Lobbying Activity Report

463-6341

Organization: BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU)
Associated registration: 2115-463-12
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-01-11
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2021-02-16

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Danielle Marchand
Stephanie Smith
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Katrina Chen, Minister of State
Minister of State for Child Care
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Accelerated transition of all currently licensed childcare programs to a provincially funded support model based on the prototype childcare sites. Footnote1
  • 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
 Children and Families Footnote1
Building on the Early Childhood Educator Wage Enhancement program from 2019, the government should implement a provincial wage grid and ensure a comprehensive package that includes benefits and pension Footnote1
  • 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
 Children and Families, Labour/Labour Relations Footnote1
Childcare capital spending should be focused on public providers, and efforts should be made to remove funding barriers for First Nations communities and other public/non-profit providers Footnote1
  • 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
 Children and Families Footnote1
COVID-19 and Childcare: The BCGEU is calling on the government to bring back Temporary Emergency Funding (TEF) to support childcare programs. Footnote1
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
 COVID-19, Children and Families Footnote1
Expanded childcare as Part of BC’s Economic Recovery. Footnote1
  • 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
 COVID-19, Children and Families, Economic Development and Trade Footnote1
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Stephanie Smith
 
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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