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The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) is responsible for protecting the environment and natural resources in British Columbia.Conservation officers are peace officers, armed, and enforce 6 federal statutes and 25 provincial statutes, including the Species at Risk Act, Liquor Control and Licensing Act, Wildlife Act and Environmental Management Act.
Crown corporations in BC are public-sector organizations established and funded by the Government of British Columbia to provide specialized goods and services to citizens. [1] They operate at varying levels of government control, depending on how they are defined, funded, and the kinds of services they provide.
Unionist Party of British Columbia: 1933 Conservatism: 1933–1937 British Columbia Social Constructive Party: 1936 Reformism, Social Democracy: 1936–1937 United Party of British Columbia: 1986 Progressive Democratic Alliance: 1993 Centrism: 1993–1997 Reform Party of British Columbia: 1983 Right-wing populism: 1994–1997 Democratic Reform ...
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Contemporary elections in British Columbia use a relatively unique system of handling absentee ballots. [10] While all jurisdictions in Canada allow for absentee voting through advance communication with the appropriate federal or provincial election agency, British Columbia is unique in allowing same-day absentee voting at any polling station in the province; ballots so cast are not counted ...
The Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR), formerly Emergency Management BC (EMBC), is a provincial government department in the Canadian province of British Columbia. EMCR works with local governments and other provincial and federal agencies year round, providing coordination and support before, during and after ...
Higher education in British Columbia started in 1890 with the first attempt by the British Columbia government to establish a provincial university, An Act Respecting the University of British Columbia that established the first convocation of the "one university for the whole of British Columbia for the purpose of raising the standard of higher education in the Province, and of enabling all ...
The Compass card is a contactless smart card automated fare collection system used primarily for public transit in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Compass card readers were first implemented as a beta in September 2013. [1] Due to delays, full implementation to the general public began in August 2015.