Highway of Tears Safety

WHEREAS a number of young women, mostly aboriginal, have been murdered or have gone missing along a stretch of Highway 16 in northern British Columbia now referred to as the Highway of Tears; AND WHEREAS many of these missing women are believed to have been hitch hiking between communities where there is a lack of public transit: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM petition the British Columbia government to implement the recommendation of the Highway of Tears Symposium by establishing and funding a shuttle bus service between northern communities.