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Exemption granted under the Lobbyist Transparency Act:

Exemption decision number: ED 22-01
Reasons for granting the Exemption:

The applicant served as the former Senior Vice President of the BC Financial Services Authority for ten months and Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Council of British Columbia for five years. She is now the Chief Executive Officer of the YWCA Metro Vancouver. Her application for an exemption under s. 2.3 of the Lobbyists Transparency Act is granted with conditions that she not lobby any public office holders in the Ministry of Finance and certain senior public office holders she worked closely with, regardless of their current position. An organization’s status as a charity on its own is not determinative on whether granting an exemption under s. 2.3 is in the public interest. Not everything a charity or a non-profit does is necessarily in the public interest. The Registrar was satisfied the applicant intends to lobby on matters that do not concern the narrow organizational interests of the YWCA Metro Vancouver but on initiatives that a significant portion of the public stands to benefit from.

Terms of Conditions of the Exemption:

1. The applicant is prohibited from lobbying:
1. Any public office holder of the Ministry of Finance, including elected members of the Legislature responsible for that ministry; and
2. the following individuals, regardless of their current role:
1. Heather Wood;
2. Renee Mounteney;
3. Lori Wanamaker;
4. Tara Richards;
5. Shauna Brouwer;
6. Richard Fyfe; and
7. Michael Noseworthy.
2. The applicant must ensure that reference to Exemption Decision Number: ED 22-01 is included in all Registration Returns in which the applicant is registered as a lobbyist.
3. Failure to comply with either this conditions 1 and 2 above renders this Exemption Decision null and void.