Lobbying Activity Report

586-31487

Organization: BC Teachers' Federation
Associated registration: 6898-586-66
Lobbying Activity date: 2023-11-29
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2023-12-15

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Clint Johnston Footnote1
Carole Gordon Footnote1
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Brittany Anderson, Parliamentary Secretary
Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism and Premier’s Special Advisor on Youth

Harry Baines, Minister
Labour

Jagrup Brar, MLA for Surrey-Fleetwood
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Spencer Chandra-Herbert, MLA Vancouver West-End
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Susie Chant, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

George Chow, MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Fin Donnelly, MLA for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Megan Dykeman, MLA for Langley East
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

David Eby, Premier
Office of the Premier

Mable Elmore, MLA for Vancouver-Kensington
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA for Courtenay-Comox
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Sheila Malcolmson, MLA for Nanaimo
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Kelli Paddon, MLA for Chilliwack-Kent
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Hon. Bruce Ralston, Minister of Forests
Minister's Office, Forests

Murray Rankin, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Nicholas Simons, MLA for Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Jinny Sims, MLA for Surrey-Panorama
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care
Education and Child Care

Jennifer Whiteside, MLA for New Westminster
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Funding for inclusive and flourishing schools including, increased educational funding to meet the real, identified needs of classrooms, schools, and school districts; providing dedicated funding for teacher recruitment and retention to address acute teacher shortages in BC; and, terminating the prevalence-based model for special education funding and align special education funding with identified needs.
  • 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
Advanced Education, Children and Families, Colleges & Universities, Education
Improving public education and advocating for measures to address recruitment and retention issues with teachers. Consult with educational stakeholders to develop a targeted recruitment and retention plan for specialist teachers (speech-language pathologists, school psychologists, counsellors, learning assistance teachers, special education teachers, teachers of English language learners, and other teachers) to support underfunding and high caseloads for current teacher specialists. Recruitment and retention within the Nisga'a School District.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to transfer from the Crown for consideration all or part of, or any interest in or asset of, any business, enterprise or institution that provides goods or services to the Crown, a Provincial entity or the public
Advanced Education, Children and Families, Colleges & Universities, Education, Employment and Training, Privatization and Outsourcing
Recruitment and retention issues and the need for ongoing funding for recruitment and retention issues, including addressing the backlog of teacher certification applications as the Teacher Regulation Branch and the expansion of post-secondary teacher education training spaces and tuition subsidies for teacher candidates. Need for data collection, teacher education and the impact of "failures to fill."
  • 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
Student Learning Conditions
  • 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
  • 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
  • Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to transfer from the Crown for consideration all or part of, or any interest in or asset of, any business, enterprise or institution that provides goods or services to the Crown, a Provincial entity or the public
  • Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to have the private sector instead of the Crown provide goods or services to the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
COVID-19, Children and Families, Education, Emergency Preparedness, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Mental Health and Addictions, Poverty, Privacy, Science and Technology
Teaching and working conditions in public education K-12
  • 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
Advanced Education, COVID-19, Children and Families, Economic Development and Trade, Education, Employment and Training, Environment, Freedom of Information, Health, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Information Technology, Labour/Labour Relations, Poverty, Privatization and Outsourcing
Worsening mental health and physical conditions reported by BC K-12 teachers.
  • 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
  • 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
Education, Mental Health and Addictions
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Amber Mitchell
 
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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