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Advocating to the provincial government in general and specifically to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs 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, Municipal Affairs, Taxation and Finance
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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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