Professional Reliance: A Local Government Perspective

This paper looks at some of the findings contained in the Final Report of the Review of Professional Reliance in Natural Resource Decision-Making, recently prepared by Mark Haddock for the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, and discusses the implications for local government practices that involve reliance on outside professionals. We also take a look at Bill 49, the Professional Governance Act, introduced in the BC Legislative Assembly in October to implement some of Haddock’s recommendations.

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