Submissions and Legislative Updates

BCLI has published a Consultation Paper on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act and is seeking comment on its proposals to government to reform British Columbia’s main child protection law. Deadline: Jan 15, 2021

An all-party Special Committee is undertaking a broad inquiry into policing, including examining the role of police with respect to complex social issues, examining the scope of systemic racism within BC's police agencies, and ensuring consistency of a modernized Police Act with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Deadline: Feb 15, 2021.

Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 22)

The Ministry of Justice has released the BC Liquor Policy Review Final Report with recommendations.