Registration - Organization

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association / Denis Agar, Executive Director

Registration Information

Organization name: Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association
Senior Officer Name: Denis Agar, Executive Director
Initial registration start date: 2025-04-08
Registration status: Active
Projected end date: No date provided
Registration number: 11142-5947

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Total number of Lobbying Activity Reports: 17

Lobbying Activity Reports - last 6 months: 9

Version 4 of 4 (2026-01-05 to present)

Registration versions:

Version 4 of 4 (2026-01-05 to present)

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

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy encouraging the expansion of provincial funding for public transit in British Columbia.	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 Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Transportation
Advocacy for the installation of transit priority measures on provincially-owned streets and highways.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Transportation
Advocacy for the province to fund a low-income transit fare pass.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Transportation

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Finance
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Office of the Premier
Parliamentary Secretary for Transit
Social Development and Poverty Reduction
Transportation and Transit

Organization Details

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Denis Agar, Executive Director

Organization Contact Information

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association

Address:
200-475 W Georgia St
Vancouver, BC V6b 4m9
Canada

Description of Activities

We're a non-profit made up of transit riders that fights for faster, more reliable, and more abundant public transportation in Metro Vancouver.

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

The following people or organizations 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:

Environmental Defence Canada
- 33 Cecil Street
  1st Floor
  Toronto, ON M5T 1N1
  Canada

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Note: The requirement to provide all government funding requested in the last 12 months was no longer required after May 27, 2025.

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
Employment and Social Development Canada	$55,425.00	2025-05-01 to 2025-09-30

View all received government funding history

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association 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 Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Association 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

Denis Agar
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No