WHEREAS the Building Canada plan will expire in 2014, federal Gas Tax Agreements expire in 2015, and the federal government is now consulting on a Long Term Infrastructure Plan meant to inform both the next federalprovincial infrastructure program and the permanent Gas Tax Fund; AND WHEREAS the purpose of federal and provincial funding should be to provide communities in British Columbia with a source of stable, predictable and long-term funding to help them address their infrastructure needs and meet sustainability objectives; THEREFORE be it resolved that UBCM negotiate a wider range of eligible projects, under a new federalprovincial infrastructure funding program and the permanent Gas Tax Fund program, to include all infrastructure projects deemed to be a local priority.
Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Currently, the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, in partnership with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, is consulting with the federal government on the development of a long-term infrastructure program. These consultations also include the continuation of the federal Gas Tax Agreement. The Province is requesting that the federal government provide communities in British Columbia with a source of stable, predictable and long-term funding to help them address their infrastructure needs and meet sustainability objectives. The Province also is in support of a program that supports provincial, regional and local priorities. The Province recognizes that local governments are in the best position to identify local priorities and it is expected that within the overall program envelope, local government funding will include various categories that will address regional and local priorities.