Absolutely false. While I am not saying any points etc. would transfer to NYS, ICBC most definitely communicates electronically with all Canadian and US jurisdictions via the DLC (Drivers License Compact) in which Canadian provinces participate. There are 4 or 5 states that are not members of the Compact but NY is. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_License_Compact
These agreements have an impact on the drivers who live and are licensed in all of the Provinces and Territories in Canada and many of the States in the U.S.A. Information is shared by all the participants with each other, relating to driving offences, fines, convictions and criminal convictions as well.

A taste: Driver License Compact (DLC) is an interstate compact used by states of the United States to exchange information concerning license suspensions and traffic violations of non-residents and forward them to the state where they are licensed known as the home state. Its theme is One Driver, One License, One Record. The home state would treat the offense as if it had been committed at home, applying home state laws to the out-of-state offense. The action taken would include, but not be limited to, offenses such as speeding, suspension of license or DWI/DUI. It is not supposed to include non-moving violations like parking tickets, tinted windows, loud exhaust, etc.

However a new agreement is being implemented, the DLA, Driver License Agreement, and has been in the works for a number of years but it isn't going as quickly as planned as only a few states have signed on so far. But driver records are linked and offenses transmitted electronically. If you apply for a drivers license in BC for example, your state license is checked electronically in real time before a BC license is issued for any violations, suspensions etc.

In the OP's case, however, NYS won't impose points for a BC violation but the ticket still must be paid:
Some states do not assess points for minor offenses and apply the DLC for only major violations such as Colorado, Maryland, Nevada, New York and Pennsylvania
States that are members are free to take action on violations reported from a non-member states as well
New York does assess points for minor violations received in Ontario and Quebec.

S/he should thank that officer for not imposing an Excessive Speed violation, which would definitely have been warranted - I drive that road weekly- as that would have constituted a major violation under the compact and points would have been imposed, along with the heftier fine and vehicle impoundment that others have detailed.

In the end, pay the darn fine. You did the crime, now do the time. That speed on that stretch of highway is unacceptable and I, a regular user of that road, don't want to be on it at the same time with you, a driver intimately unfamiliar with it, at those speeds. I value my life. Slow down and pay up.