FORM BC-AD6: Declaration of Provincial Circumstances (Home Study)

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SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
FAMILY DIVISION

FORM BC-AD6: DECLARATION OF PROVINCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Home Study Assessment for Prospective Adoptive Parent

PART A: APPLICANT IDENTIFICATION

Full Legal Name:Province of British Columbia
Preferred Name:BC (we're casual)
Motto:"Splendor Sine Occasu" (Splendour Without Diminishment)
Unofficial Motto:"The Best Place on Earth" (It's on our plates)
Date of Confederation:July 20, 1871
Age:154 years (but we moisturize)
Capital:Victoria (yes, it's on an island; yes, this is relevant to the Hawaii application)
Largest City:Vancouver (where most of the action is, let's be honest)
Population:~5.5 million (and growing, constantly, too quickly, please stop)
Total Area:944,735 km² (fourth largest province)

PART B: CURRENT FAMILY COMPOSITION

Regional Children (current):

  • Greater Vancouver: The overachiever. Tech, film, real estate anxiety. Gets most of the attention and knows it.
  • Vancouver Island: The chill one. Slower pace, retirement vibes, quietly judges the mainland.
  • The Interior: The rugged one. Mountains, lakes, wine country, hockey culture, complicated feelings about the coast.
  • The North: The independent one. Resource extraction, Indigenous communities, would like more attention.
  • The Kootenays: The artsy one. Draft dodgers, organic farms, spiritual retreats, surprisingly good skiing.

Extended Family:

  • Alberta (sibling, complicated relationship, something about pipelines)
  • Yukon (northern relative, we sometimes forget they're there)
  • The rest of Canada (we're aware they exist)

PART C: PHYSICAL HOME DESCRIPTION

Geographic Diversity:

  • Coastline: 25,725 km (longest in Canada—we mention this frequently)
  • Mountains: Many. Coast Mountains, Rockies, Columbia Mountains. We have mountains on our flag.
  • Forests: Temperate rainforest, boreal forest, we have forests on our flag too.
  • Climate zones: Technically 14 different biogeoclimatic zones. We contain multitudes.

Relevance to Adoption:

  • Oregon compatibility: ✓ We both do temperate rainforest. We both do moody coastlines. We both do mountains that people die on.
  • Hawaii compatibility: Partial. We don't do tropical. BUT we do do islands (see: Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Haida Gwaii). We understand island governance.

PART D: FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Primary Revenue Sources:

  • Real Estate: This is fine. Everything is fine. The market is fine.
  • Film & Television: "Hollywood North" - we're where shows go when they want to look like Seattle but pay Canadian rates.
  • Technology: Vancouver has tech. It's not San Francisco, but we're okay with that.
  • Natural Resources: Forestry (sustainable-ish), mining (complicated), LNG (very complicated)
  • Tourism: People come here. A lot of people. Too many people. But also their money is nice.
  • Cannabis: Legal and regulated. We were doing this before it was cool. (Okay, we were doing this before it was legal.)

Annual Budget: ~$80 billion CAD

Ability to Support Additional Jurisdictions: Confirmed. Oregon and Hawaii's combined GDP (~$450 billion USD) would integrate with BC's economy (~$350 billion CAD) to create a Pacific economic zone of significant scale.

PART E: PARENTING PHILOSOPHY

Our Approach to Governance:

  1. Healthcare First: Universal coverage, no exceptions, no bankruptcies. Oregon will appreciate this. Hawaii will really appreciate this.
  2. Environmental Stewardship: We talk a big game about the environment. We don't always follow through, but we talk about it a lot, and that's how change starts, probably. Oregon will hold us accountable. Hawaii will hold us very accountable.
  3. Indigenous Reconciliation: We have work to do. We know we have work to do. UNDRIP, land acknowledgments, treaty processes, genuine self-determination—we're on a journey. Hawaii's journey is different but parallel. Oregon's journey is... also happening.
  4. Cultural Support: We fund arts, culture, community. Not enough, but some. We believe in local film, local music, local weirdness.
  5. Affordable Housing: Okay, we're bad at this. Really bad. But we're trying. Oregon has similar problems. Hawaii has worse problems. Maybe we can be bad at this together and eventually figure it out.
  6. Respect for Diversity: We have Chinatown (the oldest in Canada). We have Punjabi Market. We have Little Italy, Japantown, the Drive. We know how to incorporate difference without erasing it. Usually.

PART F: CAPACITY FOR NON-CONTIGUOUS GOVERNANCE

BC addresses the concern that Hawaii is 4,300 km away:

  • Our capital is already on an island, accessible only by ferry or plane. We understand island logistics.
  • We have ferry systems. We know ferries. We have the largest ferry fleet in North America.
  • We have floatplanes. Floatplanes are part of our identity.
  • We have experience managing remote communities with different needs than Vancouver.
  • Distance is not insurmountable. Distance requires intention, investment, and respect.

PART G: DECLARATION

I, the Province of British Columbia, declare that:

  1. The information provided is accurate (mostly, probably, we did our best);
  2. I am committed to adopting both Oregon and Hawaii;
  3. I understand the responsibilities are significant;
  4. I have prepared—physically, financially, spiritually, and in terms of flight routes;
  5. I acknowledge that some people think this is too ambitious, and I respectfully disagree;
  6. I will be a good parent. A present parent. A parent who shows up, listens, and doesn't make it all about themselves (we're working on that last one).

SIGNED at Vancouver (unceded Coast Salish territories), British Columbia, this _____ day of __________, 20____

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PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Per: The Honourable Premier
(Signed while waiting for the SkyTrain)

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