2021

Whereas equitable access to mobility is fundamental to full and meaningful participation in local communities, including access to education, employment, services, recreation, culture and community life, and noting that emissions from transportation generate a majority of community-based emissions in many communities, meaning that changes in transportation options have the potential to have a substantial impact in reducing green-house gas emissions; And whereas forward-looking jurisdictions around the world from Kingston, Ontario to Kansas City, Missouri, to Luxembourg and Estonia are elim

Whereas Elections BC regulates and defines online advertising as election advertising that has or would normally have a placement cost, but this does not specifically or explicitly include all digital campaigns or data collection; And whereas sophisticated data analytics, weapons-grade communication technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, alongside under-regulated online campaign and engagement tools have emerged to use psychographic profiling and predicting techniques to identify voter behaviour and persuade the persuadables using a variety of online engagement methods i

Whereas BC wineries and liquor manufacturers are not able to sell their products at an owner-operated secondary or offsite location; And whereas land-based wineries are required to locate their tasting room and retail facility at their manufacturing establishment, which in turn must be located on the agricultural land where their vineyard is located; while commercial wineries may locate their tasting room and retail facility in a town or city only if their manufacturing facility is located on the same property; And whereas allowing BC wineries and liquor manufacturers to establish off-s

Whereas police departments and their respective boards in British Columbia have identified that aftermarket exhaust systems can create unnecessary noise that disturbs the public; And whereas there are no current provisions in the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations that address standards associated with the installation of these aftermarket exhaust systems and the sound pressure level that they have the capacity to produce; And whereas although s.7A.01 of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations provides enforcement provisions specific to unnecessary noise, these provisions do not specifically address

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Whereas tragically, hundreds of British Columbians will experience the loss of a loved one each year, and in the event of a wrongful death, many will discover they cannot access legal representation or recourse because Wrongful Death Law in BC is legislated by the Family Compensation Act and provisions in the Wills, Estates and Succession Act in determining the worth of a deceased family member; and currently, access to the courts requires that the deceased was a breadwinner, and otherwise precludes opportunities for independent investigation, recourse, or accountability that could avail ju

Whereas statistics indicate an increased number of identified abandoned 911 calls; And whereas the Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP do not have access to current personal information to respond effectively to abandoned 911 calls; And whereas the RCMP response to abandoned 911 calls is labour intensive: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Ministry of Justice work with the Federal Government of Canada to make available current personal information collected by provincial and national telecommunication carriers to police communications centres and 911 public safety answer

Whereas work is underway throughout the Province of BC to reduce wildfire risk to communities through prescribed fuel treatment on Crown land forests; And whereas much of this work involves shared fuel break of fuel reduction in areas that are commonly restricted from a timber harvesting perspective; And whereas agroforestry practices can maintain a state of low flammability in these areas and allow for economic benefit to area residents: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Province of BC develop an Agroforest Specific Tenure License.

Whereas many of our smaller and remote rural communities are served by independent fire services; And whereas many local governments are receiving legal advice that offering funding or other supports to independent fire services can expose the local government to legal and financial risk: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM lobby the provincial government for specific legal and statutory measures designed to remove any and all legal or financial risk from local government for providing financial or other supports to independent fire services.

Whereas the RCMP are required under the Mental Health Act MHA to remain at the hospital with a person that has been apprehended under the MHA until they can be presented to a physician; And whereas wait times can range from two and one-half 2.5 hours to six 6 hours during which time a person suffering from a mental health condition is in the custody of the police, contributing to further stigmatization, and preventing the police officer from taking any other emergency calls for the provision of their services: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Province implement a prov