ENVIROFOR NEWS:

New Version of EnviroFor Unveiled!

Quickscribe is pleased to announce that the new version of EnviroFor is now live. At first glance, the new platform may not look very different, but we've been working very hard over the last year to develop a number of new services/features all designed to make your legislative research a little easier.

So What's New?
This latest project has focused on the development of 3 main components:

1. BC Legislative Digest: A fully customizable email alert service designed to keep you informed about both upcoming and recent legislative activity. You have full management control of these alerts and can specify exactly what legislation you would like us to monitor for you, and even how often you would like to receive these alerts.
2. Bills Site: A newly revamped bills site designed to give you a better overall perspective on the progress of Bills introduced each session. A new consequential amendment feature has also been added.
3. Status Checker: A powerful yet user-friendly tool that will enable you to quickly and easily determine:
   • the last known status of any Bill introduced within 2 year
   • what (if any) Acts are affected by a Bill
   • if there are any proposed or recent changes to specific Acts and the last known status of these changes

Other minor enhancements include:

• the number of Recently Viewed documents on the left navigation has been increased
• the Recent Changes section has been revamped
• there is now a separation of New (in force) and Repealed Acts from Regulations
• the Find Act/Regulation Query (left navigation) now can accept acronym-based entries – i.e. FRPA will find Forest and Range Practices Act. (If you have other suggestions for us to add, please let us know)
• page navigation on top menu bar is highlighted to improve point of reference

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or comments about the new features. Quickscribe is committed to further enhancing all of these tools/services and would also like to thank all of those clients who have contributed their suggestions and feedback on this project.

Highlights of Short Legislative Session
Premier Christy Clark's Liberal government brought the province's legislative session to a close June 2nd, passing a handful of new laws before MLAs rose for the summer. Among the laws passed was one enabling the creation of a civilian-led office to investigate police-related incidents, and legislation to support the review of the province's ferry system.

The government also passed a $40-billion budget and a package aimed at rescuing the harmonized sales tax. The changes to the HST, which stipulate an eventual two-per-cent reduction in the tax's rate, as well as an increase to corporate taxes, passed with support of government and the province's two independent MLAs. The government also voted to ratify a treaty with the Yale First Nation, something that Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom supported, despite his own personal objections. Click here to view full story by Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver Sun.

A Special Note About this Release
A decision was made to release this Reporter prior to consolidating all of the recent amendments brought about by the recent Bills. This decision was made as a matter of priority so we can focus on consolidating these changes as quickly as possible. With many of our resources dedicated to the completion of the new site, coupled with staff holidays, we felt it important to prioritize our efforts in this way.

Tip: Log in to EnviroFor Online prior to clicking Reporter links