Whereas the provision of funding from the Province to shelter providers through the local government for the provision of temporary, just-in-time warming shelters during cold weather creates ineffective bureaucracy, places unreasonable pressure on local government resources and creates unnecessary financial and other liabilities for local governments; And whereas the Province has responsibility and existing funding mechanisms through BC Housing to provide reliable and stable funding to shelter providers for this purpose: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM contact the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to provide funding for additional shelters and that funding be administered to advise of the challenges with the approach and to recommend that funding for the additional shelters be administered through the currently established provincial funding mechanism to social sector agencies, such as BC Housing.
