Canada's First Enhanced Driver's Licence Launched in B.C.
Canada’s first enhanced driver’s licences will be available in British Columbia, allowing B.C. residents to cross the border by land or sea with a single piece of identification, Premier Gordon Campbell and Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day announced today. EDLs will be accepted as a secure alternative document under the new U.S. law requiring everyone entering the United States to have a passport or other appropriate secure document.
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Oct. 23, 2007 
B.C., OREGON EXTEND PARTNERSHIP ON CLIMATE ACTION
VANCOUVER—British Columbia and Oregon extended their formal partnership on climate action and Pacific Ocean conservation today with an agreement that will result in new opportunities for collaboration between the two jurisdictions, Premier Gordon Campbell and Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski announced.
[News release] [Backgrounder] [B.C.-Oregon M.O.U.]
Oct. 23, 2007
CAMPBELL, DOER SIGN AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE ACTION
WINNIPEG—Manitoba and British Columbia will join forces to deal with climate change, improve conditions for Aboriginal citizens, and further international relations and trade under an agreement signed today by Premier Gordon Campbell and Manitoba Premier Gary Doer.
[News release] [Backgrounder] [B.C.-Manitoba M.O.U.]
Sept. 11, 2007
MINISTER TO PUSH FOR RENEWED FRENCH LANGUAGE AGREEMENTS
VICTORIA – Ensuring continued francophone services in British Columbia and raising the profile of the B.C. francophone community will top the agenda of John van Dongen, Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations, as he attends the annual meeting of the Ministerial Conference on the Canadian Francophonie in Halifax, Sept. 12 and 13.
[News release]
LE MINISTRE PRÉCONISE LE RENOUVELLEMENT DES ENTENTES POUR LES FRANCOPHONES
VICTORIA – Assurer la continuité des services en français en Colombie-Britannique et accroître le rayonnement de la communauté francophone de la province seront en tête de liste du plan de travail de l’honorable John van Dongen, ministre d’État aux Relations intergouvernementales, alors qu’il assistera à la Conférence ministérielle sur la Francophone canadienne à Halifax, les 12 et 13 septembre.
[Communiqué]
August 16, 2007
B.C. URGES U.S. TO ACCEPT ENHANCED DRIVER’S LICENCE
VICTORIA – The B.C. government made recommendations yesterday to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). Among the six recommendations made, B.C. continues to strongly urge the U.S. to accept the enhanced driver’s licence as a practical, secure and convenient alternative to proposed passport requirements for land and sea entry.
[News release] [Official Submission]
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