Lobbying Activity Report

3822-6393

Organization: Community Legal Assistance Society
Associated registration: 7344-3822-6
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-02-01
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2021-02-16

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Jacqueline Mendes Footnote1
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: David Eby, Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing
Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing

Richard Fyfe, Deputy Attorney General
Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing

Carmen Zabarauckas, Executive Director
Tribunals, Transformation and Independent Offices, Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy regarding changes to the Human Rights Code, expressly adding the grounds of "Indigenous Identity" and "social condition" to the Code, eliminate the definition of "age" in the Code, abolish the exemption for shared accommodations, and allow a representative to advance a human rights complaint in the event a complainant dies.
  • 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
 Children and Families, Housing, Human Rights, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Poverty
Advocacy regarding changes to the Mental Health Act, Adult Guardianship Act and associated Regulations in order to stop detentions without authorization or review, remove deemed consent provisions, and enhance fair review hearing for people detained under the Mental Health Act living in British Columbia.
  • Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
  • 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
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
 Health, Hospitals, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Mental Health and Addictions
Seeking additional funding for retaining lawyers for representation for those who have been involuntarily detained pursuant to the BC Mental Health Act or to those subject to the Mental Disorder Provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada from the Legal Services Society.
  • 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
 COVID-19, Mental Health and Addictions
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Jacqueline Mendes
 
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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