Lobbying Activity Report

5950-54553

Organization: Environmental Defence Canada
Associated registration: 11151-5950-4
Lobbying Activity date: 2026-09-18
Arranged a meeting: Yes
Posted date: 2026-10-15

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Alex Walker
Emilia Belliveau
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: George Anderson, MLA for Nanaimo-Lantzville
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Nat Gosman, Assistant Deputy Minister
Energy and Climate Solutions

Nick Hsieh, Senior Advisor
Office of the Minister, Energy and Climate Solutions

Rachel Shaw, Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Resources Division
Energy and Climate Solutions
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy regarding BC’s climate, energy, and industrial policies as they relate to oil, gas, LNG, and bitumen infrastructure, including alignment of such policies with provincial greenhouse-gas reduction targets, climate commitments, environmental objectives, and Indigenous rights and interests.
  • 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
 Economic Development and Trade, Energy, Environment, Finances and Budgets, Fisheries, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Industry, Infrastructure
Advocacy regarding proposals to transport Alberta bitumen to or through British Columbia, including the development, approval, regulation, financing, infrastructure requirements, environmental implications, and provincial government support for pipelines or other infrastructure intended to transport bitumen from Alberta to British Columbia or to the British Columbia coast.
  • 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, Energy, Environment, Finances and Budgets, Fisheries, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Industry, Infrastructure
Advocacy regarding provincial support, incentives, subsidies, financing, infrastructure, and regulatory measures related to liquefied natural gas (LNG) development and expansion in British Columbia, including government policies and programs that directly or indirectly facilitate new LNG production, processing, transportation, export infrastructure, or associated upstream development.
  • 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, Energy, Environment, Finances and Budgets, Fisheries, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Industry
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Tim Gray
 
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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