Whereas remote port facilities are essential services, defined by Transport Canada as serving isolated communities where marine transportation is the primary mode of transportation; And whereas Transport Canada has ongoing efforts to divest remote port facilities simultaneous with commitments to maintain remote ports despite the remaining remote port facilities in BC not being conducive to transfer according to Transport Canadas 2020 evaluation of its Port Asset Transfer Program: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM and FCM request Transport Canada and the federal government to cease further efforts to divest remote port facilities, to continue the National Marine Strategy commitment to ongoing maintenance of remote port facilities, and to provide transition funding for divested facilities that provide critical access to remote communities without the capacity to maintain the infrastructure.
