Seminar Papers 2022

November 2022

18Nov
2022

Codes of Conduct and More: Elected Officials Behaving Badly

Most professionals are held accountable for their conduct through legislative mechanisms. Lawyers must comply with a Code of Professional...

18Nov
2022

Labour, Employment & Human Rights: Odds and Ends

There were various labour, employment and human rights cases and new legislation this past year that impact local governments as employers....

18Nov
2022

Natural Disasters 201

British Columbia’s current flood management regime creates problems and risks for its local governments. Many important areas in the...

18Nov
2022

Works & Services Agreements, Latecomer Agreements and Local Area Services

One of the most important purposes of local governments is to provide services for the benefit of the community. This core purpose is...

18Nov
2022

Local Governments Wearing Two Hats: What are the Legal Issues?

Local governments have a vast plethora of roles, obligations, and functions to play – as anyone working in local government is all too...

18Nov
2022

Waste Management Legal Issues

The Environmental Management Act (the “EMA”) and the various regulations enacted under the EMA regulate waste within British Columbia....

18Nov
2022

Who's in Charge? Provincial Override in Land Use Management

Over the past several years commentators on municipal land use policy in BC have been suggesting that the time has come for the provincial...

18Nov
2022

Caselaw Update

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Redmond v. Wiebe was the first occasion for that court to consider the scope of the comparator group...

16Nov
2022

Land Use Regulation: Selected Topics

Many planners are familiar with the term “Euclidean” zoning, and will almost instinctively equate it with a kind of rigid, unimaginative,...

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