and Municipal Affairs	View
2025-07-04	No	Heesoo Scott , Neil Moody	Ranjeet Gill, Director, Distribution Design \| British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Charlotte Mitha, Executive Vice President \| Operations, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority	View
2025-07-04	No	Neil Moody	Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing & Municipal Affairs \| Housing and Municipal Affairs	View
2025-07-04	No	Neil Moody	Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions \| Energy and Climate Solutions	View
2025-06-27	No	Neil Moody	Gavin Dew, MLA for Kelowna-Mission \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-06-02	No	Neil Moody	Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Labour \| Labour	View
2025-04-22	No	Heesoo Scott	Jody Toor, MLA for Langley-Willowbrook \| Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly	View
2025-03-21	Yes	Heesoo Scott , Neil Moody	Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing \| Housing and Municipal Affairs	View

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Canadian Home Builders' Association of BC - Address & business activities

Address:

400-6400 Roberts Street
Burnaby, BC V5G 4C9
Canada

Contact information in previous versions
- 400-6400 Roberts Street
  
  Burnaby, BC V5G 4C9
  Canada
- BCIT Campus, Bldg NW5
  3700 Willingdon Ave.
  Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
  Canada
- 3700 Willingdon Avenue
  Building NW5
  Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
  Canada
  
  Fax number: 604-432-9038
- 3700 Willingdon Avenue
  
  Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
  Canada
  
  Fax number: 604-432-9038

Description of Activities:
The Canadian Home Builders' Association of British Columbia is the leading advocate of the residential construction industry across the province. We work to the benefit of our members and the public through excellence in government and public relations, education and building innovation.

Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:
- The Canadian Home Builders' Association of British Columbia is the voice of the residential construction industry in B.C., and represents more than 1,800 CHBA BC members. Our Association is dedicated to fostering a housing environment in which the industry operates effectively and professionally while maintaining affordability and profitability. CHBA BC members represent every area of British Columbia's housing industry - new home builders and renovators, land developers, trade contractors, product and material manufacturers, building product suppliers, lending institutions, insurance providers, service professionals and others.
- The Canadian Home Builders' Association of British Columbia is the voice of the residential construction industry in B.C., and represents more than 1,700 CHBA BC members. Our Association is dedicated to fostering a housing environment in which the industry operates effectively and professionally while maintaining affordability and profitability. CHBA BC members represent every area of British Columbia's housing industry - new home builders and renovators, land developers, trade contractors, product and material manufacturers, building product suppliers, lending institutions, insurance providers, service professionals and others.
- The Canadian Home Builders' Association of British Columbia is the voice of the residential construction industry in B.C., and represents more than 1,500 CHBA BC members. Our Association is dedicated to fostering a housing environment in which the industry operates effectively and professionally while maintaining affordability and profitability. CHBA BC members represent every area of British Columbia's housing industry - new home builders and renovators, land developers, trade contractors, product and material manufacturers, building product suppliers, lending institutions, insurance providers, service professionals and others.
- The Canadian Home Builders' Association of British Columbia is the voice of the residential construction industry in B.C., and represents more than 1,500 CHBA BC members. Our Association is dedicated to fostering a housing environment in which the industry operates effectively and professionally while maintaining affordability and profitability. CHBA BC members represent every area of British Columbia's housing industry - new home builders and renovators, land developers, trade contractors, product and material manufacturers, building product suppliers, lending institutions, insurance providers, service professionals and others.
- Founded in 1967, the Canadian Home Builders' Association of British Columbia (CHBA BC) is the voice of the residential construction industry in BC. Comprising of over 1700 builder, renovator and supplier companies, CHBA BC supports and effective, well-trained, professional industry that ensures sustainable, well-built, affordable housing for all British Columbians.
- Founded in 1967, the Canadian Home Builders' Association of British Columbia (www.chbabc.org) is the voice of the residential construction industry in BC. Comprising over 1700 builder, renovator, and supplier companies, CHBA BC supports an effective, well-trained, professional industry that ensures sustainable, well-built, affordable housing for all British Columbians.

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
Minister of State for Workforce Development	$1,000,000.00	2023-03-31 to 2025-03-31

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Date Modified:: 2026-01-19

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