Lobbying Activity Report

89-6436

Organization: Alliance of British Columbia Students
Associated registration: 6568-89-14
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-01-07
Arranged a meeting: Yes
Posted date: 2021-02-16

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Anna Rempel
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Pam Alexis, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Brittny Anderson, MLA for Nelson-Creston
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Michele Babchuk, MLA for North Island
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Brenda Bailey, MLA for Vancouver-False Creek; Parliamentary Secretary for Technology and Innovation
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Harry Bains, MLA for Surrey-Newton; Minister of Labour
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Lisa Beare, MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows; Minister of Citizens' Services
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Jagrup Brar, Surrey-Fleetwood
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Spencer Chandra-Herbert, MLA for Vancouver-West End
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Susie Chant, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Katrina Chen, MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed; Minister of State for Childcare
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

George Chow, MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview; Minister of State for Trade
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Katrine Conroy, MLA for Kootenay-West, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Nathan Cullen, MLA for Stikine; Minister of State for Land and Natural Resource Operations
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Bob D'Eith, MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission; Parliamentary Secretary for Arts and Film
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

David Eby, MLA for Vancouver Point-Grey; Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Mable Elmore, MLA for Vancouver-Kensington; Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors and Long Term Care
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Mike Farnworth, MLA for Port Coquitlam; Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Rob Fleming, MLA for Victoria-Swan Lake; Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Rick Glumac, MLA for Port Moddy-Coquitlam
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Kelli Greene, MLA for Richmond-Steveston; Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

George Heyman, MLA for Vancouver-Fairvew; Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and Minister Responsible for Translink
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA for Courtney-Comox
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Bowinn Ma, MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale; Minister of State for Infrastructure
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Sheila Malcolmson, MLA for Nanaimo; Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Andrew Mercier, MLA for Langley; Parliamentary Secretary for Skills Training
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Josie Osborne, MLA for Mid Island-Pacific Rim; Minister of Municipal Affairs
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Kelli Paddon, MLA for Chilliwack-Kent
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Murray Rankin, MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head; Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Jennifer Rice, MLA for North Coast; Parliamentary Secretary for Emergency Preparedness
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Janet Routledge, MLA for Burnaby North
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Dan Routley, MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Roly Russell, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen; Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Harwinder Sandu, MLA for Vernon-Monashee
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Niki Sharma, MLA for Vancouver-Hastings; Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development and Non-Profits
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Jinny Sims, MLA for Surrey-Panorama
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Aman Singh, MLA for Richmond-Queensborough
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Rachna Singh, MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers; Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Adam Walker, MLA for Parksville-Qualicum; Parliamentary Secretary for the New Economy
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Jennifer Whiteside, MLA for New Westminster; Minister of Education
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Henry Yao, MLA for Richmond South Centre
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
The Alliance of BC Students developing an International Student Education Strategy that ensures that international students’ cost of education is predictable, and reduces institutions’ reliance on international student tuition
  • Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of 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
 Advanced Education, Colleges & Universities
The Alliance of BC Students is supportive of a needs-based grants program for students which is accessible to part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate students, is not contingent on program completion, and which includes provisions for students with accessibility needs and/or dependents. We support widening the eligibility of the BC Access Grants program.
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
 Advanced Education, Colleges & Universities, Finances and Budgets
The Alliance of BC Students supports a multi-year extension of the BC Graduate Student Scholarship, and expanding its eligibility to graduate students in non-STEM disciplines
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
 Advanced Education, Colleges & Universities
The Alliance of BC Students supports conducting a province-wide survey on the experiences of students with disabilities in post-secondary education.
  • 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
 Advanced Education, Colleges & Universities, Health, Poverty
The Alliance of BC Students supports increasing overall public investment into public post-secondary institutions, with the specific goal of making post-secondary education more accessible and affordable by increasing supports for students, and potentially mitigating the costs passed on to students via tuition and associated fees.
  • 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
 Advanced Education, Colleges & Universities, Mental Health and Addictions
The Alliance of BC Students supports initiatives that encourage:
The reduction of wait times for students to access mental health care and counselling services;
Reducing financial barriers to students accessing mental health care;
Access to mental health care for members of equity-seeking groups by providing culturally safe and relevant care;
Improving the socio-economic conditions of students, including access to post-secondary education, creating culturally and physically safe educational environments, and access to housing and food security; and
The reduction of stigma surrounding mental health and mental illness.

The Alliance of BC Students opposes initiatives involving:
Imposing additional costs on students in order to access mental health care; and
Developing mental health care programs that do not properly consider the needs and safety of equity-seeking groups.
  • 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
 Advanced Education, Colleges & Universities, Health, Mental Health and Addictions
The Alliance of BC Students supports renewing the $760 000 to address campus sexualized violence on an annual basis.
  • Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
 Advanced Education, Colleges & Universities
The Alliance of BC Students supports the introduction of minimum standards into the Sexualized Violence and Misconduct Policy Act, and the requirement that these minimum standards be included in the development of all Sexualized Violence and Misconduct Policies for every post-secondary institution currently bound by the Act. We support the creation of an independent, external monitoring agency to act as an oversight mechanism with regard to the handling of complaints, reports, or recorded disclosures of sexualized violence and misconduct on post-secondary campuses. We support a requirement in the Sexualized Violence and Misconduct Policy Act that mandates that institutions must publicly report data regarding how their Sexualized Violence and Misconduct Policies are being interacted with, in order to achieve increased institutional accountability. We support the provincial government creating a taskforce or committee to evaluate the Provincial Information and Privacy Act’s survivor-centrism, and clarify the ways in which the Provincial Information and Privacy Act interacts with the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act.
  • 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
 Advanced Education, Privacy
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Grace Dupasquier
 
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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