Registration - Consultant Lobbyist

A Place for Rover, Inc. / Claire Smith, Consultant Lobbyist

Registration Information

Client name: A Place for Rover, Inc.
Lobbyist name: Claire Smith, Consultant Lobbyist
Initial registration start date: 2023-12-18
Registration status: Inactive
Registration number: 9828-5361

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Total number of Lobbying Activity Reports: 0

Lobbying Activity Reports - last 6 months: 0

Version 2 of 2 (2024-09-05 to 2025-04-01)

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will the consultant lobbyist be arranging meetings between a public office holder and the client for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed:

Yes

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy regarding the Employment Standards Act (ESA) and the Workers Compensation Act (WCA).	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	Consumer Issues, Economic Development and Trade, Employment and Training, Labour/Labour Relations, Small Business, Taxation and Finance

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation
Labour
Minister of State for Workforce Development

Contingency Information

Payment to the consultant lobbyist by the client, in whole or in part, is not contingent on the outcome of this lobbying activity.
Payment to the consultant lobbyist by the client, in whole or in part, is not contingent on the success in arranging a meeting with public office holders on behalf of the client.

Client Contact Information

A Place for Rover, Inc.

Address:
711 Capitol Way
Olympia, WA 98501
United States of America

Telephone number: 888-453-7889

Description of Business Activities

The Rover app and website connect dog and cat parents with loving pet sitters and dog walkers in neighbourhoods across Canada. We empower our community of trusted pet sitters and dog walkers to run their own pet care businesses on Rover.

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

No government funding was requested or received within the preceding 12 months.

Coalition Members Information

A Place for Rover, Inc. is not a coalition member.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

PetCareNow, Inc.
- One Broadway, 14th Floor
  Cambridge, MA 02142
  United States of America
Rover Group, Inc.
- 1209 Orange Street
  Wilmington, DE 19801
  United States of America

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

Rover Group, Inc.
- 1209 Orange Street
  Wilmington, DE 19801
  United States of America

Claire Smith | Has not held any “former public office holder” positions in BC, as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act

Business address:
66 Slater St. Suite 2000, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H1
Ottawa, ON K1P 5H1
Canada

Telephone number: 613-235-1400

Relevant Codes of Conduct

The consultant lobbyist does not have in place an undertaking to comply with any relevant codes of conduct.

Political, Sponsorship and Recall Contributions

Consultant has lobbied, or plans to lobby a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this client, on or after 2020-09-21:

Yes

Has made a political contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2020-09-21:	Consultant:	No
	Client:	No
Has made a sponsorship contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2020-09-21:	Consultant:	No
	Client:	No
Has made a recall contribution as defined in the Lobbyists Transparency Act on or after 2020-09-21:	Consultant:	No
	Client:	No

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders

No gifts or benefits were provided to public office holders

Individuals Hired or Subcontracted to Lobbying on behalf of the Client

No records

Consultant Lobbyist Firm and Address

Firm: Summa Strategies Canada Inc.

Address:
66 Slater St. Suite 2000, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H1
Ottawa, ON K1P 5H1
Canada

Telephone number: 613-235-1400

A Place for Rover, Inc.

Name change history

Name change history
Name	From	To
A Place for Rover, Inc.	2023-12-18	2025-04-01

A Place for Rover, Inc.

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

Date Modified:: 2025-01-27

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Registration - Consultant Lobbyist

A Place for Rover, Inc. / Claire Smith, Consultant Lobbyist

Registration Information

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

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Version 2 of 2 (2024-09-05 to 2025-04-01)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Contingency Information

Client Contact Information

Description of Business Activities

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Coalition Members Information

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

Relevant Codes of Conduct

Political, Sponsorship and Recall Contributions

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders

Individuals Hired or Subcontracted to Lobbying on behalf of the Client

Consultant Lobbyist Firm and Address

Registration - Consultant Lobbyist

A Place for Rover, Inc. / Claire Smith, Consultant Lobbyist

Version 2 of 2 (2024-09-05 to 2025-04-01)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Contingency Information

A Place for Rover, Inc.

Name change history

A Place for Rover, Inc.

Claire Smith, Summa Strategies Canada Inc. (Consultant Lobbyist)