Amend the Jury Act

Whereas the Jury Act disqualifies Members of the Legislative Assembly and Members of Parliament from jury duty but does not include local government elected officials; And whereas local government elected officials actively lobby for legislative amendments, oversee their RCMP Detachment work plans and are privy to sensitive information that could create a real or perceived conflict of interest if required to participate on a jury in their municipality: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM lobby the provincial government to amend the Jury Act to disqualify local government elected officials from jury duty.