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Exemption granted under the Lobbyist Transparency Act:

Exemption decision number: ED 24-01
Reasons for granting the Exemption:

From late 2022 to late 2023, the applicant served as Assistant Deputy Minister, Government Digital Experience, in the Ministry of Citizens’ Services. Prior to this, the applicant was an executive lead in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. In November 2023, the applicant started working for British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. (BC Ferries) on a secondment from the provincial government as Executive Director of Communications. He became a full-time employee of BC Ferries on April 8, 2024. The applicant’s request to be exempted from the two-year prohibition on lobbying under s. 2.3 of the Lobbyists Transparency Act (LTA) is granted. The prohibition’s purpose is to prevent individuals from marketing information and relationships gained at public expense for private advantage. The ultimate ownership of BC Ferries rests with the province, which means the applicant is moving from a government body to a government-owned body. To the extent BC Ferries might be said to gain advantage from the proposed lobbying activity, the public should be the ultimate beneficiary. In these circumstances, the Registrar found it in the public interest to grant the applicant an exemption from the two-year prohibition on lobbying.

Terms of Conditions of the Exemption:

1. For the reasons set out above, I am satisfied that it is in the public interest to exempt the applicant from the two-year prohibition in s. 2.2.
2. As a condition for granting this exemption under s. 2.3 of the LTA, the applicant must ensure that Exemption Decision Number ED 24-01 is included in all Registration Returns in which the applicant is registered as a lobbyist, until April 8, 2026. Failure to comply with this condition renders this Exemption Decision null and void.