The Act that incorporates UBCM will be updated to better reflect the diversity of our membership and address out-of-date provisions. The Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act (2024) will replace the word “municipalities” in the preamble to the UBCM Act with “local governments”. UBCM’s name will not be changing.
UBCM was established in 1905 to represent the common concerns of municipalities throughout British Columbia. Since then, the local government system in BC has changed significantly, and UBCM membership has expanded to include not only municipalities but regional districts, member First Nations and the Islands Trust. The request for this update came from a resolution endorsed at the 2022 Convention and is part of a broader UBCM Governance Documents Review being conducted by the UBCM Executive.