In 2018 and 2022, the City of Parksville opened its inaugural council meetings with Christian prayers. The BCHA repeatedly wrote to the City to ask them to observe the duty of neutrality. Having received no response, counsel for the BCHA notified the City in April 2024 that the BCHA would be commencing legal action. In late June, the City committed that future meetings would not include religious prayers.

The BCHA was being represented by Joel V. Payne of Allen / McMillan Litigation Counsel.