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Federal Marijuana Legislation Introduced
The federal government tabled its highly anticipated marijuana legislation with the introduction of Bill C-45 on April 13, 2017. As much as the legislation provides some clarity with respect to Canada's new framework for the legalization and regulation of marijuana, it leaves a myriad of questions to be answered. Read more
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2017 Provincial Election Platform Commitments
UBCM has been monitoring party platforms and announcements throughout the 2017 provincial election campaign and have developed a comparison chart based on the five planks in our election platform. We have also identified some additional commitments that address UBCM resolutions or broadly impact the membership. Read more
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Executive Meeting Highlights
Executive members convened on April 20-21 in Richmond to hold their quarterly spring quarterly board meeting. In addition to the full Executive meeting, seven committees also met. A presentation on the status of the softwood lumber agreement highlighted the Executive meeting agenda.
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2017 Community Excellence Awards
Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Community Excellence Awards. The Awards showcase municipalities and regional districts that take risks to innovate, establish new partnerships, and pioneer new customer service practices. The application deadline is June 23, 2017.
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Province Wide Community to Community Forum: Update
A draft agenda is now available for the sixth Province Wide Community to Community Forum (PC2C). Register now for the event, which is just one month away: June 6 at the Musqueam Community Centre
, 6777 Salish Drive, Vancouver.
There is no registration fee to attend. Read more
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Funding & Resources Update
Each month we provide an update on UBCM funding programs and information on other programs or resources that may be of interest to local governments and First Nations. Read more
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