Trade, Investment Labour Mobility Agreement TILMA

WHEREAS the BCAlberta Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement TILMA, which was signed without appropriate consultation with local governments and the public, would expose to challenge all government measures that restrict or impair trade, investment or labour mobility, unless such measures are specifically exempted from TILMA; AND WHEREAS TILMA would accord private individuals and corporations the extraordinary right to challenge local government land use planning and other public interest decisions that they allege offend the Agreements rules, and to seek up to 5,000,000 in damages arising from each alleged TILMA violation: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities request that the provincial government negotiate a clear, permanent exception from TILMA for local governments and local government organizations or withdraw from the Agreement.