As of Wednesday, November 17, the Province of British Columbia has moved forward in introducing further legislation regarding Indigenous rights. In an effort to uphold its commitment to reconciliation and its implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (‘UNDRIP’), the Province introduced two bills concerning Indigenous peoples.
The Province of British Columbia has recently released its amended plan, the CleanBC Roadmap, on how it will achieve the Paris emissions reduction targets for 2030 and be net-zero by 2050. The Province launched the CleanBC Roadmap in 2018, though it was recently revised to provide further direction and specificity on how these goals will be achieved. These changes will be accompanied by legislation which industry must comply with.
As published in the NRCA’s Northern Construction Connection November 2021 Newsletter, and VICA’s e-New.
The Architectural Institute of British Columbia v. Langford (City), 2021 BCCA 261
This article is a follow-up to our previous commentary published in October of 2020, as the outcome of the appeal was subsequently released earlier this year
As published in the NRCA’s Northern Construction Connection October 2021 Newsletter, and VICA’s e-New
Under the Residential Tenancy Act property owners are permitted to evict tenants where they perform renovations to their property. However, with limited affordable housing available, evictions of tenants under the guise of performing renovations on units and then significantly increasing the rent on those units, commonly known as “renovictions”, pose an additional barrier for tenants to secure housing. To address this concern, the City of New Westminster amended its Business Regulations and Licensing (Rental Units) Bylaw, to regulate such renovictions, which has recently been upheld by the British Columbia Court of Appeal.
The summer of 2021 has seen unprecedented flooding, wildfires, heat waves, heavy rainfall, and other alarming weather-related events. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released its latest report (the “Report”) which confirms that much of the devastating weather events we have experienced this summer are the result of human-caused climate change.
Delays of the completion of construction projects are quite common. Therefore, contracts for such projects often contemplate delays and may prohibit or allow for contractors to recover additional costs that may arise from delays. However, the recent case of Elite Construction Inc. v. Canada confirmed that strict compliance with contractual notice provisions is a prerequisite to claiming damages for delay.
As published in the NRCA’s Northern Construction Connection July 2021 Newsletter, and VICA’s e-News.
British Columbia’s arbitration legislation had not undergone major revisions in over 30 years. However, the new Arbitration Act1 (the ‘Act’) and Arbitration Regulation2 (the ‘Regulation’) came into force on September 1, 2020, at which time the previous act and regulation were repealed.