Lobbying Activity Report

3440-2476

Organization: Carpenters' Regional Council
Associated registration: 6793-3440-2
Lobbying Activity date: 2020-08-20
Arranged a meeting: Yes
Posted date: 2020-09-14

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Clyde Scollan Footnote1
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Ravi Kahlon, Parliamentary Secretary
NDP MLA Legislative Offices, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development

Jeff Vasey, Assistant Deputy Minister
Mass Timber Implementation, Municipal Affairs and Housing Footnote1
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Inform on the role that Union Training Centres can play to help provide construction workers with the skills necessary for mass timber construction projects.
  • 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, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Infrastructure, Labour/Labour Relations, Regional Development
Update Parliamentary Secretary Kahlon on the United Brotherhood of Carpenters' initiatives and development of training programs for our members working on mass timber projects.
  • 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
Email to PS Ravi Kahlon and ADM Jeff Vasey introducing Mike Yorke, President of the Carpenters District Council of Ontario. Mike leads the mass timber construction initiative for the UBC in that province where they have developed a comprehensive mass timber training program. The BCRCC is expanding its capability to support mass timber construction in British Columbia by developing a skilled workforce through the delivery of this sector specific training program. Mike Yorke has extended an invitation to PS Kahlon and ADM Jeff Vasey to attend the College of Carpenters in Vaughan, Ontario to discuss the rapid growth of the mass timber construction sector and how the development and delivery of their mass timber training program has supported this sectors growth and provided sustainable employment. Footnote1
  • 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, Employment and Training, Infrastructure, Labour/Labour Relations, Regional Development Footnote1
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Mark Derton
 
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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