More than 40 court administration staff and justice officials, including members of the judiciary, were part of the official opening of a new training program at the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) today, Minister of Justice Shirley Bond announced.
The Centre for Court Administration (CCA) will provide training for approximately 700 court administration staff, through online study, virtual classroom work and at JIBC campuses throughout B.C. The program is a partnership between the Ministry of Justice and the Justice Institute. Government has committed $240,000 to assist with establishing the centre and curriculum development.
Court administration employees include court clerks, registry clerks and technicians, senior registry technicians and managers. The CCA will provide ...
dawn - 1 month agoThe federal budget dealt a massive blow to the environmental movement and will result in protests across the country, two opposition MPs say.
The latest federal budget unveiled by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty set out limits for environmental reviews that could speed up approval for projects such as the Northern Gateway pipeline.
Flaherty called the current system where some reviews have been underway for six or seven years "nonsense" and said they're slowing down or threatening the Canadian economy.
But British Columbia MPs Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, and the NDP's Nathan Cullen call the budget undemocratic and its stance on the environment the worst in Canada's history.
"I can't imagine another time in our nation's history when a significant threat facing our economy, ...
fabo - 1 month ago...B.C. speech
British Columbia's Liberal party may be cheering but federal Liberals are jeering Prime Minister Stephen Harper's upcoming historic speech in the B.C. legislature as he salutes the 2010 Olympics.
Harper will be the first Canadian prime minister to address members of the B.C. legislature on Thursday, before the Games open on Friday.
Premier Gordon Campbell said he expects Harper to congratulate British Columbians and Canadians on their successful efforts to host the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler.
But federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Harper is offside visiting the sitting B.C. legislature at a time when he shut down Parliament in Ottawa from Dec. 30 to March 3.
Federal Opposition parties and hundreds of thousands of Canadians have held protest ...
bibi - 26 months ago
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