What was this engagement about? Feedback was invited on the renewed emergency management agreement between Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and Emergency Management British Columbia (EMBC) for the delivery of emergency management programs, services and activities to on-reserve First Nations communities in the province. Public input was invited on three background documents until May …
Engagement Summary The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services – an all-party committee of the Legislative Assembly – held province-wide consultations in September and October 2016 to seek the views of British Columbians. Results of those consultations are available online. Starting in December, 2017, Minister of Finance Mike de Jong asked citizens to participate …
What was this engagement about? Keeping records is an important government activity. Information schedules are used to determine how government records are classified and managed during all stages of their use. We asked the public to be part of an ongoing decision-making process to help guide the management of government records. The Ministry of Citizens’ …
Engagement Summary DataBC encourages and enables the strategic management and sharing of data across the government enterprise and with the public. It is responsible for the Open Data Initative and the Province’s Spatial Data Infrastructure and associated products and services. In 2011, DataBC launched a blog as a platform to engage with the public …
What was this engagement about? The Family Law Act came fully into force on March 18, 2013, replacing the Family Relations Act. The new act significantly changed the way guardianship and parenting arrangements are conceptualized within family law in British Columbia, introducing new terminology as well as a new framework for determining parents’ responsibilities towards their children. The Family …
Engagement Summary On June 2, 2015 the Province released an Initial Public Consultation Paper and invited input from citizens and stakeholders in the financial services sector, for consideration as part of a broad review of the Financial Institutions Act and the Credit Union Incorporation Act. Submissions were accepted by email or mail until September 15, …
Engagement Summary The purpose of the engagement was to provide information about the Emergency Program Act (the Act) and allow an opportunity to submit input on 12 different topics. The Act sets out the key responsibilities and authorities to guide and enable experts at the local and provincial levels in preparing for, responding to and recovering from …
Engagement Summary Emergency Management BC (EMBC) invited the public to complete an online survey to help understand British Columbians preparedness for an emergency. All B.C. residents were invited to participate. People’s responses to the survey, will give PreparedBC better information in order to continually refine their materials, information and outreach to target the areas of …
Engagement Summary The B.C. Government asked British Columbians to share their thoughts on distracted driving penalties. As a first step, in late 2014, the B.C. had Government increased the penalties for using a hand-held electronic device while driving to include three penalty points, in addition to the existing $167 fine. During this consultation …
What was this engagement about? The Ministry of Justice invited comments on a proposed Enforcement of Money Judgments Act that will simplify the process to collect funds for those who are owed money, while protecting debtors from unreasonable collection practises. Citizens were invited to read and comment on British Columbia Law Institute’s “Report on the …
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