Engagement Summary In April 2014, as a result of a core review, the provincial government announced that the Ministry of Advanced Education will assume directly responsibility for the regulation of the private career training sector. The province sought input from students and sector representatives on legislation that could be introduced as early as fall 2014. Written …
Engagement Summary On October 28, 2011, the Ministry of Education launched BC’s Education Plan. This marked the beginning of an ambitious effort to engage British Columbians in an important conversation on education change. The BC Ed Plan included a public dialogue to talk to and get input from parents, students and teachers about the plan …
Engagement Summary The Ministry of Agriculture invited feedback from farmers and the public on the regulation of activities allowed on farmland in the Agricultural Land Reserve from July 21, 2014 until August 22, 2014. Minister of Agriculture Norm Letnick met with representatives from the B.C. Agriculture Council (BCAC), the Union of British Columbia Municipalities …
Engagement Summary The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure invited the public to provide feedback about proposed boundary changes to Nahatlatch Provincial Park and Protected Area in the Fraser Canyon. The Ministry is applying to BC Parks to adjust the boundary of the park as part of a land exchange with the Boston Bar First Nation. The proposed area …
Engagement Summary The Chinese Canadian community in British Columbia suffered legislated inequality by past provincial governments from 1871 (when British Columbia joined Confederation) to 1947 when the federal Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed and Chinese Canadians were given the right to vote in provincial elections. Between November 2013 and January 2014, the Ministry of …
Engagement Summary The Liquor Control and Licensing Act regulations outline the penalties an establishment – such as a restaurant, pub or private liquor store – may face for violating the terms of its liquor licence. For instance, a licensee may be given a monetary penalty or suspension for serving drinks outside of liquor-service hours, or …
Engagement Summary Ksgaxl/Stephens Island Group Conservancy is on the northwest coast of British Columbia, approximately 30 km west of Prince Rupert, and is within the traditional territories of the Coast Tsimshian (collectively the Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla First Nations). The conservancy contains Stephens Island, and other adjacent islands including Prescott Island, Philip Island, Arthur Island, …
What was this engagement about? BC Parks and the Katzie First Nation are in the process of developing a management plan for Pinecone Burke Park. Pinecone Burke Park is about 38,000 hectares, extending from the southwest corner of Garibaldi Provincial Park to west of Pitt Lake and Pitt River. Pinecone Burke Park is home to a …
What was this engagement about? CertainTeed Gypsum Canada Inc. (Proponent) is proposing to develop Kootenay West Mine (proposed Project). The proposed Project is a gypsum mine to be located 12 kilometres northeast of the Village of Canal Flats. The proposed Project would mine the gypsum deposit at a rate of 400,000 tonnes/year and the expected …
What is this engagement about? The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) of British Columbia invited public input from September 29, 2014 to November 3, 2014 on the Peace Valley OSB Project. Louisiana-Pacific OSB Limited Partnership is proposing to change the oriented strand board (OSB) manufacturing process at their mill on the southeast side of Fort St. …
