New Safety Standards Act Regulations

WHEREAS the provincial government has passed legislation creating a new Safety Standards Authority that will remove our safety standards system from government control; AND WHEREAS the provincial government is currently creating a new Safety Standards Act and regulations for the compulsory trades that deregulates the qualifications required to perform regulated work; AND WHEREAS the new regulations will no longer require government oversight of regulated work: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities express its opposition to both the creation of the new Authority and the Safety Standards Act changes.