NCLGA wraps another year

* … to allocate additional resources and sustained funding, staffing and operational resources to the Crown Counsel Services,

* … to support the creation and identify appropriate funding mechanisms for an Indigenous-led, cross-sector housing alliance,

* … to appoint a federal minister to actively support the Canadian forest sector

* … to encourage establishing a new regional authority to support a transition to a short line rail operator model

“We as a local government, we are using NCLGA, UBCM as a place to advocate some of the local issues to the upper levels of government to see if action can be taken on some of the urgent files,” says Mayor Simon Yu.

All of the Prince George resolutions passed and will move on to the next level. And that’s the starting gun for Mayor Yu.

“Advocacy only works if we’re prepared and persistent. And the focus is on specific topics. So that’s the job of UBCM and then once those resolutions passed, you will pass it on to the upper level government and hopefully they are developed into policies.”

Getting senior levels of government to heed the wishes of local government is challenging at the best of times, but this year has a unique set of circumstances.

“This is such a hard year to come up with the right answer,” says Atrill. “It’s a local government election year and it’s a year where the provincial government is strapped financially, as we know, and it’s a year where Canada is identifying a new direction in the face of the challenges that we have from our U.S. neighbour to the South. There are a lot of things moving.”

The Union of BC Municipalities convention takes place in September.

by Cheryl Jahn

NCLGA wraps another year

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