Lobbying Activity Report

1628-45500

Organization: Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Associated registration: 11343-1628-45
Lobbying Activity date: 2025-09-17
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2025-09-19

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: John Wilson
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Eric Peters, Chief of Staff
Minister's Office, Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills

Jessie Sunner, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and
Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Report on meeting published in Chamber newsletter and available at victoriachamber.ca as well as on Chamber socials:

Minister meets with Chamber to hear about business issues

The Chamber would like to thank BC's Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, Jessie Sunner, for meeting with members of Greater Victoria's business community today.

The Minister had lunch with Chamber members and staff after a tour of Camosun College's Interurban Campus. The meeting was a welcome opportunity to hear about the province's plans to address ongoing challenges in BC, and hear from businesses about the value of supporting local education as well as urgent issues facing Greater Victoria.


Members from the post-secondary sector as well as aviation, hospitality and transportation industries spoke candidly with the Minister about actions they would like to see happen.

"We spoke about investing in trades training, and we also spoke about the crisis happening in downtown Victoria, and the need to not damage businesses there," Chamber CEO John Wilson said. "Yes, this is a complex problem that involves all levels of government, but that is precisely why we need all levels of government to listen to business."


Policies like a Canada-wide restriction on foreign workers or allowing downtown Victoria public sector offices to remain vacant have ripple effects that hamper the ability of businesses to operate.

Without the vibrancy that businesses create everyday, there's a real risk we're hollowing out an invaluable economic engine for our region. Footnote1
  • 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, Economic Development and Trade, Employment and Training, Finances and Budgets, Justice and Law Enforcement, Small Business, Taxation and Finance Footnote1
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: John Wilson
 
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.
 
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