Rose Oforiwaa wrote from Koforidua,
Ghana, in West Africa that she is an
18-year-old girl looking for pen friends
from Canada. Her hobbies are football,
postcards and pictures. We've taken a
photo as proof of our far-flung fans.
Talk to
Us Now
EMAIL bcb@canadawide.com
WEBSITE BCBusiness.ca
TWITTER @BCBusiness
FACEBOOK BCBusiness
Assessing
the Assessor
Anne Casselman's story about
B.C.'s environmental assess-
ment (EA) process ("Watching
the Detectives," July 2015)
caught the attention of Pierre
Iachetti, executive director
of the College of Applied Biol-
o…y in Victoria. The college's
mandate is to protect the
public interest by ensuring
the integrity, objectivity and
expertise of applied biolo…y
professionals. While Iachetti
feels that it is overbroad to
suggest that the self-regulat-
ing, self-reporting model of
EA compromises the environ-
ment and the public interest
for the sake of "the almighty
dollar," he notes that Cas-
selman's critique is similar
to other analyses and that
the interests of employers or
clients often take precedence.
"Within all of this discus-
sion is the fact that reliance
on professionals does not
supplant the responsibility of
government to ensure objec-
tives are clear and practices
are in the public interest,"
he writes. "A higher level
of transparency by profes-
sionals, proponents/clients,
employers and government is
required if the public is to be
conŽdent in the professional
reliance approach."
■
We Have Readers in A frica Too?
CORRECTION: In the August issue
of BCBusiness, we understated the
number of hotels certified by Pets Can
Stay ("Dog Day Night," page 12).
There are more than 1,500.
Whether your business is rapidly growing or just getting started, Shaw Business can help
with expert solutions like SmartVoice — a total-office voice client that ensures you never
miss a call on any device. Find out how we can help grow your business, with SmartVoice
and other expert solutions, at shawbusiness.ca
Grow your business with
Whether your business is rapidly growing or just getting started, Shaw Business can help
with expert solutions like SmartVoice — a total-office voice client that ensures you never
miss a call on any device. Find out how we can help grow your business, with SmartVoice
Grow your business with
Whether your business is rapidly growing or just getting started, Shaw Business can help
with expert solutions like SmartVoice — a total-office voice client that ensures you never
miss a call on any device. Find out how we can help grow your business, with SmartVoice
*A fictional company.
