Citizenship Ceremonies

Whereas Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada IRCC no longer holds Canadian citizenship ceremonies in smaller communities around British Columbia, and instead hold them only in larger centers; And whereas Canadian citizenship ceremonies were often the only events to celebrate multiculturalism in smaller communities and they served to encourage an acceptance of diversity and inclusion in these communities: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM and FCM lobby the Federal Government of Canada to return to its previous practice of holding Canadian citizenship ceremonies in smaller communities around British Columbia.