Aboriginal Affairs

Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

First Nations Subcommittee - consultation, accommodation, non-treaty agreements.

Target Contacts

Environment

Arranging meeting between an individual and a public office holder for purpose of lobbying

Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Mountain Caribou - Provincial response to federal recovery strategy; Mountain Caribou Progress Board; Species at Risk - BC Plan, Conservation, Migratory Birds Convention Act.

Target Contacts

Forestry

Arranging meeting between an individual and a public office holder for purpose of lobbying

Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Mountain Caribou - Provincial response to federal recovery strategy;Mountain Caribou Progress Board; Cumulative Effects - draft provincial policy review; Forage Objective & Grazing Leases - proposed by BC Cattlemen; Forest Practices Board - Effectiveness Review; Northeast Initiatives - activities and initiatives review [First Nations, Caribou, etc.]; First Nation's Agreements (RSEA, Carrier-Sekani TC, Skeena ESI)North East Strategy - development of, and participation on the Strategic Advisory Group, Cumulative Effects; Wolf Kill meetings.

Target Contacts

Environment

Arranging meeting between an individual and a public office holder for purpose of lobbying

Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

Increase opportunities for benefitical use of wood ash from forestry facilities to reduce the need for landfilling; Improve regulation of sawmill emissions via a code of practice instead of permitting; Ensure climate change regulation recognizes forest sector circumstances appropriately;Ensure development of Wood Processing Code of Practice properly accounts for the circumstances of COFI member companies and forest industry generally; Identify and eliminate regulatory barriers to beneficial use of biomass ash from forestry operations; Ensure government climate change policies take into account the circumstances of the forest sector including its mitigation potential and the competitiveness impacts of reglatory or policy proposals; Ensure new eReporting requirements address the concerns of forest sector including pulp and paper companies.

Target Contacts

Labour/Labour Relations

Awarding, amendment or termination of a contract, grant or financial benefit

Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Ensure government labour market programs are supporting forest sector needs, potentially make request in future for government funding for forest sector training or labour market initiatives; Labour Market Partnerships Program funding to implement strategy to position the forest sector for recruitment success with key target groups.

Target Contacts

Labour/Labour Relations

Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

Ensure WorkSafeBC regulations and policies take into account the circumstances of the forest sector.

Target Contacts

Forestry

Arranging meeting between an individual and a public office holder for purpose of lobbying

Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

Development of new legislation - Natural Resource Road Act & Regulations; Modificfation of existing legislation, regulations and policy with regard to improved forest residual fibre, movement, measurement and billing; Harvest waste and special forest products policies to improve the utilization of forest fibre residuals; Influence setting and priorization of governments's forestry related public policy change agenda through the Provincial Forestry Forum.

Target Contacts

Forestry

Arranging meeting between an individual and a public office holder for purpose of lobbying

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

Area Based Tenure Legislation. Discussion ongoing on perspectives introduced in Legislature. Discussions on timber supply, timber pricing and competitiveness of Forest Industry. Species at Risk: BC Plan, Mountain Caribou, Provincial response to federal recovery strategy. Consideration of BC Timber Sales. Discussions on industry competitiveness, timber supply, skills training, FII, market development, mission to Asia, mill safety. Attended Trans Pacific Partnership Meeting (TPP).

Target Contacts

International Relations

Arranging meeting between an individual and a public office holder for purpose of lobbying

Discussions on Softwood Lumber Agreement and renewal. Discussions on Forest Innovation Investment (FII) and core review. Discussions on market development and future government missions to Asia.

Target Contacts