Ministry Overview

The Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services manages the broadest range of programs of any provincial ministry, directly or indirectly affecting every British Columbian. The Ministry is responsible for a range of issues established in legislation, regulation and policy, and is organized into five departments which correspond to five core business areas with eight key goals. The Ministry's organization is outlined in Appendix 3. The Ministry is also responsible for more than 14 Crown corporations, agencies, boards and commissions (see Appendix 5). Additionally, the Ministry is responsible for over 40 pieces of legislation (see Appendix 4).

The Ministry delivers its mission, goals and objectives through the following core activities:

• delivering client-centred services by funding third party service providers;
• entering into partnerships to deliver services;
• establishing legislative, regulatory and policy frameworks that promote provincial government interests;
• providing the legislative, policy and governance framework for local governments; and
• building relationships and managing communications with other ministries, staff, clients and stakeholders.