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Lobbying by BC Care Providers Association: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.

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Organization

BC Care Providers Association

Meetings this Parliament
6
With MPs
2
Since Nov 2021
37
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Apr 21, 2026.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Mar 31, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Mary Polak, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Mary Polak · Chief Executive Officer
  • Tiffany Trownson · Director of Public Affairs | EngAge BC

Institutions they may lobby: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Justice Canada (JC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Service Canada (ServCan), Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (7)
  • Support the development of a sustainable long-term care funding model to ensure stable operations and predictable access to care.
  • Enhance support for seniors to age at home in their communities, helping to reduce hospital congestion and long-term care wait times.
  • To ensure that the proper resources are allocated to implement the fully funded Safe Long-Term Care Act.
  • Improve the pathway for internationally and domestically-trained health care workers in receiving credential recognition in Canada.
  • National Housing Strategy, with regards to including long-term care homes to qualify for funding.
  • Improve the pathway for internationally and domestically-trained health care workers in receiving credential recognition in Canada.
  • Granting funding in support of a federal-provincial partnership to train, recruit and retain health care aides, personal support workers, and nurses.

Registration 961356-366911-38. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

Spreadsheet

Filed by Terence Lake (31), Mary Polak (6).

  • Reported by Mary Polak · In-house (organization)

    • Kristen Underwood · Director General, Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Granting funding in support of a federal-provincial partnership to train, recruit and retain health care aides, personal support workers, and nurses.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mary Polak · In-house (organization)

    • Alana Powell · Senior Policy Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Improve the pathway for internationally and domestically-trained health care workers in receiving credential recognition in Canada. Read more

    Granting funding in support of a federal-provincial partnership to train, recruit and retain health care aides, personal support workers, and nurses.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mary Polak · In-house (organization)

    • Julie Dzerowicz · Member of Parliament, Member of Member of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration
    Improve the pathway for internationally and domestically-trained health care workers in receiving credential recognition in Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mary Polak · In-house (organization)

    • Paul Halucha · Deputy Minister, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
    National Housing Strategy, with regards to including long-term care homes to qualify for funding.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mary Polak · In-house (organization)

    • Eric Nicol · Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
    Support the development of a sustainable long-term care funding model to ensure stable operations and predictable access to care.

    Official report

  • Reported by Mary Polak · In-house (organization)

    National Housing Strategy, with regards to including long-term care homes to qualify for funding. Read more

    Improve the pathway for internationally and domestically-trained health care workers in receiving credential recognition in Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Bonita Zarrillo · Member of Parliament, Seniors Critic, House of Commons
    Enhance support for seniors to age at home in their communities, helping to reduce hospital congestion and long-term care wait times.

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    To ensure that the proper resources are allocated to implement the fully funded Safe Long-Term Care Act. Read more

    Granting funding in support of a federal-provincial partnership to train, recruit and retain health care aides, personal support workers, and nurses.

    Improve the pathway for internationally and domestically-trained health care workers in receiving credential recognition in Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Bonita Zarrillo · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    Granting funding in support of a federal-provincial partnership to train, recruit and retain health care aides, personal support workers, and nurses. Read more

    Improve the pathway for internationally and domestically-trained health care workers in receiving credential recognition in Canada.

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Youmy Han · Deputy Chief of Staff, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    EducationEmployment and TrainingHealthImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    and 11 more
    • Hedy Fry · MP
    • Patrick Weiler · Member of Parliament
    • Ron McKinnon · Member of Parliament
    • Sukh Dhaliwal · Member of Parliament
    • Carla Qualtrough · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Jonathan Wilkinson · MP, House of Commons
    • Harjit Sajjan · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Joyce Murray · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Wilson Miao · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • John Aldag · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
    • Ken Hardie · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    HealthHousingInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Norman Tyler · Senior Regional Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Douglas Wong · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)

    Housing

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Jocelyne Voisin · Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada (HC)

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Seamus O'Regan · Minister of Labour and Seniors, House of Commons

    Employment and TrainingHealthInfrastructure

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Meron Cheway · Regional Advisor, West and North, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
    • James Christie · Senior Policy Advisor, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

    Employment and Training

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    HealthJustice and Law Enforcement

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    HealthJustice and Law Enforcement

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Kamal Khera · Minister of Seniors, House of Commons

    Health

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Sean Fraser · Member of Parliament, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

    Employment and TrainingImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    Employment and TrainingHealthImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    Employment and TrainingHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    Employment and TrainingHealth

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    Employment and TrainingImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Douglas Wong · Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
    • Youmy Han · Regional Advisor, BC, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Employment and TrainingHealthImmigration

    Official report

  • Reported by Terence Lake · In-house (organization)

    • Kyle Nicholson · Director of Policy, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

    Employment and TrainingImmigration

    Official report

From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.