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Lobbying by The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA): 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

The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA)

Meetings this Parliament
0
With MPs
0
Since Nov 2021
0
Active registrations
1

Bills they've lobbied on

Named in their own descriptions of meetings or of their registration. Their words are quoted below each bill.

Registrations in effect

In-house (organization) In effect since Mar 26, 2026 Receives government funding

Filed by Craig Daniell, Chief Executive Officer

Lobbyists

  • Andrea Wallace · Manager, Wild Animal Welfare
  • Craig Daniell · Chief Executive Officer
  • Ebony Logins · Government Relations Officer
  • Emily Thorner · Chief Financial Officer and Chief Innovation Officer
  • Marcie Moriarty · Chief Protection and Community Officer
  • Melissa Speirs · Manager, Farm Animal Welfare
  • Sara Dubois · Senior Director, Animal Welfare Science & Standards
  • Sarah Herring · Government Relations Officer
  • Shoni Field · Chief Public Engagement and Advancement Officer

Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), Justice Canada (JC), Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, Parks Canada (PC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

What they're lobbying on (11)
  • Advocating to prohibit the use of Compound 1080 for predator control purposes
  • Advocating to improve emergency and disaster response planning and management pertaining to animals
  • Advocating for the introduction of policies or regulations to criminalize the distribution of images depicting animal harm or torture
  • Advocating for the adoption of Bill C-16 (Protecting Victims Act) to criminalize the distribution of animal sexual abuse images and harm or threats of harm to animals as tools of coercive control
  • Advocating for amendments to federal laws and regulations to recognize non-animal methods as the standard and restrict animal use wherever alternatives exist (as per e-petition 6841)
  • Advocating to require public institutions to prioritize non-animal methods and publicly report on non-animal testing adoption rates (as per e-petition 6841)
  • Advocating for the allocation of sustainable funding to a national centre to lead the transition to animal-free research and testing (as per e-petition 6841)
  • Advocating for the establishment of a roadmap and timeline for implementing non-animal testing methods (as per e-petition 6841)
  • Advocating for the prohibition of fur farming across Canada
  • Advocating to increase the accessibility and affordability of pet-friendly housing
  • Advocating for policies or regulations to end to the live export of horses by air for slaughter overseas

Registration 964049-384976-2. Look it up in the official Registry

Reported meetings

No meetings reported since November 2021.

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.