BC’s Urban Mayors Caucus adopt report on local government financial sustainability

Delegates to the BC’s Urban Mayor’s Caucus this week “adopted the report, ‘Ensuring Local Government Financial Resiliency: Today’s Recovery and Tomorrow’s New Economy’. This report makes 20 recommendations on reforming local government financing that, when implemented, will create positive outcomes for the provincial government and local governments, and strong, resilient communities across BC.”  Recommendations cover areas such as “Better mental health supports so that police aren’t left to fill in the gaps,
increased funding for housing for working people, and reforming the antiquated property tax system . . . ”  To read the full news release, go to https://qchca.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BCUMC-Release_Financial-Resiliency.pdf