WHEREAS the provincial government establishes a contingency fund in its annual budget, which is reallocated to provincial debt if all funds are not exceeded within the current fiscal year; AND WHEREAS a significant amount of provincial revenue, past and present, is derived from resources in the North, which provides for infrastructure in the province; AND WHEREAS communities throughout the North are going through major transition and require immediate funding to improve and maintain their infrastructure, which far exceeds currently accessible funding through existing government programs: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM request that the provincial government allocate a portion of the unused surplus on an annual basis to improve infrastructure for those communities that are going through a major transition.
