Safeguards to protect British Columbians’ freedom of speech and expression have been reintroduced with proposed legislation. David Eby, Attorney General, tabled the protection of public participation act, which will protect people from strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as SLAPPs, …
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Post-secondary students to get 24/7 mental-health support
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