WHEREAS mineral industry activity involves non renewable resources and creates demand on local government infrastructure and services such as community water systems, roads and emergency and protective services; AND WHEREAS property taxation alone is often inaccessible and insufficient for affected communities within a region to provide needed services and infrastructure: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM call upon the provincial and federal governments to provide revenue sharing from natural resources for local governments affected by resource extractions in their regions.
Ministry of Finance The Province currently provides funding to local governments through a variety of sources and programs e.g. Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing, Towns for Tomorrow, Building Canada Fund, unconditional Small Community and Regional District Basic Grants. Any proposed transfer of natural resource revenue or tax revenue to local governments must be evaluated in the context of the provinces need to fund essential services.