CBC News: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 | 3:14 PM PT
For the first time, the B.C. government is outing companies and individuals who flout environment, health or safety laws in the province. The Ministry of Environment has named names in its quarterly compliance summary after the law was changed last year to provide more transparency and deter people from breaking the rules. Even a dozen people who littered were named in the report. Domtar Inc. and Seaspan International of North Vancouver, the North Okanagan Regional District and Gracia Financial Corporation of Delta were all issued compliance or enforcement orders over environmental or public safety concerns.
In the first quarter of this year, Environment Ministry staff handed out five orders to stop impacts on the environment or human health, almost 60 licensing sanctions, more than 200 tickets and had six court convictions. Many of the tickets issued were under the Wildlife Act where people failed to have a hunting or fishing licence, were caught hunting outside the season or were fishing where they shouldn't.
The Quarterly Compliance and Enforcement Summary is available at: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/main/prgs/compliancereport.html
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