2020 Archive
December 16, 2020: Housing Supply Panel; Disaster Mitigation Funding: New Poverty Reduction intake; EA Forum
December 9, 2020: Federal UNDRIP legislation; Guidance for meetings; Throne Speech
December 2, 2020: UBCM Climate Action Recommendations; New COVID Resilience, Flood Hazard, Small Biz Funding
November 25, 2020: Coquitlam granted appeal of BCUC order; EA Director Forum; Short term rental guide
November 18, 2020: Small Communities Active Transportation Survey; Contaminated Sites Regulation Amendments Webinars
November 10, 2020: Universal Broadband Fund; MLAs with local govt experience
November 5, 2020: Safe Restart funds for local Government; February 2021 LGLA Forum
November 4, 2020: RCMP contract; Gas Tax Fund; Funding & Resources update
October 28, 2020: Federal Housing Initiatives; UBCM Planners and Calendars; RCMP Contract Update
October 21, 2020: Election platforms compared; Organic Infrastructure & Collection program
October 14, 2020: 2020 Election Platform
October 7, 2020: Electronic meetings guidance; PRIMECorp; Funding & Resources update
September 30, 2020: Emergency Program Act; Rapid Housing; Hospitality sector measures
September 24, 2020: Convention Day 3: Leaders’ addresses; UBCM election results; Convention evaluation
September 23, 2020: Convention Day 2: Resolution decisions; Throne Speech; Community Excellence Award winners
September 22, 2020: Convention Day 1: Leadership Reimagined; Public Transit Post-COVID
September 21, 2020: Party leaders' speeches; Federal address at Convention
September 17, 2020: $540 million for local government operations
September 16, 2020: Old growth; plastics bylaws; EA Directors session; first responders consultation
September 9, 2020: Life after COVID; Housing needs report; Gaps in seniors care
September 2, 2020: Confronting systemic racism; Active transportation grants; Funding & resources update
August 26, 2020: Convention session announced, Annual Report, FireSmart funding, Indigenous-Local Government database
August 19, 2020: UBCM convention resolutions released; Community to Community funding
August 12, 2020: Convention Keynote Margaret Atwood; Economic recovery; Executive nominations
July 29, 2020: Final call for UBCM Executive nominations; Updates to resolutions process; Community climate preparedness
July 22, 2020: $1 billion earmarked for local govt, transit; RCMP settlement update; Emergency Program Act
July 15, 2020: COVID-19 impacts to local government; climate action resolutions; Convention update
July 8, 2020: Auxiliary policing; Convention updates; Funding & resources
June 30, 2020: 2020 Convention resolutions process; call for nominations for UBCM Executive; registration opens next week; strata insurance legislation
June 24, 2020: Provincial relief framework; Public transit advocacy
June 17, 2020: MMWIG calls for justice; Fisheries Act work; 2019 resolutions additional responses; Excellence awards deadline
June 10, 2020: RCMP unionization update; Executive meeting highlights; Improving online meetings
June 3, 2020: Accelerated Gas Tax Fund delivery; Funding & Resources update
May 27, 2020: UBCM Convention going virtual; New patio service process
May 13, 2020: Advocacy for property tax deferral, transit funding & stimulus framework
May 7, 2020: BC's Restart Program; Funding & Resources; Local Government Awareness Week
May 4, 2020: Electronic public hearings allowed during pandemic
April 30, 2020: Planning for the 2020 UBCM Convention
April 27, 2020: COVID-19 Updates: Rural Internet Service; Housing Vulnerable Populations; ICBC; Tree Planting
April 23, 2020: UBCM endorses call for Federal funding support
April 21, 2020: Orphaned wells funding; Enforcement ticketing; Rural & Indigenous health framework
April 16, 2020: Changes to property tax framework; Expanded CERB eligibility
April 9, 2020: COVID-19 Provincial Orders Support Team and Call Centre, Guidance to Social Service Providers
April 3, 2020: Financial impact of COVID-19 on local governments
April 2, 2020: Guidelines for enforcement of COVID-19 orders; Support for renters & landlords
March 30, 2020: COVID-19 update: critical supplies inventory; substance use risk mitigation
March 26, 2020: COVID-19 Update: New Ministerial Orders
March 25, 2020: UBCM COVID-19: Update 3 for Local Governments
March 18, 2020: COVID-19 Update #2
March 13, 2020: COVID-19 and Local Government Preparedness
March 11, 2020: Caribou recovery planning; Housing Needs Funding; CARIP
March 4, 2020: Property Tax Relief Legislation; Short-Term Rentals; ALR Residences
February 26, 2020: Advocacy Days, Snuneymuxw FN, Evacuation Route Planning, EPA Feedback
February 19, 2020: Budget Highlights; Provincial Responses to 2019 Resolutions
February 12, 2020: Throne Speech; Climate Action; Accessibility Legislation; Funding Update
February 5, 2020: Poverty Reduction Planning; Excellence in Sustainability; Child Care Resource
January 29, 2020: ALR Residential Options; Gas Tax Fund Workshops; Thermal Energy Systems Review
January 22, 2020: Micromobility Project, LGLA Forum, Mayors Caucus, Climate Action
January 15, 2020: 2020 Resolutions; Old Growth Consultation; EAD Forum
January 8, 2020: Emergency Program Act; Funding & Resources; EA Directors' Forum
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