The B.C. government has launched a new online platform where the public now has access to mine inspection reports, permits and their amendments, as well as dam safety reports. Eventually, the online database will include orders, penalties and sanctions levied against mining companies. The province had posted dam safety reports online as a first step last year, but this is the first time the other documents are being made available to the public at mines.empr.gov.bc.ca. The mines ministry now leads all other ministries and agencies in the province in providing the most inspection and safety information online, outstripping what is available from the B.C. Ministry of Environment and the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission, for example.
Gordon Hoekstra – Vancouver Sun – June 15, 2016.
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