Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia
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Advocate for a Safe Traveller Program where vaccinated international tourists would be allowed into Canada/BC. Support for enhanced rapid testing at point of entry into Canada to further ensure that COVID-free tourist would be allowed into Canada/BC.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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COVID-19, Economic Development and Trade, Health, Tourism
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Alternate Prey, in isolation, is not an effective or appropriate method for protecting caribou.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Conservation
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COVID-19 fishing and hunting orders and guidance from the Provincial Health Officer. Including ability to access licences during Service BC/FrontCounter office closures and/or resolving any other delays with the issuance of tenures, licences, permits and guide territory certificates.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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COVID-19, Conservation
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GOABC offered a Range Stewardship Program to government. This is a sector-wide stimulus and job protection initiative is aligned with the BC COVID-19 Action Plan. The program leverages the skills, knowledge and infrastructure in the guide outfitting community to help protect, clean the backcountry and deliver other wildlife stewardship initiatives during the times of the pandemic.
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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
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COVID-19, Conservation, Environment, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Tourism
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If outfitters cannot use their quota because the international border is closed, allow the unused quota (allocation) to be carried forward into the 2022-2026 allocation period.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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COVID-19
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If quota is taken away then compensation is paid.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Conservation, Small Business, Tourism
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If there is a tenure taking or expropriation then the Crown should pay compensation to the tenure holder.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
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In all treaties, agreements, land entitlements or other agreements with First Nations that access language in the Maanulth Treaty be used. If access not provided to the outfitter then compensation payable to the displaced tenure holder. Treating all British Columbians equally and fairly will truly advance reconciliation.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Land Claims
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Lobby for changes to the Small and Medium-sized Business Recovery Grant eligibility. Currently, the eligibility criteria will not include many of the Tourism businesses the grant is intended to help, including all outfitters. This changes need to includes eliminating the PST requirement, reducing the number of employees to two, improving the methodology to demonstrate loss and reducing the burden on the application.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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COVID-19
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Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (movi) is a pathogen that threatens wild sheep health. This disease comes from domestic sheep and the best prevention is signification separation to not allow transmission. We support continues monitoring and testing of both, domestic and wild sheep. The sheep management decisions need to be science-based and focus on what is best for the sheep herd. Where there is significant populations to allow a harvest, we expect one to occur/continue.
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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
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Agriculture, Conservation
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Review and discuss hunting regulations and their related impact or benefit.
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Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Agriculture, Conservation
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Softening of the International borders, when safe to do so. Support the Alternate Self Isolation Plan - allowing low risk clients to self isolate while participating in the tourism expedition they are coming to BC to do, simultaneously. Also to allow the international client to leave Canada in less than 14-days. This would be done consistent with the industry Best Practices and all Provincial Health Officer's orders and guidelines.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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COVID-19, Tourism
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Support for increased funding for wildlife, including the Together for Wildlife strategy and the Minister's Wildlife Advisory Council. Steps to improve wildlife management and making wildlife and their habitat a priority on the landscape.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Conservation, Forestry, Tourism
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Support for the Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council's position statement on commercial and recreational disturbance of mountain goats - specifically the disturbance from light helicopters should not occur within 1.5-2.0 km of winter and kidding habitat or mineral licks, depending on the local context or human safety considerations. Additional setbacks should be considered where the use of medium and heavy helicopters are proposed. Industrial scale mining activity should not occur within 1.8 km of mountain goat winter habitat.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Conservation, Environment, Industry, Mining, Tourism
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The Guide Outfitters Association of BC to act as a vendor for non-resident hunting licences. Including related reports on harvest, number of clients and licence sales.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Small Business
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Update government's website language for wildlife and hunting - specifically around non-resident licence requirements and related regulations.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Conservation
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Waive all tenure and licence fees that outfitters pay under the Land Act, Park Act of Wildlife Act.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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COVID-19, Environment, Tourism
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