Community References

This reference area is maintained by Corrie Kost for those interested in various aspects of community life. Although it is targetted somewhat to issues in the District of North Vancouver it is hoped that many other communities can benefit from the collection found here.

CONTENTS

Official Community Plan

OCP adopted Jun 27/2011
DNV Land Use Map
Tools of the Trade for Municipal Act
Community Services Publications by Province of BC

Information Sources

Mississauga Urban Design Standards
A Set of Recommended Shadow Design Criteria
Civic Practices Network A Comprehensive Public Solving Guide
Wikipedia Summary Municipal Taxes for BC Municipalities
Government and Media Facts Toolkit by Creative Resistance
Vancouver CommunityNet
North Shore Community Services
North Shore Arts Commission
North Vancouver District Public Library
Vancouver Public Library
BC Chamber of Commerce
SME Report Card on BC Municipalities (1997/99) and Property Taxes in Ontario
District of North Vancouver Home Page
- Council Agendas and Minutes
- Committee Appointments as at 8-Oct-2002
- Committee Agendas
- Corporate Policy Manual and alphabetized index
- Public Involvement Framework with supplements 1 , 2
- Code of Ethics for Council, Board Appointees, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces but currently does not apply to District Staff.
- Economic Development Strategy
- Diversity Policy
- Value Analysis Task Force Jul 6/2001 report and personal analysis by Corrie Kost
- Staff Report on Value Analysis Task Force report.
- Strategic Plan Workshop of Feb 1/2001
- 1999 Community Survey
- Best Practices in Performance Measurements - excellent, although US material.
City of North Vancouver Home Page and Financial Reports
City of North Vancouver - Council Agendas and Minutes
North Vancouver City Voices on local issues.
District of West Vancouver Community and Official web sites.
City of Vancouver Home Page and Detailed Maps
NorthShore facts and other links by FactXPress
Vancouver Travel Guide
North Shore News Vancouver's North Shore Newspaper.
Outlook - Newspaper
Vancouver Sun Home Page
Vancouver Province Home Page
Newspapers in BC and contacts!
Canada Newspapers
GVRD Home Page
CivicInfoBC - great site for everything about BC Local Government.
Civicnet Links
BC Ministry of Community...
BC MLAs
BC Legislation and Bills
REVISED STATUTES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1996 and Municipal Act
Local Government Act / Municipal Act Latest Version with Table of Contents
Community Charter - BC Legislature 1st reading version.
Community Charter - Implementation Details
Latest version of Community Charter
Local Self-Government Bulletins - discussions
BC Law Reform Commission's Reports of the BC Law Institute
Local Government Legal NoteBook by Staples, MCDannold, and Stewart
B.C. Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of B.C.
Compendium of Law and Judges - Canadian Law by Chief Justice Allan McEachern
Supreme Court of Canada
Canadian Government Information on the Internet for BC
BC Hydro
Gosnell's Digital Year Book of BC - 1901-2001
Statistics Canada
Statistics BC
Quick BC Facts
GREATER VANCOUVER KEY FACTS
Government of British Columbia on the Web
Government of Canada - Search Canadian Federal, Provincial, Municipal and Legal information sites.
Government of Canada Primary Internet Site
Fraser Institute - Think Tank
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Think Tank
C.D. Howe Institute
CAGE~BC Coalition for Accountability in Government Enterprises
Metro Watch
Planning by Design an Ontario healthy communities handbook
Public Input Toolkit - 2014 Alberta
International Association for Public Participation (BC)
Office of Neighbourhood Involvement - Portand, Oregon, USA

Sample Financial Plans and Budgets

About Local Government

Local Government in BC - 4th ed - Robert Bish
Guide for New Chief Administrative Officers prepared for LGMA of BC by Robert Buchan
Local Govenment Participatory Practices Manual - by FCM
Critique on Public Hearing Process
Local Government Issues in Canada and Bulletins on Local Government
1999 BC Symposium on New Local Government Legislation
Advisory Planning Commission and the Decision Making Process with a good review of Defamation
BC Ombudsman
Property Tax Deferment
Municipal Law in Illinois USA - not directly applicable but useful in principle
Burlington Community Engagement Charter

First Nations Issues

BC Archives
Report from the BC Government Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and the 16 Referendum Questions
Polica.ca review paper of "Referendum on the Treaty-Negotiation Process in British Columbia"
Explaining Comprehensive Land Claims Negotiation Outcomes in Canada
Assembly of First Nations
EagelRidge Bluffs
LMTAC - Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee
British Columbia Treaty Commission
Status of Treaty Negotiations in BC
Delgamuukw Court Decision of Canada Supreme Court in 1997
BC Ministry of Aboriginals Affairs
GVRD Update - June 2000
Map of Burrard Band Claim (Tsleil-Waututh)
Understanding the BC Treaty Process - by BCTF
Aboriginal Economics- Connie C. Larochelle (Haisla Nation)
Yahoo Canada News
Nisga'a Final Agreement
Native Law Centre - University of Saskatchewan
CBC Indepth Studies on Aboriginals
Early Canadiana Online
Arguments for and against recognizing Aboriginal Rights in Canada
Aboriginal Education - Pathways to Equality

Property Rights

Rawcliffe decision by BC Expropriation Compensation Board on Streamside Protection Laws
Property Law Act of BC - especially on Encroachments
Real Estate Law Articles and more - by Pushor Mitchell Lawyers
Environment Probe has a number of good publications such as:
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LAND by the WCEL

Guides for Community Groups

Section providing information on planning, organizing, and putting into action a community group.

A GUIDE TO BUILDING COMMUNITY IN VANCOUVER from Vancouver Citizen's Committee
Community Toolbox - a truely HUGE resource!
Afraid you might be sued? The SLAPP suit. SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. An example is the suite against the Cedar Hill Eight of Feb 5/2000 and the Court Transcipt which led to the Government Response as reported in TIMES COLONIST May 18, 2000
- Bill 10 (also known as Bill 29 in 2000) - Protection of Public Participation Act - anti-SLAPP legislation - came into force on April 11/2001
- Attorney General Andrew Petter CFAX radio interview June 20, 2000
- Chilling effect on Environmentalists
- A SLAPP Guide
Libel & Slander Act
Local Government Elections Manual
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Nov/99)
Kelowna Community Resource Handbook
New Urbanism - Creating Livable Sustainable Communities

Technology & Communities

This section points to issues where technological changes, especially in the area of communications are having an impact on our communities.

THE NETWORK OBSERVER free on-line newsletter about networks and democracy
How to Kill Community Networks
Virtual Communities: Abort, Retry, Failure?
Our Past, Their Future from Mother Jones (jf96)
Twenty Ways We've Changed from Mother Jones (jf96)
20 Ways We've Changed - Part I from Mother Jones (jf96)
20 Ways We've Changed - Part II from Mother Jones (jf96)
Vanishing Jobs
Municipal Interface Articles by MISA (Municipal Information Systems Association)-Ontario
Concluding talk at TERENA Networking Conference 2002 on potential negative impact of Internet

Zoning etc. Bylaws

Transportation Issues

Canadian Capacity Guide for Signalized Intersections - Technical but really useful.
Transportation Cost and Benefit Analysis A 500+ page goldmine of useful tips from Victoria BC
ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers : GVRD & Vancouver Island
ITE- BC Transportation Report Newsletters
GVRD Report to Langley "Costs and Benefits of GVRD and TransLink Membership" -with diverse municipalities data.
GVRD Urban Travel Issues - reasonable, easy to read, survey of the issues.
Hypertext archives of the alt-transp mailing list
Car-Free - many useful links on this issue
Sustainable Transportation Indicators
Bill 36 -Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act
Stumpo's article - Making a World-Class Transit System a Reality
CarFree Times - study effects of urban autos
Significant Taxi Related Documentation
All-Way Stops Versus Speed Humps
Portland's Blue Bike Lanes Report
Victoria (B.C.) Transport Policy Institute
Travelling by Public Transportation in North America- (stats rich)

Our Environment

Save Our Shores - sponsored by North Vancouver Save Our Shores Society
Federal Registry of Contaminated Sites see North Vancouver property numbers C5011, C5063, C5088
Organic Matter Recycling Regulation Enacted in BC on Feb 5/2002.
West Coast Environmental Law - excellent source!
Jobs & Environment by BC Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks
Environmental Appeal Board of BC
The Seymour Salmonid Society's Homepage
BC Ministry of Environment - Sitemap Overview
Water Quality - Ministry of Environment
BC Environmental Report
Tools for Environmental Stewardship - in Municipal Act
Stewardship Centre , particularly Stream Stewardship
Pacific Streamkeepers Federation North Vancouver base.
Rawcliffe decision by BC Expropriation Compensation Board on Streamside Protection Laws
Municipal Wastewater Pollution in British Columbia by Environment Probe
Commission for Environmental Cooperation Summary of Environmental Law in North America
Environmental Regulatory Framework- summary of Prov/Fed Statutes - Current/Pending
GVRD Watersheds
Watershed SENTINEL from Cortes Island, British Columbia
Watershed Management Addresses Area Water Quality Issues by Pollution Engineering Online
Watershed Management Options U. of Waterloo
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Lower Mainland
STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT Summary document for Vancouver
BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
Environmental Protection by BC Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks
Resources section of BC Recreation and Parks Association
Draft Contaminated Sites Regulation
E-Town
Puget Sound/Georgia Basin
Our Environment an online US magazine with wide range of topics
Sierra Club Conservation Policies
The GreenhouseNewsletter of the Green Party of Ontario
ELIB--West Coast Environmental Legal Information Base
Fish Protection - Provincial
Blake et al on Environmental Law
Streamside Protection Policy Directives - Ministry of Environment - Jan 19/2001
Riparian Areas Regulations (RAR) Web Site
Riparian Area Regulations
July 2001 Riparian Guide
Chilliwack Riparian Regulations
Access Near Aquatic Areas Stewardship Series - BC
Riparian regulations in Oregon
Executive Summary of Will Koop's book "FROM WISDOM TO TYRANNY..."
Safety & Environmental Information by Ploss Associates, Inc.
Summary of Environmental Law in North America Commission for Environmental Cooperation ("CEC")
US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Rules, Regulation and Legislation
Native Americans and the Environment
Online Publications - Program for the Human Environment
Los Alamos Environmental Science
ATSDR - Hazardous Waste Conference 1993
Environmental Law Handbook - from New Brunswick
Right to Quiet Society - Noise Issues
Vancouver's Noise Task Force recommendations
No Noise Organization

Solid Wastes

Efficiency of Canadian Solid Waste Landfills - one of many valuable reports by the University of Victoria's Local Government Institute
Canada's magazine on SolidWaste & Recycling
Office of Solid Waste - extensive information from US EPA
Consumer Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste from US EPA
Waste Reduction Measures from US EPA
Cornell Composting - comprehensive and science based.

ARTICLES-WATER & WASTEWATER

Trent University Watershed Science Centre has soem excellent Workshop & Conference Papers
Stormwater Planning: A Guidebook for British Columbia
Waste Management Act Municipal Sewage Regulations
Water and Sewerage and Liquid Waste Planning by GVRD
BC Water and Waste Association
Society Promoting Environmental Conservation SPEC
Greater Vancouver Watersheds- by Will Koop
BC Tap Water Alliance
Water And You - In not-so-Supernatural BC
Water Science by US Geological Survey - excellent!
Water FAQ by GVRD
Cryptosporidium FAQ by Centres of Disease Control and Prevention.
Drinking and Bottled Water by Natural Resources Defense Council
Water Works by Marq de Villiers - easy, informative reading.
The Promise of Privatization by Elizabeth Brubaker - Borealis Research Association
Environment Probe articles on Water & Wastewater Privatization
On Privatization of our Water
CUPE-funded water report gets an F for objectivity by Lawrence Solomon
Vanderwal UBC Thesis on Water Resources Legislation and Policy and Alouette Lake Water Use Planning Process
New Directions in Urban Stream Management -Thesis by Crampton - UBC.
Feb/2001 WCEL comments on Proposed BC Drinking Water Protection Plan
Seirra Legal Defence Fund has many excellent articles such as The National Sewage Report Card
Coquitlam Water Use Plan - Nov/2000 Issue Paper - lots of issues - few answers.
Pandora's Poison:Chlorine...
Drinking Water Primer by Pollution Probe

WATER-CONSERVATION-METERING-PRIVATIZATION

Turbidity Readings taken daily for our watersheds.
Some examples of metering
Hard & Soft measures -by BC Ministry
Gats: Fact or Fiction - The WTO is not after your water - by WTO
Gats: Fact or Fiction by Council of Canadians
Gats Municipal Kit by Council of Canadians
Blue Planet Project Council of Canadians publication on privatization of water.
Water and Wastewater Studies by Reason Public Policy Institute. For example see US private and public owned performances
International Survey on Water Privatization Aug/99 - by Environment Probe
Water Pricing in Canada and other issues such as privatization - by CUPE
Meaning of Privatization by Paul Starr, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University.
Privatisation of Water by Australian journalist Susan Bryce
Water Resource Privatization - French & British history, Ontario experience, by Liana Moraru-de Lo�, Consultant, Guelph, Ontario
Water fact Sheet in not-so-Supernatural BC - by Stan Rowe
Water World - An interesting essay by Polaris Institute
The Pacific Institute studied the the Risks and Benefits of Globalization and Privatization of Fresh Water
Brainstorming session of many done at Summary Report of WWF3 Brainstorming in Kyoto

Privatization / Public Private Partnerships (PPP)

Privatization experience in Ontario - with good overview of various models
P3 - Public Private Partnership - a Guide for Local Government
Public-Private Partnership (P3) Office of Industry Canada
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Private Sector as a Panacea and Other Myths - presents some balanced views.
Private vs.Public Garbage collection by Urban Renaissance Org.
EU demands full privatization of Canadian public utilities
The "Metalclad" case Introduction and Award are worth reading for all those interested in PPP.
Privatization: Downsizing government for principle and profit
Public cost of Private Corporations - an interesting accounting.
Winnipeg Free Press Jul 21/2002 Article by Murray Dobbin
BC Appeal Court invalidates Maple Ridge P3 agreement due to lack of proper process Kroll Report On Maple Ridge P3 with particular emphasis to read pages 2-8, 16, 36, 47, 71, 100-101, 117-122.

ARTICLES- AIR & SECOND HAND SMOKE

Georgia Basin Air Quality with excellent report on Climate Change in Fraser Valley
ABC's of Air Pollution in Lower Fraser Valley
- EPA report by Capaldo et. al.
- Air Quality Management and Marine Vessel Emissions.. with nice graphics!
Indoor Air - Fall 1993 Issue. mostly in wordperfect
Air Quality from BC Ministry of Environment (detailed articles)
Air Quality in GVRD.
Air Quality in GVRD Today.
Workers' Compensation Board regulations on second hand smoke. - and Outdoor smoking areas
CleanAir Coalition of BC
EPA Journal (mostly Wordperfect)
Pollution Engineering Online - information source.
Air Quality Management in Los Angeles - in depth reports/regs.
Second-hand Smoke
Second Hand Smoke: Mothers and Their Children
Setting the Record Straight: Secondhand Smoke is A Preventable Health Risk.
Harmful Effects of Smoking
British Columbia's Strategy to Protect Kids From Tobacco
Control and Manipulation of Nicotine and Cigarettes
Chlorine Risks handbook for scientists/engineers.
Climate Change: Everyone's Business by Confederation of British Industry
The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change gives an alternate view from those of mainstream. See especially the presentations in the proceedings
Woodburning Fireplace Issue
- Burning Issues -points to must read material.
- Air Pollution Hot Topics - from USEPA
- PYROPLAYERS - the Addicts of the Nineties - by Mary Rozenberg
- Yule logs are hazardous to your health -by Art Carey
- Should Fireplaces be illegal? and and industry rebuttal - both worth reading !
- Fireplaces - many pages of useful advice
- An Open Masonry Fireplace Approved by Washington
- Masonry Fireplace Emissions Regulations by Jim Buckley
- Washington Fireplace Emissions Law (20 pages of technical stuff!)
- Responsible wood burning.
- Wood Smoke Poses Health Risks by HEALTH BEAT, University of Washington
- Area Sources Identified for future hazardous air pollutants - residential wood combution is highest benzene emitter...
- Certified Wood Stoves - Bulletin #23 King County Washington
- Smoking ban to expand 20ft.
- Albuquerque's Environmental Story
- Fireplace problem in Honolulu!?
- Reducing Wood Burning Smoke BC Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection
- Wood Smoke Pollution Oregon-Department of Environmental Quality
- Wood Smoke Pollution by American Lung Association
- CARBON MONOXIDE: A FACT SHEET
- PARTICULATE MATTER - PM10

TOURISM & 2010 OLYMPICS

Visitors to Vancouver reference section
Tourism Vancouver
Some of the best references on the issue of tourism can be found here
Community Tourism Handbook - a definitive guide
BC Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture
The Town of Canmore, Alberta case.
Official Site of Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation

Municipalities in B.C.

