Provincial Funding for Police-based Victim Services

Whereas the Province does not fully fund police-based victim service programs due to its position that programs should be cost-shared with local governments in communities that contribute to their policing costs; And whereas the property taxation system does not provide an equitable method of funding victim services and local governments have no funding formula to allocate funds in a coordinated manner that is responsive to demand for victim services: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM continue to request the Province to fully fund police-based victim service programs, using a model that equitably and fairly distributes funding across the province.