“Go back to the capital and stay there”: the mining industry’s resistance to regulatory reform in British Columbia 1972-2005

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dc.contributor.authorAddie, Sean C.
dc.contributor.supervisorRajala, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-19T15:48:24Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2018-01-19
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Barrett (1972-1975) and Harcourt-Clark (1991-2001) New Democratic Party (NDP) governments attempted to redefine their relationship with the mining industry by changing the regulatory structures that governed mining in British Columbia. In both cases the mining industry publicly resisted these attempts, and was successful in having the reforms dismantled by subsequent free-enterprise oriented governments. These instances of conflict were centred on a foundational debate over government’s role in, and/or duty to, the mining industry. Intense industry-led resistance occurred when the traditional industry-government compact, which required government to serve as a promoter of the industry, and a liquidator of Crown owned mineral resources, was perceived to have been violated. The Barrett government more stringently asserted its ownership of public mineral resources through the enactment of a mineral royalty, and by assuming greater regulatory authority over mining operations. These actions instigated a substantial public relations campaign against the Barrett government over taxation laws. The Harcourt-Clark government pursued the development of strategic land-use plans and rejected the historic consensus that mining was innately the highest and best use of the land. This led to substantial anti-government rhetoric and an industry withdrawal from all public engagement and land-use planning processes. In both cases the mining industry was able to revive the traditional relationship when free-enterprise oriented governments replaced the NDP administrations.en_US
dc.description.embargo2018-12-15
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/8988
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectNDPen_US
dc.subjectNew Democratic Partyen_US
dc.subjectSocial Credit Partyen_US
dc.subjectSocreden_US
dc.subjectMABCen_US
dc.subjectMining Association of British Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectBCYCMen_US
dc.subjectBritish COlumbia and Yukon Chamber of Minesen_US
dc.subjectAMEBCen_US
dc.subjectLUPen_US
dc.subjectLand use planningen_US
dc.subjectland-use planningen_US
dc.subjectwindy craggyen_US
dc.subjectCommision on Resources and Environmenten_US
dc.subjectLRMPen_US
dc.subjectland and resource management Planen_US
dc.subjectstrathcona parken_US
dc.subjectMRAen_US
dc.subjectMineral Royalties Acten_US
dc.subjectBill 31en_US
dc.subjectMiningen_US
dc.subjectmineralsen_US
dc.subjectwar in the woodsen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectleo nimsicken_US
dc.subjectdave barretten_US
dc.subjecttom waterlanden_US
dc.title“Go back to the capital and stay there”: the mining industry’s resistance to regulatory reform in British Columbia 1972-2005en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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