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Backgrounders

Organizations to be brought under PIDA

The Province is taking a phased approach to bringing public sector organizations under the Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA), recognizing that some organizations will be able to implement the necessary changes more quickly than others.

Agencies, boards, and commissions (non-health)*

  • Group 1 (April 2022)
    • BC Games Society
    • BC Oil and Gas Commission
    • British Columbia Safety Authority (conducting business as Technical Safety BC)
    • Public Guardian and Trustee
    • Real Estate Foundation of BC 
  • Group 2 (December 2022)
    • BC Ferry Authority
    • BC Financial Services Authority
    • BC Securities Commission
    • Creative BC
    • Haida Gwaii Management Council
    • Island Coast Economic Trust, Northern Development Initiative Trust, Southern Development Initiative Trust
    • Office of the British Columbia Trucking Commissioner
  • Group 3 (December 2024)
    • University Foundations
    • WorkSafeBC

*further agencies, boards and commissions may be added later 

Crown corporations (December 2022)

  • BC Assessment
  • BC Council for International Education
  • BC Family Maintenance Agency
  • BC Housing
  • BC Hydro
  • BC Infrastructure Benefits
  • BC Investment Corporation
  • BC Lottery Corporation
  • BC Pavilion Corporation
  • BC Railway Company, BCR Properties Ltd. and holding companies
  • Columbia Basin Trust
  • BC Transit and the Victoria Regional Transit Commission
  • Columbia Power Corporation
  • Community Living BC
  • Destination BC
  • First Peoples Cultural Council
  • Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.
  • Industry Training Authority
  • Innovate BC
  • Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
  • Insurance Council of BC
  • Knowledge Network
  • Legal Aid BC
  • Partnerships British Columbia Inc.
  • Royal British Columbia Museum
  • Transportation Investment Corporation

Education (K-12) (December 2023)

  • Public K-12

Health 

  • Group 1 (June 2023)
    • Health authorities
    • Providence Health Care 
  • Group 2 (June 2024)
    • Health agencies, boards and commissions, including:
      • Fraser Patient Care Quality Review Board
      • Interior Patient Care Quality Review Board
      • Northern Patient Care Quality Review Board
      • Provincial Health Services Patient Care Quality Review Board
      • Vancouver Coastal Patient Care Quality Review Board
      • Vancouver Island Patient Care Quality Review Board
      • Assisted Living Registrar
      • BC Patient Safety and Quality Council
      • Data Stewardship Committee
      • Director of Licensing
      • Drug Benefit Council
      • Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission (not currently active)
      • Health Care Practitioners Special Committee for Audit Hearings
      • Medical Services Commission
      • Medical Services Commission – special committees
      • Health Shared Services BC
      • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

Post-secondary education 

  • Group 1 (June 2024)
    • British Columbia Institute of Technology
    • Camosun College
    • Capilano University
    • Coast Mountain College
    • College of New Caledonia
    • College of the Rockies
    • Douglas College
    • Emily Carr University of Art & Design
    • Justice Institute of British Columbia
    • Kwantlen Polytechnic University
    • Langara College
    • Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
    • North Island College
    • Northern Lights College
    • Okanagan College
    • Selkirk College
    • University of the Fraser Valley
    • Vancouver Community College
    • Vancouver Island University
  • Group 2 (December 2024)
    • Research universities
      • Royal Roads University
      • Simon Fraser University
      • Thompson Rivers University
      • University of British Columbia
      • University of Northern British Columbia
      • University of Victoria
    • BC CAMPUS
    • BC Council on Admissions and Transfer

Tribunals (April 2022) 

  • Agricultural Land Commission
  • BC Review Board
  • BC Utilities Commission
  • Building Code Appeal Board
  • Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board
  • Civil Resolution Tribunal
  • Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal
  • Employment Standards Tribunal
  • Environmental Appeal Board
  • Farm Industry Review Board
  • Financial Services Tribunal
  • Forest Appeals Commission
  • Forest Practices Board
  • Hospital Appeal Board
  • Health Professions Review Board
  • Human Rights Tribunal
  • Industry Training Appeal Board
  • Labour Relations Board
  • Mental Health Review Board
  • Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal
  • Passenger Transportation Board
  • Property Assessment Appeal Board
  • Safety Standards Appeal Board
  • Surface Rights Board
  • Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal