Renseignez-vous sur cette consultation en français. Engagement Summary Organizations and individuals throughout British Columbia shared their thoughts on how the provincial government could improve access to programs and services in French. The input from this province-wide engagement process helped to identify priorities within B.C.’s francophone community and helping to negotiate a new Official Languages Agreement …
Engagement Summary The Premier and the Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development of British Columbia announced that the Province would be opening public nominations for the Wildfire and Flood ‘Above and Beyond Awards’ to give the citizens of British Columbia the opportunity to recognize their friends, relatives, neighbours and colleagues for …
Engagement Summary The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure invited the public to complete an online feedback form regarding the three Highway 1 four-laning projects that are planned in the Chase area: Hoffman’s Bluff to Chase Creek Road; Chase Creek Road to Chase, and Chase to Jade Mountain are the three components of the Hoffman’s Bluff …
Engagement Summary The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure sought public feedback regarding the Brunette Interchange Project on Highway 1. The Brunette Avenue Interchange is the primary interchange for commercial vehicles and is heavily used by highway traffic headed for Coquitlam and New Westminster. It also serves as a key local connection between these municipalities and …
Engagement Summary On August 14, 2017, the B.C. government announced that effective November 30, 2017 it will end trophy hunting of grizzly bears and stop all hunting of grizzly bears in the Great Bear Rainforest. Government also announced it would launch an engagement process on regulations to support a sustenance hunt, while ending the trophy …
Engagement Summary The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure invited feedback from Chase-area residents on the four-laning project planned for the Trans-Canada Highway from Hoffman’s Bluff to Jade Mountain. An open house was held on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at the Chase Community Hall, 547 Shuswap Ave., Chase. Ministry staff were on hand to provide …
Engagement Summary On August 4, 2017 Premier John Horgan along with Attorney General David Eby announced that British Columbia will re-establish the B.C. Human Rights Commission to address inequality and discrimination. The Attorney General tasked Ravi Kahlon, Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism, to lead a public engagement process and provide recommendations. The report …
Engagement Summary The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has invited public feedback as part of an transportation planning study for the Central Okanagan. The ministry has also collected and considered input from local governments, First Nations, environmental stakeholders and other stakeholder groups. The Central Okanagan Planning Study is examining the Central Okanagan to understand …
Engagement Summary On August 2, 2017, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy George Heyman announced an independent review of the Hullcar Aquifer with the goal of ensuring practices from the agricultural sector are aligned the provision and protection of clean, safe drinking water for all British Columbians. The review of the Hullcar Aquifer …
Engagement Summary In April 2017, the Government of Canada introduced the Cannabis Act and amendments to the Criminal Code to address cannabis impaired driving with plans to make non-medical cannabis legal in Canada by July 2018. To prepare for July 2018, the Province of British Columbia conducted a five week public and stakeholder engagement …
