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Archived BC Government News Releases 1994-2020
1994 to 2020
Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) July 2012 - present

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British Columbia Budgets
BC Budgets 1995 - present
British Columbia Budget Speech 2022
Site C Dam Information and Updates
Speech from the Throne, February 8, 2022
3rd Session, 42nd Parliament
BC Representative for Children and Youth
Reports and publications, 2007 to the present.
Review of the BC Coastal Ferry Act | BC Ferry Commission, January 24, 2012 [PDF]
BC Building Codes 2018
BC Fire Code, BC Building Code, BC Plumbing Services, along with application and intent statements. Access to 2006 included.
Election chill effect: The Impact of BC's New Third Party Advertising Rules on Social Movement Groups
From the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, authored by Shannon Daub, Heather Whiteside. August 2010.
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Poorly designed third party advertising rules chilled election debate, reduced voter access to information: Study
Cohen Commission
Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. This federal commission was established by order in Council, November 2009.
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http://www.cohencommission.ca/en/
http://www.watershed-watch.org/resources/cohen-inquiry-highlights/"
Braidwood Inquiry
The Braidwood Commmission on the Death of Robert Dziekanski released on June 18, 2010 its Final report, "WHY? The Robert Dziekanski Tragedy", locate on the commission website under the section "Obtain Report" Phase Two.

The first report of the commission, "RESTORING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE: Restricting the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons in British Columbia" was released 18 June 2009. Locate the report on the commission website under the section "Obtain Report" Phase One.
POLIS Project on Ecological Governance
The Water Sustainability Project (WSP) began in 2003 at the University of Victoria's POLIS Project on Ecological Governance in British Columbia, Canada.
HST in BC
Fraser River Sockeye Salmon: past declines, future sustainability?
Interim Report, issued by the Coommission of Inquiry into the decline of the Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. Ottawa, 2010.
Forging partnerships, building relationships- Aboriginal Canadians and energy development: report to the Prime Minister by Douglas R. Eyford
November 29, 2013.
Very large pdf.