WHEREAS it has been demonstrated that collaborative, cooperative planning processes increase the efficiency and maximize the impacts of the investments that all levels of government are making in assisting communities to respond to the increasingly complex and inter-connected social issues they face; AND WHEREAS the Community Charter requires local governments to report annually on community social issues, and an integrated, collaborative planning process is a requirement for financial support by many funding sources, including provincial and federal governments; AND WHEREAS local governments need support to ensure the existence of appropriate community-driven social planning processes in their communities: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities ask the provincial government to commit to providing sustained financial support for local community social planning processes that serve to support and integrate responses to social issues throughout BC.
