Registration - Organization

B.C. Pharmacy Association / Geraldine Vance, CEO

Registration Information

Organization name: B.C. Pharmacy Association
Senior Officer Name: Geraldine Vance, CEO
Senior Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2010-04-20
Registration status: Active
Projected end date: 2030-12-31
Registration number: 2214-504

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Total number of Lobbying Activity Reports: 123

Lobbying Activity Reports - last 6 months: 2

Version 20 of 29 (2020-05-04 to 2020-05-04)

Registration versions:

Version 20 of 29 (2020-05-04 to 2020-05-04)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will any of the lobbyists listed within this registration arrange a meeting between a public office holder and any other individual for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed below:

Yes

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Discussions around the development or amendments to pharmacy programs or policies and the role pharmacists play in primary and public health in the province.	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	Health, Mental Health and Addictions
Meetings with the Ministry of Health and MLAs to provide updates on B.C.'s community pharmacists' work in the province on immunizations, opioid agonist treatment, COVID-19 impacts and all services provided by pharmacists.	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	Health, Mental Health and Addictions
Promote the interests of pharmacists and pharmacies and their patients with representatives of Ministry of Health, Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions and the Premier's Office; exchange knowledge of mutual benefit.	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	Health, Mental Health and Addictions

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Health
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Mental Health and Addictions
Provincial Health Services Authority

Organization Details

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Geraldine Vance, CEO

Organization Contact Information

B.C. Pharmacy Association

Address:
Suite 430
1200 West 73rd Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6P 6G5
Canada

Telephone number: 604-261-2092
Fax number: 604-261-2097

Description of Activities

The British Columbia Pharmacy Association (BCPhA) is an organization that supports and advances the professional and economic interests of community pharmacists and pharmacies in the province. The primary goal of the Association is to support pharmacists and pharmacy owners in the day-to-day delivery of pharmacy services. It supports pharmacy through training and resources along with advocacy. The BCPhA is the primary advocate for the profession and the business of community pharmacy in B.C.

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of the organization that has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity.

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Requested Government Funding

Funding Request made to:	Funding Requested	Date Requested
Government of Canada (wage subsidy)	$176,062.00	2020-04-01

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Received Government Funding

The Received Government Funding table below is not intended to be additive. Adding all of the entries together does not necessarily provide an accurate sum of all government funding received. There may be redundancy (reporting of the same funding more than once) caused by overlap in the "Date/Period Received" between 2 or more entries.

Source of Government Funding	Funding Received	Date/Period Received
Government of Canada (wage subsidy)	$176,062.00	2020-04-01 to 2020-12-31

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Coalition Members Information

B.C. Pharmacy Association is not a coalition member.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

B.C. Pharmacy Association does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

The activities of B.C. Pharmacy Association are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.

Lobbyists Details

Lobbyists Employed by this Organization

Lobbyist

Contributions

Devyani Basoodetsing
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2017-04-11 and before 2020-09-21: Information not required when originally submitted