Fixing Systemic Failures in BC’s Mining Regulation: The Urgent Need for a Judicial Inquiry
Report and letter prepared for the Fairmining Collaborative (read related story)
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2017Feb24 – Letter to Information and Privacy Commissioner
On behalf of BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA), letter requesting the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner conduct a systemic study on why particular provincial ministries are not proactively releasing key environmental orders, permits, contravention decisions…
In the Public Interest: Unlock the Vault
Law Reform to ensure proactive disclosure of “Public Interest” Records Submitted to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, on behalf of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
Lower Coquitlam River Watershed Plan: Tools for Healthy Watersheds and Healthy Humans
This report provides information on legal tools that can assist the Cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam in achieving the objectives outlined in the Lower Coquitlam River Watershed Plan and to provide an outline of legal tools citizens can use…
Protecting Granby Valley Grizzly Bears
Report with recommendations prepared for the Friends and Residents of the North Fork that compares how laws in BC and the US protect grizzlies from road development.
Enhancing Public Access to Privately Owned Wild Lands
Memo on behalf of the Outdoor Recreation Council on the problems faced by citizens who want to pass through privately owned forests and wild areas. Prepared by ELC Intensive student Graham Litman and former ELC Articled Student Matt Hulse, under…
Tools for Local Governments and Communities to Protect Essential Ecosystems
Prepared for Saanich Action for the Environment (SAFE), the report Environmental Development Permit Areas: In Practice and in Caselaw, shows how local government can use its discretion to craft Environmental Development Permit Areas (EDPAs) tailored to its particular regions. Under…
Request to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (Feb 3.16)
Feb 3, 2016 request on behalf of the Save the Hullcar Aquifer Team that the Information and Privacy Commissioner: Investigate and report on Government’s breach of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act in delaying and restricting public…
Drinking Water Hazard Abatement and Protection Order
Submission to the Drinking Water Officer on behalf of the Save Hullcar Aquifer Team requesting a Drinking Water Hazard Abatement and Prevention Order regarding the contamination of unconfined Hullcar aquifer #103, pursuant to section 25 of the Drinking Water Protection Act.…
In the Public Interest: Unlock the Vault
Law reform proposal to ensure proactive disclosure of “public interest” records. Submitted to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, on behalf of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association. Researched by…
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.…
Blind Spot: The Failure to Consider Climate in British Columbia’s Environmental Assessments
Submission to the BC Climate Leadership Team prepared on behalf of the Sierra Club, BC. Click here for more information.
