We will track all requested and received funds from the government at all levels.

Government funding includes:

• Government grants
• Non-repayable contributions
• Any other non-repayable funding arrangements

You can find out more about government funding here: Government Funding Guidance

Government funding does not include:

• Repayable contributions
• Loans & loan guarantees
• Tax credits
• Remission orders
• Payment pursuant to a contract for goods and/or services

The declaration requirement applies to any funding from Canadian or foreign governments including any municipal, provincial, territorial, regional, or state government. Funding from any government agency or Provincial entity must also be declared in the Registration Return.

Keep in mind that you only have to declare government funding received by the legal entity that is carrying on lobbying activities in BC. 

For example:

• If the client or organization carrying on lobbying activities is a corporation, lobbyists do not need to report government funding received or requested by subsidiaries or parent corporations.
• If the client or organization carrying on lobbying activities is a local chapter of a regional, national, or international union, the local chapter does not need to declare funding received by the regional, national, or international organizations as long as the local chapter is a separate legal entity with its own constitution and bylaws.