B RITISH C OLUMBIA - Consultation Paper on Renovating

Content of the consultation paper The organization of the consultation paper The majority of the consultation paper’s chapters have a consistent design. [...] Introduction and Consultation Paper Overview An Overview of this Consultation Paper’s Subject Local governments’ regulation of land use: narrowing the focus to the public hearing This consultation paper asks the public to comment on an aspect of the regulation of land use. [...] About the Renovate the Public Hearing Project What are the goals of the project? The Renovate the Public Hearing Project’s overriding goal is to examine part 14, di- vision 3 of the Local Government Act24 and publish a report recommending changes to reform the law of public hearings. [...] The general approach of the middle chapters consists of raising issues for the legis- lative reform of the law that currently requires the public hearing. [...] The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Framework for Recommendations for Reform Overview of the UN Declaration and BC’s Declaration Act As noted in the previous chapter, the laws and procedures relating to the public hearing in BC were largely shaped with little-to-no consideration of applicable In- digenous rights and title, and were implemented prior to the final report a.