Advocating for COVID-19 vaccination job-protected leave but against mandating it be paid by employers
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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, Labour/Labour Relations
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Advocating for expanding the eligibility criteria for the BC Small and Medium Sized Business Recovery GRant
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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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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, Economic Development and Trade
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Advocating for government actions around climate adaptation, incentives for businesses to improve sustainability, and embedding sustainability in government procurement
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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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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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Environment
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Advocating for the renewal and extension of three tax policies including delaying the implementation of the carbon tax until 2022, delaying Employer Health Tax quarterly installment payments, cutting property taxes via a cut to the provincial school tax.
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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
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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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, Finances and Budgets, Taxation and Finance
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Advocating to the provincial government in general and specifically to the Ministry of Finance to implement reforms to how property tax is assessed and applied in BC. The proposed outcome will be to implement a method of "split assessments" to divorce the actual value of real property from the value of its redevelopment potential (highest and best use)
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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
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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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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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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Finances and Budgets, Taxation and Finance
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Arranging and meeting with Burnaby MLAs as part of a special event designed to discuss issues facing major Burnaby employers.
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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
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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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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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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Communicating and Meeting with Minister of State Katrina Chen to discuss the importance of childcare and its role in supporting workers going back to full employment, and to encourage the province to continue to act to keep schools open and childcare centres funded and viable.
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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
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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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Children and Families
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Communicating to MLAs Chouhan, Routledge, Kang, and Chen, as well as Premier Horgan, on the recommendations of the Burnaby Business Recovery Task Force contained in its final report, which a goal of raising the profile of the concerns identified in the report, specifically greater need for COVID-19 supports for businesses related to rent and PPE, the need for a new COVID-19 support/grant for businesses, the need for rebates of WorkSafeBC premiums, and the importance of childcare, schools and related funding.
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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
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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, Children and Families, Industry, Small Business
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Communicating with the Minister of the Environment to encourage him to specifically enact the five recommendations outlined in “strategic priority two” in the March 2020 Final Report of the provincial Emerging Economy Task Force.
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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
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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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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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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Environment
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Contacting MLA Chouhan, Kang, Routledge and Chen, and Premier Horgan, to advocate for extensions and revisions to the temporary lay-off provisions in the employment standards act with a targeted outcome of having a longer time horizon for businesses to have employees classified as "laid off"
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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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Labour/Labour Relations
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Election discussion with Burnaby provincial election candidates and incumbents discussing a variety of business issues.
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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
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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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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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Advanced Education, COVID-19, Children and Families, Colleges & Universities, Consumer Issues, Economic Development and Trade, Education, Employment and Training, Energy, Environment, Finances and Budgets, Government Procurement, Health, Industry, Infrastructure, Regional Development, Small Business, Transportation
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Seeking a meeting with Minister of State for Childcare Katrina Chen to discuss provincial efforts to support childcare operators and to discuss the importance of childcare to economic performance and our business community.
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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
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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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Children and Families
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Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:
Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:
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Advocating for government actions around climate adaptation, incentives for businesses to improve sustainability, and embedding sustainability in government procurement
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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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Environment
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