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DOWNLOAD A COPY OF: “Living Water Smart in British Columbia: When provincial bolts out of the blue impact local autonomy,” – released by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in February 2026

Note to Reader:

Published by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia, Waterbucket eNews celebrates the leadership of individuals and organizations who are guided by the Living Water Smart vision. Stories are structured in three parts: One-Minute Takeaway, Editor’s Perspective, and the Story Behind the Story.

The edition published on February 10, 2026 featured Ken Cameron, a regional planning thought leader in British Columbia. The Partnership purpose in sharing his story is to put a legacy resource on the record about 75 years of planning in the Metro Vancouver region. This edition complements that published in October 2024 and titled Understand why the Livable Region Strategic Plan matters. It also featured reflections by Ken Cameron.

 

ONE MINUTE TAKEAWAY for the extremely busy reader

Ken Cameron provides an invaluable historical perspective on the context and evolution of regional planning in British Columbia. In this edition, he draws a parallel between draconian actions by the Province in two eras: elimination of regional planning in the 1980s; imposition of housing legislation in the 2020s.

Draconian actions produce unintended outcomes

“In the early 1980s, the Province took the draconian step of legislating the elimination of planning as a function of all regional districts and cancelling all Official Regional Plans. In a defining moment of our history, Metro municipalities pushed back,” states Ken Cameron.

 

To Learn More:

Waterbucket eNews stories are structured in three parts: One-Minute Takeaway, Editor’s Perspective and Context for Busy Reader, and the Story Behind the Story. To read the complete 3-part storyline, download a PDF  copy of Living Water Smart in British Columbia: When provincial bolts out of the blue impact local autonomy.

 

DOWNLOAD A COPY:  https://waterbucket.ca/wcp/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/02/PWSBC_Living-Water-Smart_Ken-Cameron_provincial-bolts-from-blue_2026.pdf