Regional Governance Models

WHEREAS concerns about the democratic accountability of the Board of Directors of the Greater Vancouver Regional District Metro Vancouver have arisen involving board members twofold roles as, first, politicians directly elected to serve their communities on local councils and, second, as representatives who are later selected by their respective councils to sit on the Greater Vancouver Regional District GVRD board; AND WHEREAS at its May 2014 AGM, the BC Chamber of Commerce, citing issues related to the need for increased accountability and better local decision-making at the regional government level, called on the provincial government to conduct an independent study of urban and rural regional governance models to identify best practices and efficiencies and determine the feasibility of implementing those in BC: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the provincial government conduct a study of regional governance models, not only to identify best practices and efficiencies but also to increase democratic accountability, so as to determine the feasibility of implementing these goals in BC.