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Municipalities stake a claim for more balanced mining rules in BC

September 16, 2013 by Centre for Civic Governance | Filed in: Blog Climate Change Sustainability Planning

Mining in BC is booming. But with outdated regulatory legislation, that boom is presenting challenges for local governments, and at this week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) convention, councillors from across BC called for the legislation to be updated. The 2011 BC Jobs Plan foreshadowed eight new mines and nine mining expansions operational by 2015. READ MORE


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