business advocacy at municipal, regional, provincial & federal levels

Advocacy is at the core of what we do. As the unified voice of Revelstoke businesses, we represent our members’ interests on the issues that matter most to the business community. By communicating the needs of business to different levels of government, we influence policies, regulations and decisions that are critical to creating a favourable environment where businesses can succeed and flourish.

Our Advocacy Committee and sub-committees meet regularly to asses advocacy-related issues and to preliminarily determine if advocacy topics are relevant and appropriate to pursue on behalf of the Chamber membership. Click here to read the Terms of Reference.

ADVOCACY COMMITTEES

Learn more about our advocacy sub-committees and what we are doing below.

 
 

Interested in joining an Advocacy Sub-Committee? Fill out the form at the bottom of this page.

REVELSTOKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MENTIONS

Our Chamber's recommendations were mentioned several times in the Report on BC Budget Consultation 2024. Click the link to learn more.

2024 ADVOCACY SUBJECTS

Museum & Archives - Brown Bag History Program Funding

2023 ADVOCACY SUBJECTS

City Snow Removal & Surveys

Short Term Rentals

LMIA requirements & Temporary Foreign Workers Program

2024 BC Budget

The Columbia Valley and Revelstoke Chambers of Commerce Invest in Increased Advocacy

Zoning Bylaws

REDIP-ED Fund (Letter of Support)

PAST ADVOCACY SUBJECTS.

January 2021 COVID-19 Survey Results from our Business Community

Illegal Short Term Rentals

Illuminate Revelstoke Society Project

Affordable Housing Development at 420 Downie Street Site

Pulse Check Survey Results

Illegal Short Term Rentals Update

Tourism & Hospitality Need Government Support Now

Provincial Legislation for Municipalities to offer Commercial Property Tax Options

Development of Affordable Housing on Former Begbie School Site

Tourism Industry Association of BC (TIABC) Request for Stimulus Recovery Package

Caribou

Do you have an advocacy issue?

The Chamber can advocate on your behalf. The process is as follows:

The Executive Director can bring the issue forth to the Chamber’s Advocacy Committee. The Committee makes a recommendation that is brought forth to the Board of Directors. The Chamber Board of Directors will vote on whether they agree that this item warrants advocacy to the governing body or decision maker. If the vote passes, the ED will draft up a letter to be submitted to the applicable authoritve figure. It gets approved by the Board and sent to Council.

If business name would like to pursue this process, we would ask business name to submit a letter to the Chamber with the following details:

  • What is your desired outcome?

  • Who have you spoken with to date so far? Name of the contacts

  • Please submit supporting communications to provide the Board of Directors with background information.

  • Please have the letter signed by the person who represents business name.

JOIN ONE OF OUR ADVOCACY SUB-COMMITEES

Let us know if you’d like to join one of our Advocacy sub-committees. Limited space available.