Lobbying Activity Report

3316-4734

Organization: Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia
Associated registration: 6498-3316-4
Lobbying Activity date: 2020-12-17
Arranged a meeting: Yes
Posted date: 2021-01-15

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Heidi Waechtler
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: David Eby, Attorney General
Attorney General (prior to 2021-01-14) Footnote1

Keith Godin, Assistant Deputy Minister
Governance and Analytics, Education

Scott MacDonald, Deputy Minister
Education

Melanie Mark, Minister
Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport

Jennifer Whiteside, Minister
Education
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy for programs that support Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples through writing, publishing, and education.
  • 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
 Arts and Culture, Education, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Advocacy to incentivize the purchase of BC-published books for K–12 schools and mandate their inclusion in the BC curriculum.
  • 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
 Education, Finances and Budgets
Advocacy to urge the BC Ministry of Education to resume paying copying tariffs to the Access Copyright collective to compensate creators for the use of copyrighted material in K–12 classrooms.
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
 Education
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Heidi Waechtler
 
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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