British Columbia

british columbia: Does he Do we During the controversy over the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, our prime minister's main intervention in the dispute between Alberta and British Columbia has been to assert that the expansion must and will happen because it is in the national interest, according to NOW Magazine. This assertion has not been a means of starting a conversation but rather of ending one. Before the 2015 election, Green Party leader Elizabeth May assured us that, unlike his predecessor, Justin Trudeau gets climate change. Amid claims that the country must be able to get it's resources to market, Trudeau has not explained why Alberta's interest in developing the tar sands trumps British Columbia's interest in maintaining the coastal environment it depends on for its fisheries and tourism industries. It is imperative that Canadians carefully examine this claim before endorsing the expansion, let alone agreeing to use taxpayer dollars to buy it.A good starting point is to examine the very idea of national interest as it has been used through the centuries by realists in international relations. So Alberta's interests coincide with the national interest but British Columbia's do not. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

British Columbia economy: CRED latest study is titled "Is BC Poised to Be the Next Tech Hot Spot "Tech industry is booming in British Columbia and a rising tide lifts all ships, according to Vancouver Observer. When tech benefits, so do other industries. McDowell was speaking at a Board of Change panel at SAP.CRED studies British Columbia economy in search ofways to develop and grow in a way that preserves the province environment and livability, while enhancing residents' way of life. The tech sector is now larger than the province resource-based industries combined –– to the tune of as much as $26 billion of BC GDP, and more than 165,000 jobs. Read the report: Is BC Poised to be the Next Tech Hot Spot Combined, the sector adds more per dollar earned back into the provincial GDP than does the resource industry. To discuss the findings of the CRED study, four of Vancouver tech-scene heavy-hitters took part in the panel for Board of Change:Michael Delage, B. Sc., MBA, VP Technology and Corporate Strategy for General Fusion Amielle Lake, CRO and Founder of TaggaBill Tam, President and CEO of BCTIARay Walia, co-founder of Launch AcademyThe evening was moderated by Vancouver Observer Editor-in-Chief, Linda Solomon Wood (photo below). Tech jobs, on average, pay more than jobs in other sectors: $1,440 per week vs. $870, according to the CRED report. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Douglas Mcintyre Dept: By Lynne Bowen, according to Vancouver Sun. Lynne Bowen's book, Whoever Gives Us Bread: The Story of Italians in British Columbia, was nominated for the 2011 City of Vancouver Book Prize. It covers the history of the Italian community in British Columbia from the 1860s to the 1960s. Bowen spent 10 years researching the book through interviews and searching newspapers, government records and letters and whoever Gives Us Bread: The Story of Italians in British Columbia Douglas & McIntyre 368 pages, $32.95 (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

British Columbia Dept: Harper also maintains it s in the vital interest of British Columbia and Canada to diversify export markets with infrastructure projects that can help get Canadian resources to Asia, according to Vancouver Sun. Speaking Tuesday on the issue for the first time since B.C. outlined its demands, Harper said the project is being independently assessed by the National Energy Board joint review panel and that his government does not pick and choose particular projects and oTTAWA Prime Minister Stephen Harper says science not politics will ultimately determine whether the Northern Gateway pipeline proceeds, and he is refusing to get into an argument with British Columbia about how to share hypothetical revenues from the project. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has set five economic and environmental conditions that must be met including B.C. receiving its fair share of economic benefits from Ottawa and Alberta before her government will support the $5.5-billion Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

British Columbia Dept: VANCOUVER - British Columbia's 40,000 public school teachers have voted to accept a new contact, bringing an end to a year-long labour dispute that saw teachers reduce service and shut down classes during a brief walkout, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The dispute has overshadowed the entire school year, with teachers refusing to perform certain administrative tasks such as filling out report cards and, in March, staging a three-day walkout. The provincial government eventually passed back-to-work legislation and sent the negotiations to mediation a move that itself is now the subject of a new court challenge and striking British Columbia teachers and other supporters hold a rally on the final day of a three-day province wide walkout in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday March 7, 2012. British Columbia's 40,000 public school teachers were voting on a new contract Friday that could end a year-long labour dispute that had teachers refusing to do some work and staging a three-day walkout.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck The B.C. Teachers' Federation announced Friday night that its members voted 75 per cent in favour of a tentative agreement that was reached earlier in the week. Turnout was low, at 52 per cent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

