Opinion: Professional reliance — environment compromised for corporate profit

Professional reliance is a fancy term that means nothing to most people — precisely what was intended when the former B.C. Liberal government introduced this scheme more than a decade ago. But change the name to Industry Self-Regulation and people start paying attention.
Up to now, environmental and industrial regulation in B.C. could be captured by a simple phrase: “let industry do it.” That’s been the guiding principle in environmental and natural-resource regulation &m