Whereas Section 331 of the Cannabis Control and Licensing Act indicates that the British Columbia Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch LCRB must not issue or amend a cannabis license without a positive recommendation of the affected local government or Indigenous nation; And whereas the Liquor Control and Licensing Act does not require the LCRB to receive a positive recommendation from an affected local government in order to issue or amend a liquor license; And whereas the public consultation requirements under Section 333 of the Cannabis Control and Licensing Act are seen to result in lengthy referral processing times: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request the Province of British Columbia to amend the Cannabis Control and Licensing Act to allow local governments the ability to opt-out of providing comment to the BC Liquor and Cannabis Branch with respect to applications for cannabis licenses.
