Commercial Recreation Revenue Sharing

WHEREAS Land and Water British Columbia Inc. has established a Commercial Recreation Tenure Incentive Program to meet the provincial governments objective to encourage economic development through increased tourism by implementing a commercial fee for use of Crown resources; AND WHEREAS the Province of British Columbia benefits immensely from commercial recreation users by boosting the provinces profile through tourism enhancement as well as generating revenue for provincial coffers: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM lobby the provincial government to institute a fair and equitable policy that would also provide a share of the revenue to the local governments affected by commercial recreation operators in their area.