Registration - Organization

Loblaw Companies Limited / Gord Chem, SVP, Discount Operations

Registration Information

Organization name: Loblaw Companies Limited
Senior Officer Name: Gord Chem, SVP, Discount Operations
Initial registration start date: 2018-08-28
Registration status: Inactive
Registration number: 1192-1990

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Total number of Lobbying Activity Reports: 1

Lobbying Activity Reports - last 6 months: 0

Version 2 of 2 (2020-06-07 to 2021-02-17)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will any of the lobbyists listed within this registration arrange a meeting between a public office holder and any other individual for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed below:

Yes

Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy for development of retail sector and increased job opportunities	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Economic Development and Trade, Employment and Training, Labour/Labour Relations
Advocacy for fairness in the workplace.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Economic Development and Trade, Employment and Training, Labour/Labour Relations
Advocacy regarding policies governing liquor, cannabis, and the retail sector.	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation	Cannabis, Consumer Issues, Liquor Control/Alcohol, Taxation and Finance
Advocacy regarding policies related to medical cannabis	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	Cannabis, Health, Mental Health and Addictions, Taxation and Finance
Advocacy regarding ways to encourage the consumption of locally grown food and locally grown world foods.	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	Agriculture, Economic Development and Trade, Environment
Advocacy related to improvement of waste management systems.	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	Environment, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
Advocacy related to innovative technologies for large trucks	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Environment, Transportation
Advocacy related to Loblaw's carbon reduction strategy	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	Environment, Taxation and Finance, Transportation
Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:
Environment - Discuss Loblaw's carbon reduction strategy and explore ways to work with government to reduce GHG emissions and improve waste management systems.	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation	Environment

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Agriculture
Environment and Climate Change Strategy
Finance
Health
Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness
Labour
Office of the Premier
Parliamentary Secretary for Environment
Transportation and Infrastructure
WorkSafeBC

Organization Details

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Gord Chem, SVP, Discount Operations

Organization Contact Information

Loblaw Companies Limited

Address:
3189 Grandview Hwy
Vancouver, BC V5M 2E9
Canada

Telephone number: 250-661-1691

Description of Activities

Loblaw Companies Limited (“Loblaw” or the “Company”) is Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, operating Canada’s best retail network with stores within 10 minutes of 90% of Canadians. We proudly offer innovative e-commerce services as well as Canada’s top control brand portfolio, and we are a trusted health and wellness partner to millions nationwide. From coast to coast, our community-based network of more than 190,000 colleagues in nearly 2,500 corporate and independently operated stores and pharmacies provides customers with grocery, health and wellness, beauty, apparel, general merchandise, wireless mobile and financial products and services. The Company has a growing digital-retail business and one of the nation’s top loyalty programs, PC Optimum. We are guided both strategically and socially by our company purpose – helping Canadians Live Life Well.

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of the organization that has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity.

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Received Government Funding

The Received Government Funding table below is not intended to be additive. Adding all of the entries together does not necessarily provide an accurate sum of all government funding received. There may be redundancy (reporting of the same funding more than once) caused by overlap in the "Date/Period Received" between 2 or more entries.

Source of Government Funding	Funding Received	Date/Period Received
Environment and Climate Change Canada	$12,000,000.00

View all received government funding history

Coalition Members Information

Loblaw Companies Limited is not a coalition member.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Loblaw Companies Limited does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

The activities of Loblaw Companies Limited are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.

Lobbyists Details

Lobbyists Employed by this Organization

Lobbyist

Contributions

Alain Brandon
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

Loblaw Companies Limited

Name change history

Name change history
Name	From	To
Loblaw Companies Limited	2018-08-28	2021-02-17

Loblaw Companies Limited

Senior Officer History
Senior Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)

Gord Chem, SVP, Discount Operations (Organization)

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Designated Filers are required to submit a Lobbying Activity Report for each lobbying activity with a senior public officer holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the designated filer) will appear on all in-house Lobbying Activity Reports, whether or not he/she participated in the activity.

Note: Lobbying Activity Reports are due on the 15^th day of each month for lobbying activities that took place in the previous month.

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Loblaw Companies Limited
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- George Heyman, Minister of Environment & Climate Change Strategy | Environment and Climate Change Strategy
- Kevin Jardine, Deputy Minister | Environment and Climate Change Strategy
Lobbying Activity date: 2020-06-08
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Alain Brandon
Posted date: 2020-07-15
Lobbying Activity number: 1990-1180 View Lobbying Activity Report

Date Modified:: 2024-01-29

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Registration - Organization

Loblaw Companies Limited / Gord Chem, SVP, Discount Operations

Registration Information

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Version 2 of 2 (2020-06-07 to 2021-02-17)

Version 2 of 2 (2020-06-07 to 2021-02-17)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Organization Contact Information

Description of Activities

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Received Government Funding

Coalition Members Information

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests