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The Government of British Columbia (French: Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The term Government of British Columbia can refer to either the collective set of all three institutions, or more specifically to the executive— ministers of the ...
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. [1][2] In general, though they ...
The Executive Council of British Columbia (the Cabinet) is the Cabinet of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Almost always composed of members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, the Cabinet is similar in structure and role as the federal Cabinet of Canada is to the Canadian House of Commons. Executive power is vested in the Crown; the lieutenant governor of British ...
David Eby has been premier of British Columbia since 2022. The premier of British Columbia is the first minister for the Canadian province of British Columbia. The province was a British crown colony governed by the governors of British Columbia [1] before joining Canadian Confederation in 1871. [2] Since then, it has had a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the ...
Politics of British Columbia. The Politics of British Columbia involve not only the governance of British Columbia, Canada, and the various political factions that have held or vied for legislative power, but also a number of experiments or attempts at political and electoral reform. A constitutional monarchy, the Crown is the corporation sole ...
This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of British Columbia. Under the British Columbia Terms of Union, 1871, the province was originally represented by three senators. The Constitution Act of 1915 increased British Columbia by three seats, to its current number of six. The Constitution Act of 1915 also amended Section 26 of the Constitution ...
Regional districts came into being via an order of government in 1965 with the enactment of amendments to the Municipal Act. [1] Until the creation of regional districts, the only local form of government in British Columbia were incorporated municipalities, and services in areas outside municipal boundaries had to be sought from the province or through improvement districts. [2]
John Rustad MLA (born August 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician who is the current leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia. He was first elected as a BC Liberal to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 2005, representing Prince George–Omineca. [3] He currently represents the constituency of Nechako Lakes, which he has ...