Whereas electors vote to incorporate a new municipality based on information provided through a provincial incorporation study which considers matters, including but not limited to, the name, boundary, area and classification and from which the Province of BC establishes a letters patent; And whereas the most recent incorporation process in British Columbia is varying from this usual process causing concern to the residents and businesses, delaying the election of a Council and causing local economic decline: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM lobby the Province of BC to ensure that establishment letters patent are based on the incorporation study outcomes, and where the Province of BC determines a need to vary from those outcomes, the Province be required to provide notice to electors in the proposed municipality as outlined in the Local Government Act prior to finalizing the letters patent.
