Chapters
1. The Statutory Context for British Columbia's Local Governments
2. Local Government Bodies
3. Local Government Elections
4. Local Government Services
5. Local Government Regulatory Powers
6. Local Government Corporate Powers
7. Local Government Governance
8. Local Government Finance
9. Planning and Land Use Management
10. Attacking Local Government Decisions
Tables
Case Table
Statutes and Related Material Table
Index
Author
William A. Buholzer — Young Anderson, Vancouver
About the author
William Buholzer is associate counsel at the firm of Young Anderson, where his practice focuses on land use and planning law, building regulation, and other local government issues. He is a graduate of the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning, a graduate of the Faculty of Law at UBC, and was called to the BC bar in 1991. He is the author of British Columbia Planning Law and Practice, published by LexisNexis, and of the "Planning and Zoning" title in Halsbury's Laws of Canada, published in 2008. He teaches planning law in the Masters of Community Planning program at Vancouver Island University, and is an associate member of Continuing Studies at Simon Fraser University. In 2010, Mr. Buholzer was elected to the College of Fellows of the Canadian Institute of Planners in recognition of his contribution to the planning profession.