Request for an audit and examination of the Government of British Columbia’s failure to adequately regulate placer mining
Submission to BC’s Auditor General to examine the government’s apparent failure to adequately regulate placer mining
Category Archives : Government
A National Strategy to Combat Marine Plastics Pollution: A Blueprint for Federal Action
This report prepared for the T. Buck Suzuki Foundation builds on our Seven Reforms to Address Marine Plastic Pollution report and outlines exact actions that Ottawa can take to address marine plastic pollution. It identifies the constitutional powers that allow Parliament to >
Hullcar Valley Area Based Management Plan Recommendations
Report submitted to the Minister of Environment on behalf of our clients Save Hullcar Aquifer Team (SHAT) with specific recommendations about how government can improve the Order for an Area Based Management Plan so that is ensures clean drinking water >
Accessing information: the continuing quest to release public documents
In our October newsletter, we told you about the ELC’s work to improve information and privacy law in BC. On behalf of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, we just took this work a step further. The public >
Transforming BC’s Freedom of Information Law
Thanks to the ELC, BC has improved information and privacy law regarding the government’s obligations to release information to the public. In one of her last acts before leaving office, Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham responded in late June >
Tools for Local Governments and Communities to Protect Essential Ecosystems
Thanks to ELC students Gabrielle Grant and Andie Britton-Foster, it should be a little easier for the public and local governments to work together to protect their local ecosystems using Environmental Development Permit Areas (EDPAs). EDPAs are a tool available to local >
Finding the Money to Buy and Protect Natural Lands
Report prepared for the Ancient Forest Alliance examining the urgent need for a provincial Natural Lands Acquisition Fund in BC. The report includes 17 recommendations and a number of options the Province could implement to raise funds on an annual basis. >
Charity Chill and the Urgent Need to Reform Canada’s Charitable Laws
March 25, 2015 Victoria, BC – Canada’s laws for charities are in need of urgent reform. A new ELC report released today calls for sweeping modernization of Canadian charitable law in line with other jurisdictions such as the U.S., Australia, >
Tax Audits of Environmental Groups: The Pressing Need for Law Reform
ELC report, prepared for DeSmog Canada, calling for sweeping modernization of Canadian charitable law. Current rules in Canada around “political activities” are ambiguous and confusing, and the penalties for breaking the rules are too harsh. Click here for more information.
Guidance for the CRD’s Regional Sustainability Strategy Feedback Form
February 3, 2015 Victoria, BC – Until February 15, 2015, the Capital Regional District (CRD) is inviting public comments on the updating the CRD’s Regional Growth Strategy. Comments on the new Regional Sustainability Strategy (RSS) are accepted through an 18-page >