Gordon Campbell’s Liberals have done something I agree with: they’ve made BC statutes and regulations freely available online. The interface leaves something to be desired — for example, a search for “non-profit” or “433″ won’t bring up the Society Act (chapter 433 of the Revised Statutes of BC), which sets out the rules for non-profit societies — but at least the content is there.

Of course, BC residents have been able to get online access to provincial laws through their public libraries for a long time now. But folks don’t always know that, and even if they do, libraries’ online resources are hard to find and hard to use. (Vancouver residents: start here.) It’s good that the province is making this stuff more easily accessible.