District forwarding resolution to AKBLG opposing Mountain Resort Municipalities

Ian Cobb for eKnow

A fear about a lack of democracy spurred District of Invermere council Feb. 14 to unanimously approve a resolution opposing Mountain Resort Municipalities, as currently structured in legislation, to the Association of Kootenay-Boundary Local Government (AKBLG) annual meeting in April.

The district wants the provincial government to re-visit Bill 11 – 2007 Community Statutes Amendment Act (Sections 16 & 17), and in order to get its attention, it must first get AKBLG support on its resolution. From there it would go to the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) for potential support before finally ending up in Victoria, with the full clout of all provincial local governments.

It would be “lobbying with a collective voice,” noted Mayor Gerry Taft who read the resolution.

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