Year
2004
Number
B118
Sponsor(s)
Terrace
WHEREAS every dollar of manufacturing output in British Columbia generates 3.01 in total economic activity and 94 of manufacturing jobs are reported as full-time jobs with wages 25 above the provincial average; AND WHEREAS every effort must be made to create an environment that promotes not only recruitment but also retention of manufacturing in BC, and the provincial government does not have a cabinet post dedicated to or charged with the responsibility of promoting manufacturing: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities encourage the provincial government to create a Ministry of Advanced Manufacturing.
Convention Decision
Not Endorsed