Vancouver lawyer Jim Quail has announced the launching of a Charter challenge to new federal voting laws requiring official identity documentation in order to cast a ballot. Quail is the Executive Director of the BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre, which represents two individual voters and four community organizations named in the challenge.
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Archive for September, 2008
Vancouver groups launch Charter challenge to federal voter ID laws
News | Social Justice 18 Sep 2008
Consumer Advocates Denounce Two-Tiered Hydro Rates
Lawyers representing BC Hydro customers have criticized a decision by the BC Utilities Commission approving two-tiered rates for household electricity. Under the approved scheme, the price of residential electricity jumps to a higher rate once consumption passes a defined threshold, each 2-month billing period.
BC Hydro | Consumer Rights | Disability Rights | Human Rights | News | Social Justice | Welfare Rights 03 Sep 2008