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2Maintaining SuperNatural BC: Selected Law Reform Proposals
Maintaining SuperNatural BCfor Our ChildrenSelected Law Reform ProposalsEdited by Calvin SandbornLaw CentreEnvironmentalUNIVERSITY OF VICTORIAMaintaining SuperNatural BC: Selected Law Reform Proposals 3
Page 4 and 5: MAINTAINING SUPERNATURAL BC FOR OUR
Page 6: ContentsA. Planning and Environment
Page 9 and 10: Note that many of the articles refl
Page 11 and 12: A. Planning and EnvironmentalAssess
Page 13 and 14: • Destroy an important cultural a
Page 15 and 16: For more information, see:Environme
Page 17 and 18: will result from the interaction of
Page 19 and 20: 3. Land Use Planning for Nature,Cli
Page 21 and 22: The cumulative effects of human act
Page 23 and 24: Implement and sustain monitoring pr
Page 25 and 26: B. Regulating IndustriesMaintaining
Page 27 and 28: the vast majority of the province,
Page 29 and 30: capability, fisheries sensitive wat
Page 31 and 32: ∘∘∘∘Nations’ land claims,
Page 33 and 34: Limiting Mining Minister’s Discre
Page 35 and 36: • Since 1998, Ministry of Environ
Page 37 and 38: 7. OIL AND GAS: Reforming Oil andGa
Page 39 and 40: drilled as close as 100 metres to a
Page 41 and 42: Oil and gas companies can drill on
Page 43 and 44: 8. OIL AND GAS: It’s Time to Regu
Page 45 and 46: found in one of BC’s main fields,
Page 47 and 48: files/publications/Oil%20and%20Gas%
Page 49 and 50: - from strengthening corporate timb
Page 51 and 52: New mechanisms for local self-deter
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C. Protecting Wildlife & WaterMaint
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wintering ground or stopover. Unlik
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On The Edge: British Columbia’s U
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Given that all water systems (both
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water as a public resource that the
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12. Protecting Fish in British Colu
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This gutting of fish protection law
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13. Privatizing Salmon Protection:T
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uilt on roughly one-third of the pr
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This policy lurch makes it even mor
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Planning must involve robust public
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has led to such an increase in cost
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For more information, see:Reforming
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fail to co-ordinate regulatory effo
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• Powers to enter into agreements
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D. The Urban EnvironmentMaintaining
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coordinating land use, transportati
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18. Protecting Natural Areas in our
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stewardship isn’t just a matter o
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of less than 20 cents on the dollar
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of-way. The resulting greenways net
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20. Reinventing RainwaterManagement
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LID effort in North America - a com
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E. PollutionMaintaining SuperNatura
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pumped oil into a Saanich basement
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22. Reforming Contaminated SitesLaw
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of Compliance (COC) approvals. The
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F. Climate Change andEnergyMaintain
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Meanwhile, Environment Canada’s s
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24. In Defence of the Carbon TaxBy
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over. BC’s carbon tax is still no
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generations of BC ratepayers and ta
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William Andrews is a BC lawyer who
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happen when people heat their homes
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G. Ensuring Justice forNatureMainta
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• In 2003, the public’s right t
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Regulation Improvement Coalition an
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to provide the courts with the best
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perhaps the people can. By putting
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Chris Tollefson (D. Gilliland and J
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British Columbians must have the ri
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for both present and future generat
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that SLAPPs have a range of negativ
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Anti-SLAPP Advisory Panel: Report t
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An Environment Commissioner would p
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144 Maintaining SuperNatural BC: Se
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33. Reliance on QualifiedProfession
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Does this new approach have an adeq
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34. Reforming Freedom ofInformation
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ecords in relation to such a ‘pro
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Information and Privacy Commissione
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Gord McAdams was a “whistleblower
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could result. The legislation shoul
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