Seminar Papers 2022
November 2022
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...
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....
2022
Natural Disasters 201
British Columbia’s current flood management regime creates problems and risks for its local governments. Many important areas in the...
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...
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...
2022
Waste Management Legal Issues
The Environmental Management Act (the “EMA”) and the various regulations enacted under the EMA regulate waste within British Columbia....
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...
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...
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,...