The Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection BC (CPBC) continue to work on testing the use of online dispute resolution.

On February 1, 2008, Grant's Law came into effect. It was the first mandatory gas pre-payment regulation in Canada.

British Columbia is a clean energy leader. We are the first jurisdiction in North America which has made its government operations carbon neutral and our carbon tax has proven to influence positive change with the reduction of province-wide greenhouse gas emissions.

Hydraulic fracturing is a technological process used to extract natural gas from shale rocks.

Emergency Management BC (EMBC) protects and improves public safety in B.C. by working with local authorities to provide advisories of active emergencies.

Tourism is one of British Columbia's most important industries. The traveller economy generates over $3 billion in export revenue annually.

As part of Budget 2014, the Ministry of Advanced Education budget is projected to be $1.951 billion in 2014/15.

110,320 job openings are expected in the Thompson-Okanagan region to 2020; nearly 28% of these (30,740) are expected to be newly created jobs.

31,170 job openings are expected in the Kootenay region to 2020; 27% of these (8,500) are expected to be newly created jobs.

By 2020, British Columbia will see more than one million job openings, with 18,000 of those forecasted for the Northeast.