Proposed Law Exposes BC Non-Profits to Attack

Running small non-profit organizations in British Columbia will become much more difficult if the government proceeds with a proposed change that will make it easy for opponents to tie them up in court, say critics of the province's direction.

"They are making life for organizations like ours more complicated," said Jim Wright, the president of the Garden City Conservation Society in Richmond.

There are some 27,000 registered societies in B.C., according to the government. They fulfil a broad range of functions, everything from providing services such as running long-term care homes to advocating on issues.