Lobbying Activity Report

628-10393

Organization: Business Council of British Columbia
Associated registration: 1251-628-26
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-05-26
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2021-06-15

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Greg D'Avignon Footnote1
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Don Bain, Deputy Chief of Staff
Office of the Premier

Amber Hockin, Deputy Chief of Staff
Office of the Premier

Geoff Meggs, Chief of Staff
Office of the Premier
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Building prosperity in BC; Life Science research and development opportunities; federal government Innovation Supercluster; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); Cascadia Corridor; Innovation Commissioner; Technology/Innovation in regard to use of government data; Low Carbon Industrial Strategy (LCIS); Immigration, Investment and Industrial Strategy for BC; Tenure Policy; Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) framework; Mitacs funding; Bridal Veil Mountain Resort proposal; InBC
  • 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
Contract tracing and screening at worksites in regards to COVID-19; vaccine rollout
  • 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
COVID-19, Health
Feedback on Indigenous relations with respect to reconciliation policy; the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Business Certainty, Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC); Capacity Building with First Nations; Governance; Regulatory Efficiency; Land Use and Environmental Decision-Making Processes, Indigenous Business and Investment Council (IBIC), First Nations Public Service Secretariat
  • 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, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Forest policy; tenure; Cariboo
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Forestry
Indigenous Intern Leadership Program
  • 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
Employment and Training, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Internships and Co-ops; Work-Integrated Learning; Changing labour market and talent demands; provincial nominee program; rapid reskilling
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Employment and Training
LNG Policy; Climate Policy; Electricity; BC Utilities Commission; Low Carbon Industrial Strategy; Site C; Transmission; Electrification; Energy Infrastructure; Geoscience BC funding
  • 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
Energy, Environment
Trade policy; United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA); Asia & China export and economic strategy
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
International Trade
Transit and transportation policy; UBC Skytrain extension; transportation sustainability; Cascadia Innovation Corridor; cross border trucking
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Transportation
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Greg D'Avignon
 
The above name is that of the most senior paid officer who is responsible for filing a Lobbying Activity Report for the organization (the Designated Filer), whether that person participated in this lobbying activity or not.
 
  1. Footnote1  Indicates new information that was added through a Lobbying Activity Report.

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