Election of Regional Health Boards

WHEREAS health care continues to be the number one concern for BC residents; AND WHEREAS authority for health spending in British Columbia 34 of the provincial budget has been delegated to five Regional Authorities, members of which are not elected but provincially appointed, and do not lobby for particular community needs or interests, and do not have any direct accountability to the people through elected representation; AND WHEREAS, in comparison, school board members are elected and therefore accountable to the contributing taxpayers: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of British Columbia Municipalities lobby the provincial government to institute an election process for Health Authorities similar to that of school boards, thereby ensuring that directors are accountable to the citizens of the region.