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 Governance
8. Local Government Finance
9. Planning and Land Use Management
10. Attacking Local Government Decisions
Community Charter
Tables
Index
Author
William A. Buholzer — Young, Anderson, Vancouver
About the author
William Buholzer is a partner at the Vancouver firm of Young, Anderson, where his practice focuses on land use and planning law, building regulation, and other local government issues. He worked for several years as a city planner in Alberta and BC. Mr. Buholzer is a graduate of the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning and the Faculty of Law, UBC, and was called to the BC bar in 1991. He is the author of British Columbia Planning Law and Practice (Butterworths), and the author of the "Planning and Zoning" title in Halsbury's Laws of Canada (2008). Mr. Buholzer is a past chair of the Municipal Law section of the CBA, BC Branch, an associate member of Continuing Studies at SFU, and adjunct professor at the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning. 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.