Community Information in BC - a great resource!.
Local Neighborhoods
Civicnet BC
Local Government "Home Page" Index
Munimall Newsletters
Chilliwack government home page
New Westminster government home page
Prince George government home page
Richmond home page
Victoria home page
Whistler home page
Nanaimo home page
Surrey home page
Canadian Municipal by Intergov the Intergovernmental On-Line Information Kiosk

UBCM / FCM

Lower Mainland Home Page
Provincial Response to UBCM Convention Resolutions
Policy Statements of the FCM (Federation of Canadian Municipalities)

Community History

BCARS British Columbia Archives and Records Service

Silver Surfers

Community Concerns

What is community? from Mother Jones MJ94 issue. See also other issues
Networks and Community, a weekly survey
A GUIDE TO BUILDING COMMUNITY IN VANCOUVER from Vancouver Citizen's Committee
Forest Practices Code Guidebook
Forestry in Finland
BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Muniscope is Canada�s national resource on municipal issues
Technical Information Services (TIS) from US Dept. of Energy (Environment, Safety and Health)
The EnviroWeb A Project of the EnviroLink Network.
Coastlines Information About Estuaries and Near Coastal Waters
Electric Power Research Institute
Power Line Fields and Public Health a Background Paper by David Hafemeister
Public Safety and Emergenct Preparedness Canada
Probabilities of Significant Earthquake Shaking in Communities Across British Columbia: Implications for Emergency Management
Coping with Risks due to Natural Hazards in the 21st Century Nov 2004 Workshop Papers
International Disaster Reduction Conference Davos -2006
ICES (Univ. of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service) Disaster Resources - Preparedness & Recovery : many good tips.
Guide to Preparing Your Neighborhood for a Disaster - for Marin County, Calif, but informative.
Disaster Research Newsletters
Provincial Emergency Program Home Page
Emergency Preparedness Information sXchange (EPiX)
Federal Communications Law Journal, especially the US Television Violence Act of 1990
UN Human Rights
Privacy Commissioner of Canada on Video Surveillance
Electronic Frontier Canada (EFC) -privacy and other democratic values.
Initiative Process in BC from www.bcinitiative.com with reply by by Gordon Campbell on behalf of BC Liberals
Leasing of Public Properties - Four Papers by Svante Mandell

Planning: Social, Urban, Architectural, Sustainability Issues

The Smart Growth Guide to Local Government and Advocacy a March/2001 3.2Mb pdf document by WCEL
Arguments Against "Smart Growth"
Wrong Way to Make a Region Livable by CATO Institute
On how smart growth is Threatening the Quality of urban life from Frontier Centre for Public Policy
See also 40 page report
The Seven Myths about Sprawl
Comprehensive Guide for Municipal Sustainability Planning - June 2006
Sustainable Land Use from AUMA - Nov 2007
Federal Urban Task Force Interim Report of April 2002.
Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Tour is worth a look.
Guide for Approving Officer in B.C.
Urban Development Institute - issues facing growth.
Canadian Institute of Planners
Newsletters of LGMA - Local Government Managment Assoc. of BC - many LGA issues discussed.
Municipal World - from Ontario
Planning Commissioners Journal -(US) extensive articles on planning/growth
Public Involvement Network - community decision making issues.
Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design
GB-QUEST Simulation game for Georgia Basin planning/consequences
Guide to Development Cost Charges in BC.
Expropriation in Canada has some great Articles
Smarthgrowth - a comprehensive view.
Urban Advantage envisioning smart growth - lots of before/after simulations.
Smart Communities Program by Canada Federal Government with example of Coquitlam / Port Moody
South Florida: A Sustainable Vision For 2020
Planning Institute of British Columbia
Planning and Land Use - for Vancouver
Growth Management Articles from Canadian Land Centre
Ethical Principles in Planning for APA & AICP members
Social Science best master index...
Urban Planning Stuff Univ. of Buffalo (Dept. of Arch.)
School of Architecture Property and Planning Univ. of Aukland
Planning sites referred by Univ. of Aukland
Planning and Development - practical stuff from U. Waterloo
Architecture, Land Univ. of Toronto
Planning/Architecture Usenet Newsgroups
Planning/Architecture Mailing Lists and Listservs
The New Planner Fall 1994 issue.
Planning reference materials
Articles on Sustainability Articles on Sustainability
Planning and Development Network discussion of many planning issues.
Using Scientific Input In Policy and Decision Making Oregon State University
Code of Ethics for Local Government Management Association of BC
Myths of Growth and 12 Myths of Growth and Growth Myths
How Growth has thrashed the Evergreen State
Community Based Planning in New York by Tom Angotti
Accreditation Guidelines for Certified Municipal Officers - from Ontario but filled with what you want in a manager.

