Category: New on Clicklaw

We share with you a monthly roundup of changes to Clicklaw’s collection. Here is a summary of updates done in July 2021.

Solve Problems

Legal Aid BC

• MyLawBC Family Resolution Centre (Updated)
  This online tool for separated parents now includes free mediation for child support, in addition to parenting arrangements. 

BC Ministry of Attorney General

• Understand My Ticket (New)
  This online tool from the provincial government helps people in BC decide how to deal with their tickets. It includes a solution explorer guiding you through options, an online ticket payment system, and a link to information about disputing a provincial violation ticket.

BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

• A human rights approach to mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic (Updated)
  This policy guidance from BC’s Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender details how mask-wearing requirements must accommodate people with disabilities or medical conditions that prevent them from using of non-medical masks. Updated in July 2021 to reflect the changing circumstances.

BC Residential Tenancy Branch

• Residential Tenancy Branch: Renovictions (New)
  As of July 1, 2021, if a landlord wants to end a tenancy for extensive renovations or repairs, they need to apply for an Order of Possession from the Residential Tenancy Branch. This page explains the requirements to end a tenancy for this reason.

Common Questions

• How much can my rent increase by every year? (Updated)
• My landlord is threatening to evict me (Updated)
• My landlord gave me an eviction notice (Updated)

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We share with you a monthly roundup of changes to Clicklaw’s collection. Here is a summary of updates done in June 2021.

Solve Problems

Legal Aid BC

• Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer (updated)
  This fact sheet outlines client and lawyer roles and responsibilities, so each knows what to expect from the legal aid contract. It also explains what the lawyer’s time on the case includes, what the lawyer can’t do, change of lawyer requests, and where to find out about making a complaint.

OmbudService for Life & Health Insurance (OLHI)

• Complaints resolution process for life and health insurance disputes (Newly added)
  OLHI helps with reviewing life, disability, extended health care & dental insurance, travel insurance, and insurance investment product complaints for consumers. The site tells you about the four-step complaints process and situations when they can’t help.

• Search for life insurance policy of a deceased (Newly added)
  OLHI helps you search for a lost life insurance policy of a deceased. This site tells you how the search works before you can submit your request using their online form.

Learn and Teach

BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

• Human Rights 101: Educator’s Guide (New)
  The educator’s guide is a teaching resource for your students or children. It contains activities and resources for educators and learners about human rights in BC.

• Human Rights 101: Learner Kit (New)
  The learner kit is a teaching resource for your students or children. It contains activities and resources for educators and learners about human rights in BC.

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