If you scroll down to the bottom of this excerpt from the British Columbia Motor Vehicle Act, you will see that non-residents are specifically exempted from carrying the card that residents are required to carry.

Excerpt:

Exemption of non-resident and new resident drivers

34 (1) The exemptions provided by this section apply only while a person is driving or operating any of the following vehicles in British Columbia:

(a) a motor vehicle registered under section 3;

(b) a motor vehicle registered under section 21 during the period named in the certificate of registration issued under that section;

(c) a motor vehicle operated under a permit issued pursuant to a regulation made under section 11 (2) (d) of the Commercial Transport Act;

(d) a motor vehicle operated under a reciprocal arrangement or agreement made under section 10 of the Commercial Transport Act;

(e) a commercial vehicle registered and licensed under the Commercial Transport Act;

(f) a motor vehicle or trailer in respect of which the owner is exempted under section 21 (1), but only for the period limited by that subsection;

(g) a motor vehicle operated under a permit granted under a regulation under section 210 (2) (j).

(1.1) Subject to subsection (1.2), the following persons are exempt, for the period specified, from the requirements respecting the holding of a driver's licence issued to him or her under this Act:

(a) a person who has a validly issued and subsisting driver's or operator's licence or permit issued according to the laws where he or she is ordinarily resident, for 6 months from the date he or she last entered British Columbia;

(b) a person who has become ordinarily resident in British Columbia and who has a validly issued and subsisting driver's or operator's licence or permit issued according to the laws of the jurisdiction where he or she was most recently ordinarily resident, for 90 days after he or she became ordinarily resident in British Columbia;

(c) a person who has a validly issued and subsisting driver's or operator's licence or permit issued according to the laws where he or she is ordinarily resident, for the period that the person is registered as a full time student at and attends any of the educational institutions listed in section 21 (2) (b);

(i) to (viii) [Repealed 2003-7-42.]

(d) a person who

(i) has a validly issued and subsisting driver's or operator's licence or permit issued according to the laws where he or she is ordinarily resident,

(ii) has entered into an agreement under which the person will work in British Columbia, as part of a program or in the circumstances specified by regulation, for a period longer than 6 months but shorter than one year, and

(iii) is in a prescribed class of persons,

for the period during which the person works in British Columbia under the agreement.

(1.2) A person claiming an exemption under subsection (1.1) must carry a valid and subsisting driver's or operator's licence or permit on his or her person while operating a motor vehicle referred to in subsection (1) and must produce that driver's or operator's licence or permit to a peace officer on demand.

(2) A person exempt under subsection (1.1) is also exempt for the same period, while driving or operating in British Columbia a motor vehicle set out in subsection (1) (b), (c) or (d), from the requirements respecting the holding of a motor vehicle liability insurance card or a financial responsibility card, subject, in every case, to his or her giving the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia proof of financial responsibility under sections 106 to 113.