Gov't commissioned review condemns EC's 'professional reliance' model

摘要

Big changes to the way B.C.'s mining sector is regulated may be on the way. At least that's the signal given by a newly released, provincial government-commissioned report that criticizes the way the B.C. government manages the province's natural resources. The report by lead author Mark Haddock - a University of Victoria environmental law professor and Forest Practices Board general counsel - comes 17 years after the "professional reliance" model was made modus operandi of B.C.'s natural resources sector by the newly elected government of then-premier Gordon Campbell, who was swept to power in 2001 on a pro-business platform after a decade of left-leaning New Democratic Party rule.