Mike Farnworth Quietly Cancels State Of Emergency Throughout British Columbia

BC is supposed to be starting “Stage 3” of its reopening. However, according to this posting, the “State of Emergency” is completely over. So which is it? Or did the BCNDP just hope that no one would notice?

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Date Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General
(This part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.)
Authority under which Order is made:
Act and section: Emergency Program Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 111, s. 11
Other: M073/2020; OIC 155/2020; OIC 173/2020; OIC 207/2020; OIC 241/2020; OIC 264/2020; OIC 310/2020; OIC 351/2020; OIC 389/2020; OIC 436/2020; OIC 458/2020; OIC 482/2020; OIC 494/2020; OIC 506/2020; OIC 570/2020; OIC 572/2020; OIC 581/2020; OIC 592/2020; OIC 611/2020; OIC 700/2020; OIC 1/2021; OIC 13/2021; OIC 57/2021; OIC 88/2021; OIC 107/2021; OIC 161/2021; OIC 202/2021; OIC 229/2021; OIC 258/2021; OIC 285/2021; OIC 313/2021; OIC 332/2021; OIC 366/2021
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ORDER OF THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOLICITOR GENERAL
Emergency Program Act
Ministerial Order No. M275
I, Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, order that, effective at the end of the day on June 30, 2021, the attached declaration of a state of emergency throughout the whole of the Province of British Columbia made on March 18, 2020, and subsequently extended, is cancelled.

Interesting that there was no announcement made about any of this.
Surely, many media outlets would have covered this.

(An update) The issue was raised that there was an extension until July 6, 2021. While that is true, it was issued on June 22. The cancellation notice came on June 29, and presumably overrides it.

ORDER OF THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND SOLICITOR GENERAL
Emergency Program Act
Ministerial Order No. M037
WHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant threat to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of British Columbia, and threatens to disproportionately impact the most vulnerable segments of society;
AND WHEREAS prompt coordination of action and special regulation of persons or property is required to protect the
health, safety and welfare of the residents of British Columbia, and to mitigate the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents, businesses, communities, organizations and institutions throughout the Province of British Columbia.
NOW THEREFORE I declare that a state of emergency exists throughout the whole of the Province of British Columbia.
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Original order of March 18, 2020.

Thank you to the observant person who posted this information. However, until just now, it was assumed that there was still a “State of Emergency” and that this was just another phase.

Cancellation of declaration of state of emergency
11 (1)When, in the opinion of the minister or the Lieutenant Governor in Council, an emergency no longer exists in an area in relation to which a declaration of a state of emergency was made under section 9 (1), the minister or the Lieutenant Governor in Council must make an order cancelling the declaration of a state of emergency in respect of that area.

(2)Immediately after an order is made under subsection (1) or a declaration of a state of emergency expires under section 9 (4), the minister must cause the details of the cancellation or expiry of the declaration of a state of emergency to be published by a means of communication that the minister considers most likely to make the contents of the cancellation order or the fact of the cancellation or expiry known to the majority of the population of the affected area.

Under Section 11 of the Emergency Program Act, publication is mandatory. It’s supposed to be done my a means likely to inform the majority of the people.

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