The Arthritis Society
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications | Intended Outcomes | Associated Subject Matters |
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Adopt recommendations to implement electronic arthritis triage tool and care pathway focused on population-based approaches to improving appropriate and early diagnosis and treatment for people living with arthritis that can improve wait for joint replacement surgeries.
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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, 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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Health, Hospitals
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Advocacy to treat medical cannabis as medicine: remove the tax and enable its distribution through pharmacy with guidance from a health professional.
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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
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Cannabis, Health, Taxation and Finance
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Meeting with Health Ministry staff to understand past agreements and documents on whether there is Crown ownership of Victoria office building.
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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, Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to transfer from the Crown for consideration all or part of, or any interest in or asset of, any business, enterprise or institution that provides goods or services to the Crown, a Provincial entity or the public, 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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Health
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Policy recommendations related to COVID-19 health response, specifically with regards to priority access to vaccines and treatments for those with arthritis and other auto-immune diseases.
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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, 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, Health
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Seeking amendments to the Lobbyist Transparency Act to: change requirement for monthly reported financials to every six months, report of funding received in BC only, adjust amount of detail required in funding reports, remove requirement to report on social media posts as they are already public. The BC Lobbyist Registry as it is requires more resources and capacity than a non-profit/charitable organization can maintain compared to other reporting registries.
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
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Non-Profit Organization
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