british columbia: The province is no longer very British, if it ever was.article continues below Trending Stories Gang activity on the rise in Vancouver Robson Square pot market out of control,' Vancouver police say Song remains the same over rumours Led Zeppelin played at Eric Hamber high school Strong winds knock out power; Mt, according to Vancouver Courier. Washington snowed in; ferry sailings resumerelated Trutch Street, named for 'racist' politician, up for debate One-year-old Crosstown elementary could be getting a new name So why, Pires asks again, is it still called British Columbia To which, again, I reply Because Saskatchewan had first choice No, Victoria's Pires is serious about this, just as he was a decade ago when he pitched the idea to then-premier Gordon Campbell and B.C.'s MLAs. The demographics have shifted further, he says, with people drawn here from around the world. Or, at least, the former president of Victoria's Inter-Cultural Association is serious about getting people to think of what it takes to be an inclusive society. Whole countries do it. And no, he says, it doesn't help when the name of place can be read as a declaration of who really belongs.B.C. wouldn't be the first place to change its name. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

british columbia: The Application The subject of Knauff's application was a 10-day deployment to William's Lake, British Columbia, where forest fires had resulted in evacuation of the town, according to Rabble. Knauff alleges that over the course of his physically demanding deployment, there were few well-balanced, complete, or non-contaminated meals available to him as a vegan. While most of the 14 grounds enumerated in the code are self-explanatory, the recent case of a vegan firefighter who has alleged discrimination on the basis of creed for the failure to accommodate his diet raises questions about the intended scope of this protected ground, and whether it may be interpreted to accommodate his claim. He describes the failure to accommodate his practice of ethical veganism as being discriminatory on the basis of creed, and describes his practice of veganism as being driven by ethical, not dietary factors, and constituting a belief system that extend s the philosophy of non-consumption of animal products to all other areas of his life and goes to the very core of his identity. While the laws in provinces like B.C. and Alberta protect against discrimination on the basis of religion and political belief, the Ontario Human Rights Code refers instead to protection on the basis of creed, a term that it does not define. What is Creed Each province has its own human rights legislation which sets out grounds of protection. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

british columbia: The two advocacy groups had sought a stay of a section of the Citizenship Act which allows the government to revoke the citizenship of anyone deemed to have misrepresented themselves - a provision which they argued could potentially ensnare Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef, according to CTV. Monsef last month discovered that she was born in Iran, not Afghanistan as she'd always believed. Federal Court Justice Russell Zinn has dismissed a case brought by the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association. The law is being challenged as unconstitutional but until that case is settled, the Federal Court has since January been systematically granting stays to individuals who apply for them. But Zinn ruled Monday that a blanket stay can only be ordered if the harm caused by the law is unavoidable. The advocacy groups had argued that not everyone is aware or can afford a lawyer to seek a court-ordered stay of proceedings; they asked Zinn to impose a blanket stay for everyone who receives a notice of citizenship revocation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Supreme Court Of British Columbia Dept: In a statement of claim filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Const. Karen Katz alleges she has been subjected to "offensive, humiliating and demeaning comments," has been called fat, was asked to perform oral sex on male colleagues and was even accused of being a security risk because of her research into biker gangs, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "I live in the abyss," Katz told The Canadian Press in an interview and vANCOUVER - A female Mountie from British Columbia has launched a second lawsuit against the national police force, alleging she has been harassed and humiliated since the late 1980s. Katz, who has authored four books on outlaw biker culture, said she now suffers from a variety of health disorders, including post-traumatic stress, bulimia and severe abdominal pain because of the continual harassment and abuse. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

british columbia: He'll take the winner to parliamentary legal beagles to write up as draft legislation over the summer and introduce it as a private member's bill in the fall, according to The Chronicle Herald. The contest is open only to constituents in Skeena-Bulkley Valley. The New Democrat MP is inviting constituents in his northern British Columbia riding to send him ideas for a new law. But Cullen hopes the idea will catch on with other MPs, who'll run their own contests and eventually give Canadians across the country the chance to become lawmakers. It's very difficult, particularly to get young people, but people in general, involved. I just think the wisdom of the crowd is untapped, said Cullen, who also sees the contest as a fun way to try to combat cynicism about politics. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.