Registration - In-house Organization

Subject Matters

• Aboriginal Affairs
• Agriculture
• Budget
• Climate
• Constitutional Issues
• Consumer Issues
• Economic Development
• Education
• Employment and Training
• Energy
• Environment
• Financial Institutions
• Fisheries
• Forestry
• Government Procurement
• Health
• Housing
• Immigration
• Infrastructure
• International Relations
• International Trade
• Labour
• Mining
• Municipalities
• Pensions
• Regional Development
• Research and Development
• Science and Technology
• Small Business
• Taxation and Finance
• Tourism
• Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• Advocacy for the restoration of Atlantic Water Network’s grant from the Atlantic Ecosystems Initiatives following administrative interruptions.
• Increased support for expanding birthwork (e.g., midwifery, doula, and abortion) services in the Northwest Territories
• Seeking funding opportunities for The Existence Project
• The need for the Federal government to invest $1Billion in the Freshwater Action Plan
• The prioritization of British Columbia River Basins for investments through the Freshwater Action Plan
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 66, with respect to equitable funding and implementation.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Advance robust policy and law reform to address human rights and environmental abuse in Canadian business activity abroad, including by providing analysis on, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, the Customs Tariff, Bill C-262 (An Act respecting the corporate responsibility to prevent, address and remedy adverse impacts on human rights occurring in relation to business activities conducted abroad), Bill C-263 (An Act to establish the Office of the Commissioner for Responsible Business Conduct Abroad and to make consequential amendments to other Acts), and the Responsible Business Conduct Abroad strategy (2022-2027).
• Advance robust policy and law reform to end Canada’s public finance for the fossil fuel sector, including by providing analysis on, the Export Development Act, Bill S-243 (An Act to enact the Climate-Aligned Finance Act and to make related amendments to other Acts), the Guidelines for Canada’s International Support for the Clean Energy Transition, and the Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Government of Canada Guidelines.
• Discussing government decisions around the release of the Athabasca oil sands tailing ponds into the Athabasca River (Alberta, Northwest Territories and Federal governments)

Policies or Program

• Advocacy for a Federal government investment in the BC Watershed Security Fund.
• Advocating establishment of a Canada Water Agency before 2023, and working with government to create a successful, meaningful Agency both at its headquarters in Winnipeg and other branches (Montreal, Burlington)
• Advocating for Canada-USA international waters relationships and problem-solving, notably in BC, Alberta and the Great Lakes regions.
• Creating guidelines/adaptation strategies/resilience strategies for wildfires, droughts, flooding and climate-related disasters
• Discussing engaging pension fund beneficiaries and supporting pension fund managers to be a part of the transition to a low-carbon economy to achieve the inextricably linked goals of pension wealth and planet health. Sharing research and discussing new laws and programs that various states and governments have been passing related to this area.
• Discussing financial investment by the federal government through economic stimulus in watershed projects in British Columbia and beyond as opportunity for economic recovery and employment generation.
• Policies relating to the use of genetically engineered organisms in food and agriculture, in particular environment health and human safety, and public transparency.
• Promoting inclusion of people with lived experience in the development of policies and programs addressing the causes, impacts, and solutions to homelessness.
• Seeking strengthening of fish habitat protections and implementation of the Wild Salmon Policy and Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative (PSSI).

Regulation

• Regulation of genetically engineered organisms including regulatory guidance on novel foods and which plants are subject to Part 5 of the Seeds Regulations.
• Regulatory development for the implementation of the modernized Fisheries Act, including the creation of Ecologically Significant Areas and rebuilding plans
• The renewal of the Canada Water Act legislation, including the practice of co-governance and co-creation with Indigenous Governments
• Updating Canadian regulations for flooding, wildfires and more including insurance for natural disasters

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
• Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
• Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
• Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Export Development Canada (EDC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Justice Canada (JC)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG)
• Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
• Parks Canada (PC)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
• Senate of Canada
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

Address:
400-163 W Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC  V6B 1H5
Canada

Telephone number: 647-417-1727