Lobbying Activity Report

4434-14628

This entry has been replaced by an amended Lobbying Activity Report: 4434-14719
Organization: Options Community Services Society
Was this lobbying activity a letter sent on behalf of one or more of the organizations listed as members of a coalition in your Registration Return? No
Associated registration: 6862-4434-1
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-11-12
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2021-12-13

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Thaddee Bergler
Christine Mohr
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Pam Alexis, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Harry Bains, MLA for Surrey-Newton
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Bruce Banman, MLA for Abbotsford South
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Lisa Beare, MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Garry Begg, MLA for Surrey-Guildford
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Jagrup Brar, MLA for Surrey-Fleetwood
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Stephanie Cadieux, MLA for Surrey South
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Katrina Chen, MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Raj Chouhan, MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Dan Coulter, MLA for Chilliwack
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Bob D'Eith, MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Fin Donnelly, MLA for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Megan Dykeman, MLA for Langley East
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Mike Farnworth, MLA for Port Coquitlam
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Rick Glumac, MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Trevor Halford, MLA for Surrey-White Rock
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Ravi Kahlon, MLA for Delta North
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Anne Kang, MLA for Burnaby-Deer Lake
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Kelli Paddon, MLA for Chilliwack-Kent
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Ian Paton, MLA for Delta South
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Bruce Ralston, MLA for Surrey-Whalley
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Selina Robinson, MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Janet Routledge, MLA for Burnaby North
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Niki Sharma, MLA for Vancouver-Hastings
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Jinny Sims, MLA for Surrey-Panorama
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Rachna Singh, MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Mike Starchuk, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Jennifer Whiteside, MLA for New Westminster
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1

Michael de Jong, MLA for Abbotsford West
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly Footnote1
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Nov. 9, 2021 Meeting (virtual) with Provincial Health Service Authority staff, Kim Korf-Uzan, Director Crisis Line Enhancement Project. Meetings included staff of other regional Crisis Line service providers. Meeting was attended by Thaddee Bergler and myself, Christine Mohr.
Focus was to provide information about the potential impact on community of tendering the existing regional Crisis Line services. Lobbying was to halt moving forward with an RFP process and instead to do direct award to existing regional Crisis Line service providers. Footnote1
  • Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
 Children and Families, Government Procurement, Health, Mental Health and Addictions Footnote1
Sent a letter to MLAs, various Health Authorities about the Provincial Health Services Authority’s intention to tender the existing regional Crisis Line services. Focus of lobbying was to highlight risks to doing so for communities and to lobby against the tendering and to do direct awards of contracts to existing service providers. Letters were sent on Nov. 12, 2021. List of who was sent letters is in this report. Footnote1
  • Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
  • Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to transfer from the Crown for consideration all or part of, or any interest in or asset of, any business, enterprise or institution that provides goods or services to the Crown, a Provincial entity or the public
 Children and Families, Government Procurement, Health, Mental Health and Addictions Footnote1
 
Lobbying Activity Report replaced on: 2021-12-13 amended entry: 4434-14719
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Christine Mohr
 
The above name is that of the most senior paid officer who is responsible for filing a Lobbying Activity Report for the organization (the Designated Filer), whether that person participated in this lobbying activity or not.
 
  1. Footnote1  Indicates new information that was added through a Lobbying Activity Report.
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