Lobbying Activity Report

628-20975

Organization: Business Council of British Columbia
Associated registration: 1251-628-34
Lobbying Activity date: 2022-08-04
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2022-09-15

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Greg D'Avignon
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Geoff Meggs, Chief of Staff
Office of the Premier
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Advancing health outcomes, research and economic opportunities for health innovation
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
COVID-19, Health
Building prosperity in BC; Life Science research and development opportunities; federal government Innovation Supercluster; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); Cascadia Corridor; Innovation Commissioner; Technology/Innovation in regard to use of government data; Low Carbon Industrial Strategy (LCIS); Immigration, Investment and Industrial Strategy for BC; Tenure Policy; Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) framework; Mitacs funding; Bridal Veil Mountain Resort proposal; InBC; Healthy Traveller Pilot Project; Pacific Coast Collaborative; BC Economic Strategy; productivity and its linkage to wages; ESG Centre of Excellence
  • 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
Collective Bargaining Database and Website; Minimum Wage; WCB Regulations; WorksafeBC; Labour Code; Employment Standards; Project Labour Agreements; Labour Relations Branch; Human Rights Code and Legislation; insitu childcare to support women in the workplace; Compulsory Trades framework; paid sick leave
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
  • 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
Labour/Labour Relations
Feedback on Indigenous relations with respect to reconciliation policy; the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Business Certainty, Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC); Capacity Building with First Nations; Governance; Regulatory Efficiency; Land Use and Environmental Decision-Making Processes, Indigenous Business and Investment Council (IBIC), First Nations Public Service Secretariat; Shared decision-making; Implications of Blueberry River and Ferry Creek supreme court decisions with respect to UNDRIP; Indigenous Economic Development Centre of Excellence
  • 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, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Internships and Co-ops; Work-Integrated Learning; Changing labour market and talent demands; provincial nominee program; rapid reskilling
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Employment and Training
LNG Policy; Climate Policy; Electricity; BC Utilities Commission; Low Carbon Industrial Strategy; Site C; Transmission; Electrification; Energy Infrastructure; Geoscience BC funding
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
  • 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
Energy, Environment
Spills response; Species at Risk; Carbon Tax; Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed Industries (EITEs); Environmental Assessment; Innovation in technology applications to improve transparency, public confidence, informed decision-making and outcome-based environmental regulation; Trans Mountain Pipeline; Professional Reliance; Tilbury Marine Jetty Project
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Energy, Environment
Transit and transportation policy; UBC Skytrain extension; transportation sustainability; Cascadia Innovation Corridor; cross border trucking; NEXIS pilot program; Cascadia High Speed Ground Transportation
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Infrastructure, Transportation
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Greg D'Avignon
 
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.

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