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The amendment to the Employment Standards Act will provide up to 27 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave within a 12-month period, for workers diagnosed with a serious illness or injury. This ensures employees can take time to recover without fear of losing their job.

Proposed amendments to the Hydro and Power Authority Act would expedite construction of the North Coast Transmission Line in partnership with First Nations, advancing economic growth and reconciliation.

Proposed amendments to the Utilities Commission Act would ensure electricity is available for sectors that produce jobs, generate public revenues, and have the greatest opportunity to decarbonize, including mining, upstream natural gas, LNG, and manufacturing, while enabling a process for emerging sectors like data centres, AI, and hydrogen to grow in a manner that results in the greatest benefit to British Columbians and our economy.

The proposed amendments would remove barriers to the development of small-scale multi-unit housing by clarifying where this type of housing must be allowed, and expand the kinds of provincial site standards that can be regulated, such as amount of buildable area on a lot, housing forms (like triplexes or rowhomes) and parking requirements. 

Proposed amendments to the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act (STRAA) would also improving clarity for existing or prospective short-term rental (STR) hosts, offer new tools to further deter people from breaking STR rules, and make all sections of the Act available to Modern Treaty Nations, so that First Nations can apply the STRAA on their lands through a coordination agreement.