Lobbying Activity Report

3360-39984

Organization: BC Professional Fire Fighters' Association
Associated registration: 6725-3360-13
Lobbying Activity date: 2025-02-25
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2025-02-27

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Brian Catinus
Todd Schierling
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Garry Begg, Minister of Public Safety
Public Safety and Solicitor General

Raj Chouhan, Speaker of the House
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Labour
Labour
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Endorsement of BluePrint's Proposal Resilience Program Funding for Fire Fighters and Police Officers.
  • 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
 Health, Labour/Labour Relations
Funding for the BC First Responder resiliency program through Blueprint in order to maintain the 24 sessions per year fire fighters and police officers in BC can access. This upstream preventative resilience program also forms the basis for the Occupational Awareness Training program funded by WorkSafe BC, the BCPFFA, the FCABC and BCMSA.
  • 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
 Finances and Budgets, Health, Mental Health and Addictions
Inclusion of all cancers under the Workers Compensation Act to be added to the presumptive list of cancers.
  • 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
 Health, Labour/Labour Relations
Seek to implement a proactive health screening program that will save lives, reduce the impact on healthcare and worker compensation costs, and support healthier careers by providing firefighters with early diagnostic testing such as annual exams, laboratory tests, and cancer screening as medically necessary for firefighters in British Columbia. Footnote1
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
 Health Footnote1
 
Lobbying Activity Report amended on: 2025-02-27 previous entry: 3360-39982
Reason for amendment: Clarifying position of Ministers.
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Todd Schierling
 
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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