This regulation applies to the Minister of State for Lands and Natural Resource Operations for the 2021/2022 fiscal year.
In this regulation, Act means the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act.
The expected results that the Minister of State for Lands and Natural Resource Operations is to achieve for the purposes of section 5 (3) of the Act are as follows:
produce a strategic approach to managing B.C.'s coast for its continued sustainability and economic potential, including engagement with local Indigenous nations, local government and other stakeholders;
submit a plan with options and implementation considerations for how to create a new ministry focused on lands and natural resources, improving on the model that exists within the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development;
bring forward changes to wildlife policy that reflect the foundational principles our government has committed to, as part of our Together for Wildlife Strategy;
continue to implement our government's partnership approach model to modernizing land use plans with Indigenous nations;
provide a progress update on B.C.'s approach to reflecting Indigenous peoples' history and cultures in our provincial parks and wilderness areas;
submit to Cabinet a report on the results referred to in paragraphs (a) through (e) on or before March 31, 2022.