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Category Archives : Government
Request for a Drinking Water Health Hazard Prevention Order regarding the proposed Raven Coal Project
Made on behalf of CoalWatch Comox Valley Society and supported by Fanny Bay Waterworks and Ships Point Improvement District, two water suppliers below the proposed Raven Underground Coal Project, this ELC request asks the Drinking Water Officer to issue an >
ELC Submission to Mount Polley Expert Panel
January 7, 2015 Victoria, BC – In early December, the ELC filed a submission to the Mount Polley Independent Expert Engineering Investigation and Review Panel entitled, “Not an Act of God.” Written by ELC Intensive Stream students under the supervision >
Submission to provincial government regarding proposed changes to the Societies Act
October 15, 2014 Victoria, BC – The ELC filed a submission today asking the provincial government to rethink part of the draft legislation in their White Paper on the Societies Act. Focussed on a section that may encourage SLAPP-like law suits >
Government should release Mount Polley documents
Victoria, BC – The ELC asked BC’s Information & Privacy Commissioner today to investigate the provincial government’s refusal to release documents related to the Mount Polley tailings dam collapse. In an apparent systematic series of breaches of the Freedom of >
BC’s New Water Sustainability Act
May 20, 2014 Victoria, BC – BC recently gave third and final reading to a new Water Sustainability Act, a long-awaited overhaul of the water management and allocation regime in BC, which ELC Program Director Deborah Curran says is the “best piece >
British Columbia’s New Water Sustainability Act – Waiting for the Details
Deborah Curran, Hakai Professor in Environmental Law and Sustainability The British Columbia Legislature gave third and final reading, without any amendments, to Bill 18 – 2014, BC’s new Water Sustainability Act (“the Act”), on April 29 2014. This Bill is the long >
ELC Requests Strategic Economic and Environmental Assessment for LNG development in BC
ELC Requests Strategic Economic and Environmental Assessment for LNG development in BC August 1, 2013 Today the ELC asked the federal and BC Ministers of Environment to establish a Strategic Economic and Environmental Assessment of proposed massive new BC LNG >
Muzzling Civil Servants: A Threat to Democracy?
Working with Democracy Watch and ELC staff, ELC student Clayton Greenwood requested that the Federal Information Commissioner investigate the apparent systematic efforts by the Government of Canada to obstruct the right of the media – and through them, the Canadian >
Maintaining Natural BC for Our Children: Selected Law Reform Proposals
This book is a series of 35 short articles that describe key environmental law reforms the next provincial government should consider. This book is put forward as an educational service to inform the public, government and decision makers about solutions >