WHEREAS local governments continue to struggle with limited funding: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of British Columbia Municipalities UBCM pursue discussions with the provincial and federal governments as per the 2008 policy paper Financing Local Government: Achieving Fiscal Balance; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the UBCM lobby the provincial government to provide unconditional revenue sharing to municipalities and regional districts in the form of one cent out of every seven cents collected through the provincial Social Service Tax to be distributed to municipalities and regional districts on a per capita basis; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the UBCM pursue discussions with the provincial government to provide local governments with a share of natural resource revenue.
