Niki Sharma, Attorney General, has released the following statement to congratulate Leonard Marchand on being appointed the new chief justice of British Columbia and chief justice of the Court of Appeal of Yukon:

To support continued access to justice for people in British Columbia, the Province has appointed three new Provincial Court judges and one judicial justice.

Employees will benefit from new protections when bringing forward concerns about serious wrongdoing as the scope of the Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA) expands to the public K-12 education sector, effective Friday, Dec. 1, 2023.

Niki Sharma, Attorney General, and Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, have released the following statement on the battle against opioid manufacturers and distributors:

New legislation completes the work to update and modernize process for the enforcement of money judgments in British Columbia.

Government has introduced the miscellaneous statutes amendment act (No. 3), 2023, to the legislative assembly on Oct. 31, 2023.

More people with family law cases involving child support and parenting arrangements will be able to get information they need to get a resolution to their matters with the new amendments to the Supreme Court Family Rules and the Provincial Court Family Rules.