Seminar Papers 2013

December 2013

02Dec
2013

Medical Marihuana Update

The issues surrounding the growing and distribution of medical marihuana have been of particular interest to local governments over the...

02Dec
2013

Privacy Issues in the Work Place

Managing employees has always been complicated and is becoming even more so with the increasing use of technology in the workplace and a...

02Dec
2013

MMBC: What are the Issues?

In 2004, the Province enacted the Recycling Regulation under the Environmental Management Act to implement a framework for extended...

02Dec
2013

Repeal, Rescind, Reconsider

As the level of government that is closest to the people, municipalities and regional districts are often the first governments to...

02Dec
2013

Revitalization Tax Exemptions

Revitalization tax exemptions are currently experiencing a surge in popularity in BC. However, they are not as simple as ordinary...

02Dec
2013

Controlling Councillor Conduct

This paper will consider the power to, and the processes by which a council may address the misconduct of one of its members. After...

02Dec
2013

Water Law 101

This paper deals mainly with the difficult question of private ownership of water bodies, while touching briefly on common law rights...

02Dec
2013

Caselaw Update

Local government law is diverse and the cases that touch on local government issues are no different. The past few years have seen many...

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