Registration - Organization

BC Landscape & Nursery Association / Coreen Rodger Berrisford, Executive Director

Registration Information

Organization name: BC Landscape & Nursery Association
Senior Officer Name: Coreen Rodger Berrisford, Executive Director
Initial registration start date: 2023-10-24
Registration status: Active
Projected end date: No date provided
Registration number: 9922-5275

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Total number of Lobbying Activity Reports: 4

Lobbying Activity Reports - last 6 months: 1

Version 5 of 5 (2024-05-31 to present)

Registration versions:

Version 5 of 5 (2024-05-31 to present)

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

Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy regarding regulations under the Water Sustainability Act. The request is to require Water Sustainability Plans include an agricultural water reserve to ensure water accessibility for farms and food security. And to phase out groundwater licensing for farms that are included in the agricultural water reserves.	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	Agriculture, Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Environment
Advocacy regarding regulations under the Water Sustainability Act. The request is to require Water Sustainability Plans include an agricultural water reserve to ensure water accessibility for farms and food security. And to phase out groundwater licensing for farms that are included in the agricultural water reserves.	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	Agriculture, Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Environment
Bill 12 - Public Health Accountability and Cost Recovery Act. Advocate for pausing the advancement of Bill 12 and to work with stakeholders to refine the intent, purpose and language of the proposed law.	Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly	Agriculture, Economic Development and Trade, Health
Improvement and updating water use data for the Agriculture Water Demand Model including the Agricultural Land Use Inventories	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Agriculture, Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Environment
Policy recommendation regarding either providing a carbon tax exemption to support farms in the inflationary times or to return carbon tax revenues to the agriculture sector to reinvest into carbon reduction technologies and practices on farms and ranches. Also should the federal Bill C-234 pass that the province matches the exemptions to ensure a level playing field for BC farms and ranches.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Agriculture, Conservation, Finances and Budgets
Policy recommendation regarding either providing a carbon tax exemption to support farms in the inflationary times or to return carbon tax revenues to the agriculture sector to reinvest into carbon reduction technologies and practices on farms and ranches. Also should the federal Bill C-234 pass that the province matches the exemptions to ensure a level playing field for BC farms and ranches.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Agriculture, Conservation, Finances and Budgets
Request for funds to hire a contractor to work on simplifying horticultural classifications for government programming.	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	Agriculture, Finances and Budgets, Non-Profit Organization
Request for resources to research horticulture classifications for business risk management programs. Re-classification may lead to more appropriate resources allocated and simplification of the process to administer and access programs.	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	Agriculture, Finances and Budgets
Request for resources to research horticulture classifications for business risk management programs. Re-classification may lead to more appropriate resources allocated and simplification of the process to administer and access programs.	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	Agriculture, Finances and Budgets
Seeking Ministry resources for the nursery, greenhouse and floriculture sector to support the hiring of an industry specialist to assist with regulatory changes and compliance, representation in minor use pesticide priority setting, liaise with the industry with respect to policies and programs and assist new entrants and micro growers.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Agriculture
Seeking Ministry resources for the nursery, greenhouse and floriculture sector to support the hiring of an industry specialist to assist with regulatory changes and compliance, representation in minor use pesticide priority setting, liaise with the industry with respect to policies and programs and assist new entrants and micro growers.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Agriculture
Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:
Improvement and updating water use data for the Agriculture Water Demand Model and Agricultural Land Use Inventories Seeking funds to hire a contractor to investigate simplification of horticulture classifications for government programming. Recommend collaborative water conservation approaches in times of drought.	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	Agriculture, Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Environment

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Advanced Education and Skills Training
Agricultural Land Commission
Agriculture and Food
Attorney General
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly

Organization Details

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Coreen Rodger Berrisford, Executive Director

Organization Contact Information

BC Landscape & Nursery Association

Address:
2650 Progressive Way
Unit 1
Abbotsford, BC V2T 6H9
Canada

Telephone number: 604-575-3500 Ext. 116

Description of Activities

The BC Landscape & Nursery Association represents the horticulture industry, including landscape trades, garden centres, wholesale and retail nurseries, suppliers, as well as educators, students and horticulture affiliates. The BCLNA offers member companies leadership support and training, industry information and services toward the development of more knowledgeable and responsible horticulture practices. Included in its mandate is also business development and issues management for BC’s green industry.

