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Parole Board of Canada (PBC)
Type: Federal
Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/parole-board.html

The Parole Board of Canada (PBC) is an independent administrative tribunal that, as part of the Canadian criminal justice system, makes conditional release and record suspension decisions, and clemency recommendations.

  • Grants, denies, cancels, terminates or revokes day parole and full parole for people convicted and serving jail time, and authorizes or approves temporary absences
  • Provides victims with information and facilitates their participation in the parole process
  • The PBC may order, refuse to order, or revoke record suspensions (formerly known as pardons), including an expedited process for simple cannabis conviction records
Email: Info@pbc-clcc.gc.ca
Telephone: 613-954-7474
Fax:
Address: 410 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R1
Public Service Commission (PSC)
Type: Federal
Website: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission.html

The Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC) is an independent agency mandated under the Public Service Employment Act. The PSC is responsible for ensuring the competence, non-partisanship and representativeness of the public service. It oversees integrity of staffing in the public service and the political impartiality of public servants.

The PSC is responsible for:

  • Appointing or providing for the appointment of, persons to or from within the public service in accordance with the Act
  • Conducting investigations and audits in accordance with the Act
  • Administering the provisions of the Act relating to political activities of employees and deputy heads
  • Performing any functions in relation to the public service that are assigned to it
Email: infocom@psc-cfp.gc.ca
Telephone: 613-992-9562
Fax: 613-992-9352
Address: L'Esplanade Laurier, West Tower 300 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0M7
Passenger Transportation Board
Type: Vancouver Coastal
Website: https://www.ptboard.bc.ca/

The Passenger Transportation Board (Board) is an independent administrative tribunal in B.C. established under the Passenger Transportation Act. The Board's primary responsibility is to make decisions on special authorization applications relating to: 

  • Passenger directed vehicle authorizations (i.e., taxis, limousines, shuttle vans)
  • Inter-city bus authorizations
  • Transportation network service (TNS) authorizations (i.e., ride hailing)
  • Makes decisions on applications relating to the licensing of passenger directed vehicles and inter-city buses in B.C.
  • Regulates the sectors of the passenger transportation industry in the public interest
  • Hears appeals regarding administrative penalties that are imposed on an operator by the Registrar of Passenger Transportation
Email: ptboard@gov.bc.ca
Telephone: 250-953-3777
Fax: 250-953-3788
Address: Broughton Street Parkade, 940 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC V8W 2H3
Property Assessment Review Panels (PARPs)
Type: Vancouver Coastal
Website: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/owning-a-home/property-assessment-review-panels2

A Property Assessment Review Panel or PARP is the first level of appeal for property assessments in British Columbia. 

Ensures that property assessments reflect actual (market) value and are applied consistently within a municipality or rural area

  • Makes decisions regarding evidence presented by the parties to a formal complaint filed with the assessor 
  • Complainants file their complaint with the British Columbia Assessment Authority to have a 30 minute hearing before a Panel
  • Decisions can be appealed to the Property Assessment Appeal Board
Email: parp@gov.bc.ca
Telephone: 250-356-7535
Fax: 250-356-6924
Address: Property Assessment Review Panel Office of the Administrator PO BOX 9361 STN PROV GOVT VICTORIA, BC V8W 9M2
Property Assessment Appeal Board
Type: Vancouver Coastal
Website: https://www.assessmentappeal.bc.ca/

The second level of appeal for property assessments in BC.

  • Deals with appeals on assessments for all types of properties — everything from single family dwellings to farms to major industry 
  • They will try to assist people to resolve their concerns with BC Property Assessment without the need for a hearing. If no agreement can be reached, they will make a decision as to whether the assessment will be changed
Email: office@paab.bc.ca
Telephone: 604-775-1740
Fax: 604-775-1742
Address: 1270 - 605 Robson Street Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3