Author: Clicklaw Editor

Hopefully your answer to both of these questions is a happy, ‘No, not I’. But both mold and the dreaded bed bug are definite problems in BC.

If you –or someone you know -is dealing with one or both of these problems, and you’re renting your home, Clicklaw has some resources to help.

The Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre (TRAC) , has pages on their website – Bed Bugs and Mold – dedicated to these topics. How can you detect an infestation? Or mold? And, as a tenant, what rights and responsibilities do you have in dealing with these problems?

TRAC can also help you during these winter months if you find yourself  asking, why is it so cold in my home? Can my landlord turn off my heat? Find out how you can take legal action against your landlord if they are restricting services or facilities from you by starting with TRAC’s handy Q&A fact sheet.

The BC Civil Liberties Association has recently released a new report on the hot topic of genetic technology. Supported by a grant from the Law Foundation of BC, this report suggests that as with advances in many other fields, advances that involve genetics can both benefit and harm society.

Author Eugene Oscapella provides an overview of selected issues, including individual privacy vs. public health, and genetic testing in employment and insurance matters. Loss of control over personal genetic information that makes individuals more at risk of discrimination, and its ability to provide extensive and highly sensitive information about individuals to governments and other organizations are cited as some of the dangers of genetic technology.