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
Agriculture and Food	$20,000.00	2024-02-26

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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
Agriculture and Food	$80,000.00	2023-04-01 to 2025-03-31
Agriculture and Food	$10,000.00	2023-04-01 to 2024-03-31
Agriculture and Food	$20,000.00	2024-03-21 to 2024-05-31

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Coalition Members Information

BC Agriculture Council
- 2650 Progressive Way #1
  Abbotsford, BC V2T 6H9
  Canada
United Flower Growers Cooperative Association
- 4085 Marine Way
  Burnaby, BC V5J 5E2
  Canada

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

BC Landscape & Nursery 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 BC Landscape & Nursery 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

Coreen Rodger Berrisford
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization, on or after 2020-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

BC Landscape & Nursery Association

Name change history

Name change history
Name	From	To
BC Landscape & Nursery Association	2023-10-24	current

BC Landscape & Nursery Association

Senior Officer History
Senior Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)

Coreen Rodger Berrisford, Executive Director (Organization)

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Designated Filers are required to submit a Lobbying Activity Report for each lobbying activity with a senior public officer holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the designated filer) will appear on all in-house Lobbying Activity Reports, whether or not he/she participated in the activity.

Note: Lobbying Activity Reports are due on the 15^th day of each month for lobbying activities that took place in the previous month.

Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.

Results 1-4 of 4

BC Landscape & Nursery Association
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Pam Alexis, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Lobbying Activity date: 2024-05-31
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Coreen Rodger Berrisford
Posted date: 2024-06-12
Lobbying Activity number: 5275-35567 View Lobbying Activity Report
BC Landscape & Nursery Association
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Pam Alexis, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Lobbying Activity date: 2023-11-01
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Coreen Rodger Berrisford
Posted date: 2023-12-15
Lobbying Activity number: 5275-29904 View Lobbying Activity Report
BC Landscape & Nursery Association
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Pam Alexis, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Peter Pokorny, Deputy Minister | Agriculture and Food
- Michelle Koski, Assistant Deputy Minister | Agriculture and Food
- Paul Squires, Executive Lead | Agriculture and Food
- Eric Kristianson, Assistant Deputy Minister | Agriculture and Food
- Mark Raymond, Executive Director | Agriculture and Food
Lobbying Activity date: 2023-11-01
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Coreen Rodger Berrisford
Posted date: 2023-12-15
Lobbying Activity number: 5275-29893 View Lobbying Activity Report
BC Landscape & Nursery Association
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Pam Alexis, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Mike Bernier, MLA for Peace River South | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Coralee Oakes, MLA for Cariboo North | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Selina Robinson, MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Ben Stewart, MLA for Kelowna West | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Jackie Tegart, MLA for Fraser-Nicola | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Peter Pokorny, Deputy Minister | Agriculture and Food
- Eric Kristianson, Assistant Deputy Minister | Agriculture and Food
- Paul Squires, Executive Lead | Agriculture and Food
- Michelle Koski, Assistant Deputy Minister | Agriculture and Food
- Mark Raymond, Executive Director | Agriculture and Food
Lobbying Activity date: 2023-10-24
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Coreen Rodger Berrisford, Virpi Kangas
Posted date: 2023-11-03
Lobbying Activity number: 5275-29903 (amended from 5275-29892) View Lobbying Activity Report

Coreen Rodger Berrisford, Executive Director (Organization)

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Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.

Results 1-4 of 4

BC Landscape & Nursery Association
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Pam Alexis, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Lobbying Activity date: 2024-05-31
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Coreen Rodger Berrisford
Posted date: 2024-06-12
Lobbying Activity number: 5275-35567 View Lobbying Activity Report

Date Modified:: 2024-05-28

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Registration - Organization

BC Landscape & Nursery Association / Coreen Rodger Berrisford, Executive Director

Registration Information

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Version 5 of 5 (2024-05-31 to present)

Version 5 of 5 (2024-05-31 to present)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Subject matters added through an Lobbying Activity Report:

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Organization Contact Information

Description of Activities

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Requested Government Funding

Received Government Funding

Coalition Members Information

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

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