Lobbying Activity Report

2892-4320

Organization: MakeWay Charitable Society
Associated registration: 1631-2892-21
Lobbying Activity date: 2020-11-03
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2020-12-15

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Lisa Matthaus
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Naveen Girn, Director of Strategic Outreach & Stakeholder Relations
Office of the Premier

George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Environment and Climate Change Strategy

John Horgan, Premier
Office of the Premier

Kenn McLaren, Ministerial Assistant
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development

Geoff Meggs, Chief of Staff
Executive Branch Victoria, Office of the Premier

Tim Renneberg, Ministerial Assistant
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development

Kelly Sather, Senior Ministerial Assistant
Environment and Climate Change Strategy

Don Wright, Deputy Minister
Office of the Premier
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy for guiding principles for modernized land use planning that enable meaningful stakeholder engagement as part of those planning processes
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Conservation, Environment, Forestry, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Advocacy for measures to ensure at-risk populations of SW Grizzly Bear persist: While BC has committee to developing a recovery plan for SW Grizzly Bear populations, those populations need some immediate measures taken to ensure they persist long enough to benefit from the recovery plans once completed.
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Conservation
Advocacy in regards to Code Blue BC, a campaign that invites our political leaders, at all levels, to support a plan that:Creates a water security trust; Increases the cost that large industrial users pay to use BCs waters; and Enables local governance solutions, like that being piloted in Nicola Valley, across the province.
  • Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
  • Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to have the private sector instead of the Crown provide goods or services to the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Environment, Finances and Budgets, Forestry, Health, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Municipal Affairs
Advocacy in support of a Climate Action Strategy for BC that has a strong chance of getting us to our GHG reduction targets. Advocacy in support of a Climate Action Strategy for BC with strong accountability measures and closes the 25% gap to meeting our 2030 target
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Energy, Environment
Advocacy in support of removal of fish farms from the Broughton, with an agreed-upon transition plan for existing farms: We are looking for the province to co-develop transition plans (with First Nations and the federal government) to remove salmon farms from areas where First Nations do not consent to them, particularly in the Broughton.
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
Conservation, Environment, Fisheries
Advocacy regarding commitments to a strong BC Endangered Species Act.
  • Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
Conservation
Policy and program recommendations regarding development of a solar project in the Kootenay region
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
COVID-19, Energy, Environment, Finances and Budgets, Regional Development
Reforms to the Mineral Tenure Act: ENGOs are looking for reforms to the MTA to ensure the rights and interests of Indigenous Peoples, communities and other stakeholders are respected in the tenuring of mineral activities
  • Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
Mining
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Joanna Kerr
 
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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