Lobbying Activity Report

3822-42268

Organization: Community Legal Assistance Society
Associated registration: 7344-3822-24
Lobbying Activity date: 2025-05-07
Arranged a meeting: No
Posted date: 2025-05-14

In-house lobbyists who participated in the lobbying activity: Kevin Love
Laura Track
Jacqueline Mendes
Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity: Meghan Will, Assistant Deputy Minister
Homelessness, Partnerships and Housing Supports, Housing and Municipal Affairs
 
Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activity
Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications Intended Outcomes Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy regarding changes to the Human Rights Code, expressly adding the ground of "social condition" to the Code, eliminate the definition of "age" in the Code, abolish the exemption for shared accommodations, and allow a representative to advance a human rights complaint in the event a complainant dies.
  • 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
 Children and Families, Housing, Human Rights, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Poverty
Advocacy regarding changes to the Residential Tenancy Act, Residential Tenancy Regulation, and Residential Tenancy Branch dispute resolution process in order to enhance legal protections for residential tenants living in British Columbia.
  • Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
  • Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
  • Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
 COVID-19, Housing
Policy and program recommendations regarding BC government legislation and funding, specifically in the area of reforming the Mental Health Act, establishing an Independent Rights Advice Service for people involuntarily detained under the MHA or the Criminal Code, improved processes at the Residential Tenancy Branch and changes to the Residential Tenancy Act, improved funding of the BC Human Rights Tribunal.
  • Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
  • Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
  • Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
  • 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
 Human Rights
 
Senior officer who filed this Lobbying Activity Report: Jacqueline Mendes
 
The above name is that of the most senior paid officer who is responsible for filing a Lobbying Activity Report for the organization (the Designated Filer), whether that person participated in this lobbying activity or not.
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