Over the past ten days, Canada has witnessed one of the fastest-moving technology policy debates in recent memory. What began as reporting about a tragic act of violence – the shootings in Tumbler Ridge, BC – quickly evolved into questions
In the Canadian province of British Columbia, the province’s Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a Board of Education trustee to pay damages of $750,000 (Canadian) to compensate LGBTQ teachers in the Chilliwack School District for injury to their dignity, feelings
In Brief British Columbia’s (“BC”) 2026 budget proposes to significantly expand its provincial sales tax (“PST”) base by bringing several additional services into scope (“Additional Services”), and eliminating certain existing exemptions, effective October 1, 2026. Businesses which provide the Additional
Update: February 19, 2026
On February 18, 2026, the FDA expanded the list of oysters harvested in British Columbia, Canada that may be contaminated with norovirus.
FDA now advises restaurants not to serve, food retailers not to sell, and consumers
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More than 80 rights groups and individuals jointly called on British Columbia (BC) to recommit to implementing Indigenous rights on Wednesday.
In the statement, the groups urged the government not to amend the provincial Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
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