Seniors Advocacy Project

BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities support, in principle, the establishment of Regional Seniors Advocacy Offices as proposed by the Seniors Advocacy Steering Committee as a means of providing security and protection to seniors, by ensuring that they have an independent voice to advocate for seniors rights, in accordance with federal, provincial and local government legislation; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the provincial government requesting support for this BC initiative; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the provincial and federal governments be urged to take on the full cost of such an office.