Alternative Housing - eg. Granny Flats / Garden Suites

Oshawa, Ontario Garden Suite Criteria
BC Report - Feature Article
Supportive Housing for Seniors
Affordable Housing
Housing Policies by BC Ministry
Homelessness - a planning guide for BC Communities

Municipal Publications of Interest

AMJ AUSTRALIAN MUNICIPAL JOURNAL
Municipal Election Information Guide for BC.
Nextcity Canadian publication of relevance to municipal life with many open discussion issues
King County, Washington Development & Environmental Bulletins.
Ontario Municipal Performance & Benchmarking Reports

Other Communities...

Canadian Municipal by intergov
Canadian Municipal Sites
Municipal Governments of Canada by Intergov
Municipal Information - world wide.
Grande Prairie, Alberta Municipal Development Plan
Seattle Community Network
Town of Blacksburg, Virginia
Palo Alto Weekly Newspaper
City of Palo Alto Demonstration Home Page

Bicycles & Multi-Use Trails

In the District/City of North Vancouver a bicycle coordinator looks after Bicycle issues - contacted by tel: 990-BIKE or bike@district.north-van.bc.ca

Pedestrian & Bicycle Image Library
Safety Benefits of Bike lanes & issue of separate lanes or wider common lanes.
Conflicts on Multiple-Use Trails: Synthesis of the Literature and State of the Practice
The Bicycle/Pedestrian Elementof the MACOG (Michiana Area Council of Governments) 2015 Transportation Plan
Biking Trails - although around San Francisco, worth a look.
San Francisco Bicycle Plan
Roger's Ideas For Reducing Conflicts On Multi-use Trails
CHAINGUARD -The John Forester Collection -Cycling Transportation Engineer
WalkingInfo.Org - pedestrian and bicycle information centre
Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute Information on bicycle helmets and helmet standards for researchers and consumers.
Planning for Bicycles, Views on Helmets - Daniel Convissor, Dedicated, Self Proclaimed "Transport Policy Analyst" (New York) who discusses many Transportation and Environmental issues
A Tale of Two Mayors - a story on pedestrian friendly changes in Bogota, Columbia

REFERENDUMS

Referendums in Canada: The Effect of Populist Decision-Making on Representative Democracy.
Referendums: The Canadian Experience in an International Context.
Canadians for Direct Democracy
Canada's premier non-partisan resource for public discussion of issues in Canadian public policy.
POLITICS
- Conversation with Joseph Tussman especially listen to his opinions of private vs. public questions.
- Politics and Propoganda - and control of what we think are nicely discussed in an Observer article.
- Plato's Political Philosophy from the Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy
Misc.
- NewCity Institute - great resource - especially Dobson's Citizen's Handbook - a must read for all community activists.
- Agreement on Internal Trade and its application to Municipalities via Annex 502.4 which came into effect for BC on March 31/2002>
- North Shore Forestry
- Canada Phones - 411 directory assistance
- Postal Code Lookup - given Street Address
- Finance Canada Home Page
- Canadian Government
- Canada Gazette - publication/notices by federal government.
- US Consumer Information Center
- Canadiana The Canadian Resource Page
- Canadian Law Resources on the Internet
- Magna Carta
- United Nations 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Canada wide law pages - of all types...
- Civil Liability in Canada for Municipalities
- Civil Liability in Canada
- Home Recording Rights Coalition
- The Council of Canadians
- NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
- Bill C-36, Federal Government's new anti-terrorist legislation
- Outdoor Safety Management Workshop
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation A non-profit civil liberties public interest organization working to protect freedom of expression, privacy, and access to online resources and information.
- Fundamentals of our Fundamental Freedoms by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
- Frequently Asked Questions of Direct Democracy
- District of North Vancouver - 1999 Report of the Task Force on Direct Democracy
- Right to post signs on public property - Peterborough Supreme Court Case
- Understanding Risk - Making Ends Meet - How Communities Can Use Risk Assessment Results

Last Updated: May 1 2016

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